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NY A05093
Bill
Status
Introduced
2/12/2025
Primary Sponsor
Kwani O'Pharrow
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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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