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S5452 • 2025

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

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

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Sponsor
Leroy Comrie
Last action
2026-05-28
Official status
In Assembly Committee
Effective date
Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

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

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

What This Bill Does

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

Limits and Unknowns

  • 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. 2026-05-28 Senate

    PASSED SENATE

  2. 2026-05-28 Senate

    DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY

  3. 2026-05-28 Assembly

    REFERRED TO ELECTION LAW

  4. 2026-04-27 Senate

    ADVANCED TO THIRD READING

  5. 2026-04-22 Senate

    2ND REPORT CAL.

  6. 2026-04-21 Senate

    1ST REPORT CAL.792

  7. 2026-01-07 Assembly

    DIED IN ASSEMBLY

  8. 2026-01-07 Assembly

    RETURNED TO SENATE

  9. 2026-01-07 Senate

    REFERRED TO ELECTIONS

  10. 2025-06-04 Senate

    PASSED SENATE

  11. 2025-06-04 Senate

    DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY

  12. 2025-06-04 Assembly

    REFERRED TO ELECTION LAW

  13. 2025-05-08 Senate

    ADVANCED TO THIRD READING

  14. 2025-05-07 Senate

    2ND REPORT CAL.

  15. 2025-05-06 Senate

    1ST REPORT CAL.960

  16. 2025-02-21 Senate

    REFERRED TO ELECTIONS

Official Summary Text

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

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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                                          5452

                               2025-2026 Regular Sessions

                                    I N  S E N A T E

                                    February 21, 2025
                                       ___________

        Introduced  by  Sen.  COMRIE -- 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 requiring a commission-
          er of a board of elections to meet certain qualifications before their
          appointment

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

     1    Section  1.  Section  3-200 of the election law is amended by adding a
     2  new subdivision 8 to read as follows:
     3    8. NO LATER THAN DECEMBER THIRTY-FIRST, TWO THOUSAND  TWENTY-SIX,  THE
     4  STATE  BOARD OF ELECTIONS SHALL PRESCRIBE QUALIFICATIONS FOR ALL COMMIS-
     5  SIONERS OF BOARDS OF ELECTIONS IN EACH COUNTY AND THE CITY OF NEW  YORK.
     6  SUCH QUALIFICATIONS SHALL INCLUDE, BUT NOT BE LIMITED TO, THE QUALIFICA-
     7  TIONS PRESCRIBED BY SECTION THREE OF THE PUBLIC OFFICERS LAW, AND DEMON-
     8  STRATED EXPERIENCE IN ELECTION ADMINISTRATION OR OTHER MANAGEMENT, OPER-
     9  ATIONS,  OR  ADMINISTRATIVE  EXPERIENCE  IN  THE  PUBLIC, NON-PROFIT, OR
    10  PRIVATE SECTOR AS DEEMED SUFFICIENT BY THE  BOARD.  SUCH  QUALIFICATIONS
    11  SHALL  APPLY  TO APPOINTMENTS MADE BEGINNING THIRTY DAYS AFTER PROMULGA-
    12  TION OF SUCH QUALIFICATIONS AND SHALL THEREAFTER  BE  REVIEWED  BY  SUCH
    13  BOARD  AT  LEAST  EVERY TWO YEARS AND UPDATED AS NECESSARY.  SUCH QUALI-
    14  FICATIONS SHALL BE PRESCRIBED BY THE BOARD ONLY AFTER  CONSIDERATION  OF
    15  THE  SKILLS  AND  KNOWLEDGE  NECESSARY OR USEFUL FOR THE EXERCISE OF THE
    16  DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES OF SUCH COMMISSIONERS, AS WELL AS THE ABILI-
    17  TY TO RECRUIT A SUFFICIENT NUMBER OF CANDIDATES TO BE COMMISSIONERS.
    18    § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.



         EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD09681-01-5