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NY A05093

Bill

Status

Introduced

2/12/2025

Primary Sponsor

Kwani O'Pharrow

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Origin

Assembly

2025-2026 General Assembly

AI Summary

  • Requires school buildings designated as polling places to provide voting spaces that are not easily accessible to areas where instructional activities are taking place
  • Mandates cancellation of in-person instructional activities during poll site operating hours if a suitably separated voting space cannot be provided
  • Amends section 4-104 of the election law regarding the use of tax-exempt buildings as polling places
  • Takes effect immediately upon passage

Legislative Description

Provides that if a school building is designated as a polling place, the board or body which controls such building shall provide a space that is not easily accessible to areas of the building where instructional activities are taking place, and if such a space cannot be provided that meets such criteria, the board or agency which controls such building shall cancel in-person instructional activities during the operating hours of such poll site.

Last Action

referred to election law

1/7/2026

Committee Referrals

Election Law2/12/2025

Full Bill Text

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