Bill Commons

NY S 843

in committee

Establishes minimum staffing levels for certain local board of elections

New York · 2025-2026 Regular Session · upper

Quick answers

Did NY S 843 pass?

Not yet. NY S 843 is in committee as of 2026-05-06 and has not come to a final vote. Latest recorded action (2026-05-06): PRINT NUMBER 843A

What is NY S 843 about?

Requires a board of elections in a county with over ten thousand active registered voters to employ a minimum of four full-time employees which may include the commissioner and deputies if such positions are full time.

Who sponsors NY S 843?

Rachel May is the primary sponsor of NY S 843, joined by 4 cosponsors.

Description

Requires a board of elections in a county with over ten thousand active registered voters to employ a minimum of four full-time employees which may include the commissioner and deputies if such positions are full time.

Introduced
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Latest action
2026-05-06 — PRINT NUMBER 843A
Bill type
bill
Last updated
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Sponsors

  • Rachel Mayprimary
  • Leroy Comriecosponsor
  • Patricia Fahycosponsor
  • Gustavo Riveracosponsor
  • Lea Webbcosponsor

Committees

Not provided by source.

Action timeline

  1. 2025-01-08

    REFERRED TO ELECTIONS

    referral-committee

  2. 2025-05-06

    1ST REPORT CAL.957

  3. 2025-05-07

    2ND REPORT CAL.

  4. 2025-05-08

    ADVANCED TO THIRD READING

  5. 2025-06-13

    COMMITTED TO RULES

    referral-committee

  6. 2026-01-07

    REFERRED TO ELECTIONS

    referral-committee

  7. 2026-05-06

    AMEND (T) AND RECOMMIT TO ELECTIONS

    amendment-passage,referral-committee

  8. 2026-05-06

    PRINT NUMBER 843A

    amendment-passage

Versions

Documents

Votes

  • Elections Vote

    2025-05-06 · pass · 5-2

    Member-level votes (7)
    • Samra Brouk: yes
    • Kristen Gonzalez: yes
    • Brian Kavanagh: yes
    • Shelley Mayer: yes
    • Zellnor Myrie: yes
    • George Borrello: no
    • Mark Walczyk: no

Related bills

  • Prior session: S 6684not in this corpus
  • Prior session: S 644not in this corpus
  • Companion bill: A 6069

Official source

https://legislation.nysenate.gov/api/3/bills/2025-2026/S843?summary=&detail=

Attribution

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

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