S 7689 — Relates to voting of overseas military voters and special federal voters
NY 2025 session · introduced 2025-04-29
Authorizes electronic absentee ballot applications for military voters and special federal voters; removes requirements that the federal post card application form be included with certain ballot application and ballots; requires institutions of higher education to provide students studying abroad with information on how to vote from abroad.
Latest action: 2026-05-21 — SENATE_FLOOR
Sponsors (2)
- James Skoufis (—, NY-42) — sponsor · 2025-04-29
- Patricia Fahy (—, NY-46) — cosponsor · 2025-04-29
Action timeline (15)
- · senate — REFERRED TO ELECTIONS
- · senate — AMEND AND RECOMMIT TO ELECTIONS
- · senate — PRINT NUMBER 7689A
- · senate — COMMITTEE DISCHARGED AND COMMITTED TO RULES
- · senate — ORDERED TO THIRD READING CAL.1550
- · senate — PASSED SENATE
- · senate — DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY
- · assembly — REFERRED TO ELECTION LAW
- · assembly — DIED IN ASSEMBLY
- · assembly — RETURNED TO SENATE
- · senate — REFERRED TO ELECTIONS
- · senate — AMEND AND RECOMMIT TO ELECTIONS
- · senate — PRINT NUMBER 7689B
- · senate — 1ST REPORT CAL.1315
- · senate — 2ND REPORT CAL.
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cosponsor of bill (1)
| date | dir | entity | amount | role | source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-04-29 | ← | Patricia Fahy | — | cosponsor | sponsorship |
sponsor of bill (1)
| date | dir | entity | amount | role | source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-04-29 | ← | James Skoufis | — | sponsor | sponsorship |
Who matters on this bill
Who matters
Members ranked by combined influence on this bill: role (sponsor 5 / cosponsor 1), capped speech count from the Congressional Record, and recorded-vote engagement.
| # | Member | Role | Speeches | Voted | Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | James Skoufis (—, state_upper NY-42) | sponsor | 0 | — | 5 |
| 2 | Patricia Fahy (—, state_upper NY-46) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
Stance (positions taken)
Predicted vote
Aggregated from: actual roll-call votes (when present) → sponsor → cosponsor → party median (predicts YES when ≥25% of the caucus sponsored/cosponsored). Each row labels its confidence tier so you can see why a position was predicted.
0 predicted yes (0%) · 543 predicted no (100%) · 0 unknown (0%)
By party: · R: 0 yes / 277 no · D: 0 yes / 263 no · I: 0 yes / 3 no
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- 2025-04-29 · cosponsored by Patricia Fahy (cosponsor) · sponsorship
- 2025-04-29 · sponsored by James Skoufis (sponsor) · sponsorship