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S1087 • 2025

Makes commissioners full time employees of boards outside the city of New York

Makes commissioners full time employees of boards outside the city of New York

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Sponsor
Shelley Mayer
Last action
2026-06-03
Official status
In Assembly Committee
Effective date
Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

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Makes commissioners full time employees of boards outside the city of New York

Makes commissioners full time employees of boards outside the city of New York Makes commissioners full time employees of boards outside the city of New York.

What This Bill Does

  • Makes commissioners full time employees of boards outside the city of New York Makes commissioners full time employees of boards outside the city of New York.

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  • This entry is temporarily using official source text because the generated explanation could not be confirmed against the official bill text during the last sync.

Bill History

  1. 2026-06-03 Senate

    PASSED SENATE

  2. 2026-06-03 Senate

    DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY

  3. 2026-06-03 Assembly

    REFERRED TO ELECTION LAW

  4. 2026-05-21 Senate

    ADVANCED TO THIRD READING

  5. 2026-05-20 Senate

    2ND REPORT CAL.

  6. 2026-05-19 Senate

    1ST REPORT CAL.1193

  7. 2026-04-21 Senate

    REPORTED AND COMMITTED TO FINANCE

  8. 2026-01-07 Assembly

    DIED IN ASSEMBLY

  9. 2026-01-07 Assembly

    RETURNED TO SENATE

  10. 2026-01-07 Senate

    REFERRED TO ELECTIONS

  11. 2025-01-13 Senate

    COMMITTEE DISCHARGED AND COMMITTED TO RULES

  12. 2025-01-13 Senate

    ORDERED TO THIRD READING CAL.8

  13. 2025-01-13 Senate

    PASSED SENATE

  14. 2025-01-13 Senate

    DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY

  15. 2025-01-13 Assembly

    REFERRED TO ELECTION LAW

  16. 2025-01-08 Senate

    REFERRED TO ELECTIONS

Official Summary Text

Makes commissioners full time employees of boards outside the city of New York
Makes commissioners full time employees of boards outside the city of New York.

Current Bill Text

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S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                          1087

                               2025-2026 Regular Sessions

                                    I N  S E N A T E

                                     January 8, 2025
                                       ___________

        Introduced  by  Sen.  MAYER  -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
          printed to be committed to the Committee on Elections

        AN ACT to amend the election law, in relation  to  making  commissioners
          full time employees of boards outside the city of New York

          THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
        BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

     1    Section 1. Subdivision 2 of section  3-200  of  the  election  law  is
     2  amended to read as follows:
     3    2.  (A)  Each  board OUTSIDE THE CITY OF NEW YORK shall consist of two
     4  election commissioners WHO SHALL BE FULL TIME EMPLOYEES OF  SUCH  BOARD,
     5  except  that the county legislative body of a county having a population
     6  of more than one hundred  [and]  twenty  thousand  may,  by  local  law,
     7  increase  the  number  of SUCH commissioners to four, to be appointed as
     8  provided in this title.
     9    (B) Each of the major political parties shall be eligible to recommend
    10  appointment of an equal number of commissioners.
    11    § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.





         EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD01346-01-5