Relates to voting of overseas military voters and special federal voters
Summary
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.
Bill status
passed
3 of 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Apr 2025
Committee Review
May 2026
Senate Passage
May 2026
Assembly Passage
Governor
Introduced Apr 29, 2025
Last action May 29, 2026
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What changed between versions
S7689A
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S7689B
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3 edits
MINOR
The bill was co-sponsored by Senator Fahy and formally recommitted to the Committee on Elections under specific Senate rules. The text includes minor formatting updates to the introduction and page headers, while retaining the core legislative language regarding electronic voting applications for military and special federal voters.
Scope change
The bill's scope and applicability remain unchanged; the modifications are limited to sponsorship attribution and procedural status.
TECHNICAL
Added Senator Fahy as a co-sponsor and updated the procedural history to reflect a formal recommitment to the Committee on Elections per Senate Rule 6, section 8.
Updated document identifiers and page numbers from version A to version B to reflect the new legislative stage.
Included additional explanatory text regarding the recommitment process and committee discharge status.
Floor votes · Senate Jun 11, 2025
How they voted
39–20
Passed · 4 other
Total votes 63
Jun 11, 2025
D
Democratic41
92% Yea
R
Republican22
90% Nay
Vote distribution
All Yea
All Nay
Mixed
No data
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
19
Key actions
6
Committee
5
Amendments
4
May 29, 2026
Committee
REFERRED TO ELECTION LAW
lower
May 29, 2026
Upper · Passed
PASSED SENATE
upper
Mar 13, 2026
Upper · Passed
PRINT NUMBER 7689B
upper
Mar 13, 2026
Upper · Passed
AMEND AND RECOMMIT TO ELECTIONS
upper
Jan 7, 2026
Committee
REFERRED TO ELECTIONS
upper
Jun 11, 2025
Committee
REFERRED TO ELECTION LAW
lower
Jun 11, 2025
Upper · Passed
PASSED SENATE
upper
Jun 4, 2025
Committee
COMMITTEE DISCHARGED AND COMMITTED TO RULES
upper
May 14, 2025
Upper · Passed
PRINT NUMBER 7689A
upper
May 14, 2025
Upper · Passed
AMEND AND RECOMMIT TO ELECTIONS
upper
Apr 29, 2025
Committee
REFERRED TO ELECTIONS
upper
1 primary · 1 co-sponsor
Sponsors
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