S 2050 NY
Relates to the terms of office of commissioners of elections
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Summary
This New York law extends the term of office for election commissioners from two years to four years. The new four-year terms will begin on January 1st of each odd-numbered year for all election commissioners statewide. The bill eliminates previous provisions that allowed New York City and Schenectady County different term lengths and allowed other counties to choose whether to implement four-year terms. Instead, all election commissioners throughout New York will now serve uniform four-year terms on the same schedule. The law becomes effective immediately and applies to all elections held on or after November 1, 2026.
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Official abstract
Increases the term of office of an election commissioner from two to four years beginning January first of each odd numbered year.
Sponsor (1)
- Lea Webb Democratic · primary
1 coauthor / cosponsor
- Patricia Fahy Democratic · cosponsor
Action history (16)
- Jan 15, 2025 REFERRED TO ELECTIONS · upper
- Feb 10, 2025 1ST REPORT CAL.295 · upper
- Feb 11, 2025 2ND REPORT CAL. · upper
- Feb 12, 2025 ADVANCED TO THIRD READING · upper
- Mar 12, 2025 PASSED SENATE · upper
- Mar 12, 2025 DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY · upper
- Mar 12, 2025 REFERRED TO ELECTION LAW · lower
- Jan 7, 2026 DIED IN ASSEMBLY · lower
- Jan 7, 2026 RETURNED TO SENATE · lower
- Jan 7, 2026 REFERRED TO ELECTIONS · upper
- Apr 21, 2026 1ST REPORT CAL.791 · upper
- Apr 22, 2026 2ND REPORT CAL. · upper
- Apr 27, 2026 ADVANCED TO THIRD READING · upper
- May 4, 2026 PASSED SENATE · upper
- May 4, 2026 DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY · upper
- May 4, 2026 REFERRED TO ELECTION LAW · lower
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Bill No.: Summary Actions Committee Votes Floor Votes Memo Text LFIN Chamber Video/Transcript S02050 Summary: BILL NO S02050   SAME AS SAME AS A07289
  SPONSOR WEBB   COSPNSR FAHY   MLTSPNSR   Amd §3-202, El L   Increases the term of office of an election commissioner from two to four years beginning January first of each odd numbered year.
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STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________
2050
2025-2026 Regular Sessions
IN SENATE
January 15, 2025 ___________
Introduced by Sen. 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 the terms of office of election commissioners
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows:
1 Section 1. Subdivision 1 of section 3-202 of the election law is 2 amended to read as follows: 3 1. The term of office of an election commissioner shall be [ two ] four 4 years beginning January first of each odd numbered year [ except that in 5 the city of New York and the county of Schenectady the term shall be 6 four years beginning on January first of each alternate odd numbered 7 year. The county legislative body of any other county may determine that 8 the commissioners of elections thereafter appointed shall serve for a 9 term of four years. Such determination may be rescinded by a subsequent 10 action of the county legislative body which shall take effect at the 11 expiration of the terms of the commissioners then in office ]. 12 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately and shall apply to all 13 elections occurring on and after November 1, 2026.
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD01875-01-5
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