Senate Bill S1842

2025-2026 Legislative Session

Relates to split shifts for election inspectors or poll clerks

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Current Bill Status - In Senate Committee Elections Committee

  • Introduced
    • In Committee Assembly
    • In Committee Senate
    • On Floor Calendar Assembly
    • On Floor Calendar Senate
    • Passed Assembly
    • Passed Senate
  • Delivered to Governor
  • Signed By Governor

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2025-S1842 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Senate Elections
Law Section:
Election Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §3-400, El L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2017-2018: S5934
2019-2020: S2275
2021-2022: S424
2023-2024: S609

2025-S1842 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Relates to split shifts for election inspectors or poll clerks.

2025-S1842 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2025-S1842 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   1842
 
                        2025-2026 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                             January 14, 2025
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by Sens. HOYLMAN-SIGAL, JACKSON, SALAZAR, WEBB -- 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  split  shifts  for
   election inspectors or poll clerks
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Subdivision 7 of section 3-400  of  the  election  law,  as
 amended  by  chapter  293  of  the  laws  of 2017, is amended to read as
 follows:
   7. The board of elections  may  employ  election  inspectors  OR  POLL
 CLERKS to work split shifts with adjusted compensation, provided, howev-
 er, that at least one ELECTION inspector AND ONE POLL CLERK from each of
 the  two  major  political  parties  is present at the poll site for the
 entire time that the polls are open.  Each  county  board  of  elections
 shall prescribe the necessary rules and procedures to ensure proper poll
 site operation.
   § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
 
 
 
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD05213-01-5

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