# New York S 1356: Relates to joining multistate voter list maintenance organizations

New York S 1356, Relates to joining multistate voter list maintenance organizations, is a 2025-2026 Regular Session Senate bill sponsored by James Skoufis (Democratic); status signed, last action 2025-12-12 (SIGNED CHAP.630) (as of 2026-10-15).

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## Facts
- Bill: New York S 1356
- State: New York
- Session: 2025-2026 Regular Session
- Title: Relates to joining multistate voter list maintenance organizations
- Status: signed
- Chamber: Senate
- Introduced: 2025-01-09
- Last action: 2025-12-12, SIGNED CHAP.630
- Sponsor: James Skoufis (Democratic)
- Cosponsors: 1
- Subjects: ELECTIONS, ELECTION LAW
- Touches household money: no
- Roll calls: 4 (284 yes, 0 no in all)
- Economic provisions PRIA read: 2

## Summary

No summary available.

## Bill overview: provisions PRIA read

- New York shares voter records with safeguards: mixed, medium. New York’s representative must share voter names, addresses, birth dates, voter IDs, DMV IDs, and last four Social Security digits with its member group. Shared records also include last registration dates, group-defined activity dates, voting history, and information received from the DMV. The DMV…
- New York joins interstate voter-list groups: mixed, low. Effective immediately, New York must promptly join one or more multistate voter-list groups and complete registration by July 31, 2026. The Board of Elections pays membership fees, dues, and related costs; the Electronic Registration Information Center or its successor is an authorized option. New…

## Sponsors and cosponsors

- Sponsor: James Skoufis (Democratic), Senate
- Cosponsor: Gustavo Rivera (Democratic), Senate

## Roll call votes

| Date | Chamber | Motion | Result | Yes | No | Other |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 2025-06-06 | House | Assembly floor vote | pass | 143 | 0 |   |
| 2025-03-24 | Senate | FLOOR Vote | pass | 59 | 0 |   |
| 2025-01-13 | Senate | FLOOR Vote | pass | 61 | 0 |   |
| 2025-01-13 | committee | Rules Committee Vote | pass | 21 | 0 |   |

## Actions (19)

- 2025-12-12: SIGNED CHAP.630 (Senate)
- 2025-12-08: DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR (Senate)
- 2025-06-06: RETURNED TO SENATE (House)
- 2025-06-06: PASSED ASSEMBLY (House)
- 2025-05-27: ORDERED TO THIRD READING RULES CAL.262 (House)
- 2025-05-27: SUBSTITUTED FOR A3649B (House)
- 2025-03-24: REFERRED TO ELECTION LAW (House)
- 2025-03-24: DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY (Senate)
- 2025-03-24: PASSED SENATE (Senate)
- 2025-03-03: AMENDED ON THIRD READING 1356A (Senate)
- 2025-03-03: VOTE RECONSIDERED - RESTORED TO THIRD READING (Senate)
- 2025-03-03: RETURNED TO SENATE (House)
- 2025-03-03: RECALLED FROM ASSEMBLY (Senate)
- 2025-01-13: REFERRED TO ELECTION LAW (House)
- 2025-01-13: DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY (Senate)
- 2025-01-13: PASSED SENATE (Senate)
- 2025-01-13: ORDERED TO THIRD READING CAL.9 (Senate)
- 2025-01-13: COMMITTEE DISCHARGED AND COMMITTED TO RULES (Senate)
- 2025-01-09: REFERRED TO ELECTIONS (Senate)

## Bill text

- Amendment A, 2025-03-03: [PDF](https://legislation.nysenate.gov/pdf/bills/2025/S1356A)
- Original, 2025-01-09: [PDF](https://legislation.nysenate.gov/pdf/bills/2025/S1356)

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## Sources
- [Amendment A (PDF)](https://legislation.nysenate.gov/pdf/bills/2025/S1356A)
- [Original (PDF)](https://legislation.nysenate.gov/pdf/bills/2025/S1356)

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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/NY-S1356-2025 (as of 2026-10-15).