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NY A 10947

in committee

Requires a commissioner of a board of elections to meet certain qualifications before their appointment

New York · 2025-2026 Regular Session · lower

Quick answers

Did NY A 10947 pass?

Not yet. NY A 10947 is in committee as of 2026-04-14 and has not come to a final vote. Latest recorded action (2026-04-14): REFERRED TO ELECTION LAW

What is NY A 10947 about?

Requires a commissioner of a board of elections to meet certain qualifications before their appointment which shall include, but not be limited to, the qualifications prescribed by section three of the public officers law, and demonstrated experience in election administration or other management, operations, or administrative experience in the public, non-profit, or private sector as deemed sufficient by the board.

Who sponsors NY A 10947?

Latrice Walker is the primary sponsor of NY A 10947.

Description

Requires a commissioner of a board of elections to meet certain qualifications before their appointment which shall include, but not be limited to, the qualifications prescribed by section three of the public officers law, and demonstrated experience in election administration or other management, operations, or administrative experience in the public, non-profit, or private sector as deemed sufficient by the board.

Introduced
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Latest action
2026-04-14 — REFERRED TO ELECTION LAW
Bill type
bill
Last updated
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Sponsors

  • Latrice Walkerprimary

Committees

Not provided by source.

Action timeline

  1. 2026-04-14

    REFERRED TO ELECTION LAW

    referral-committee

Versions

Documents

Votes

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Related bills

  • Prior session: S 8292not in this corpus
  • Prior session: S 645not in this corpus
  • Companion bill: S 5452

Official source

https://legislation.nysenate.gov/api/3/bills/2025-2026/A10947?summary=&detail=

Attribution

Data from openstates_bulk_csv, retrieved 2026-07-24T05:28:30.722574Z

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