STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 10389 IN ASSEMBLY May 21, 2024 ___________ Introduced by COMMITTEE ON RULES -- (at request of M. of A. Bichotte Hermelyn) -- read once and referred to the Committee on Election Law AN ACT to amend the election law, in relation to prohibiting a court from bifurcating certain primary elections The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows: 1 Section 1. Section 8-100 of the election law is amended by adding a 2 new subdivision 5 to read as follows: 3 5. (a) No court shall issue an order changing the date of a primary 4 election which bifurcates the offices and positions to be elected and 5 nominations to be made as part of the same primary election pursuant to 6 paragraph (a) of subdivision one of this section. 7 (b) The provisions of this subdivision shall not apply to any presi- 8 dential primary. 9 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately. EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [] is old law to be omitted. LBD02229-03-4