Enacts the student voter empowerment act
Summary
Enacts the "student voter empowerment act"; requires each institution of higher education to designate a staff member to act as a student voting coordinator; requires such coordinator to develop and implement a student voting action plan to increase student voter registration and voting and democratic participation among students.
Bill status
in committee
1 of 4 stages cleared
Introduction
Jan 2025
Committee Review
Floor Vote
Governor
Introduced Jan 15, 2025
Last action Jun 1, 2026
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S2056A
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MINOR
This bill update expands the reporting requirements for student voter registration by extending the obligation from specific university systems to all public higher education systems in New York. It also updates the deadline for submitting these reports from 2020 to 2027, aligning the timeline with the current legislative cycle.
Scope change
The bill's scope was broadened to include all public higher education systems, whereas the previous version applied only to the State University of New York and the City University of New York.
REQUIREMENT
The reporting obligation was expanded from specific university systems to all public higher education systems in New York.
A new subdivision (d) was added to explicitly require the State Board of Elections to make the submitted reports publicly available on its website.
TIMELINE
The deadline for submitting annual student voter registration reports was updated from June 1, 2020, to June 1, 2027.
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Total actions
7
Key actions
4
Committee
3
Amendments
4
Jun 1, 2026
Upper · Passed
PRINT NUMBER 2056B
upper
Jun 1, 2026
Upper · Passed
AMEND AND RECOMMIT TO HIGHER EDUCATION
upper
Apr 21, 2026
Committee
REPORTED AND COMMITTED TO HIGHER EDUCATION
upper
Jan 7, 2026
Committee
REFERRED TO ELECTIONS
upper
Jun 9, 2025
Upper · Passed
PRINT NUMBER 2056A
upper
Jun 9, 2025
Upper · Passed
AMEND AND RECOMMIT TO ELECTIONS
upper
Jan 15, 2025
Committee
REFERRED TO ELECTIONS
upper
1 primary · 6 co-sponsors
Sponsors
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