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S 5452 NY
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Requires a commissioner of a board of elections to meet certain qualifications before their appointment

NY · session 2025-2026 · Senate · bill

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Introduced Feb 21, 2025

Latest action (May 28, 2026) REFERRED TO ELECTION LAW

Summary

This bill establishes minimum qualifications for commissioners of boards of elections before their appointment. The bill requires commissioners to meet the qualifications prescribed by state law and demonstrate either experience in election administration or other management, operations, or administrative experience in the public, non-profit, or private sectors. The board of elections determines which types of experience are sufficient to meet the qualification requirements.

AI-generated plain-language summary of the bill (from the OpenStates abstract — no full text available yet) — neutral, and may be imperfect.

Official abstract

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.

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Action history (16)
  1. Feb 21, 2025 REFERRED TO ELECTIONS · upper
  2. May 6, 2025 1ST REPORT CAL.960 · upper
  3. May 7, 2025 2ND REPORT CAL. · upper
  4. May 8, 2025 ADVANCED TO THIRD READING · upper
  5. Jun 4, 2025 PASSED SENATE · upper
  6. Jun 4, 2025 DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY · upper
  7. Jun 4, 2025 REFERRED TO ELECTION LAW · lower
  8. Jan 7, 2026 DIED IN ASSEMBLY · lower
  9. Jan 7, 2026 RETURNED TO SENATE · lower
  10. Jan 7, 2026 REFERRED TO ELECTIONS · upper
  11. Apr 21, 2026 1ST REPORT CAL.792 · upper
  12. Apr 22, 2026 2ND REPORT CAL. · upper
  13. Apr 27, 2026 ADVANCED TO THIRD READING · upper
  14. May 28, 2026 PASSED SENATE · upper
  15. May 28, 2026 DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY · upper
  16. May 28, 2026 REFERRED TO ELECTION LAW · lower

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