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New York · 2025 Regular Session · Bill

S 799: Relates to permitting candidates to be employed by a board of elections

Enacted Official data

  1. Introduced
  2. In committee
  3. Passed one chamber
  4. Passed both chambers
  5. Enacted

Last official action: ·Record last updated:

Plain-language summary

S 799 is a bill introduced in the New York Senate on January 8, 2025. According to its official title, it concerns: Relates to permitting candidates to be employed by a board of elections. Primary sponsor: Shelley Mayer (Democratic/Working Families). Most recent recorded action (March 7, 2025): SIGNED CHAP.105.

Generated automatically from the official title, sponsor list, and status record only. It does not characterize the bill’s purpose or effects. How summaries are written

Official summary

Abstract published by the legislature (via Open States). Text as published by the legislature; reproduced verbatim.

Permits a candidate for office to be employed by a board of elections with prior authorization and a majority vote of the elections commissioners.

Sponsors

Sponsors by party (alphabetical): Democratic/Working Families 1

NameRolePartyChamberDistrict
Shelley MayerPrimary sponsorDemocratic/Working FamiliesSenate37

“Support” is shown only as formal sponsorship recorded by the legislature. Roll-call votes are available on the official bill page.

Recent official actions

  1. SIGNED CHAP.105
  2. DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR
  3. RETURNED TO SENATE
  4. PASSED ASSEMBLY
  5. ORDERED TO THIRD READING RULES CAL.77
  6. SUBSTITUTED FOR A1015
  7. REFERRED TO ELECTION LAW
  8. DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY
  9. PASSED SENATE
  10. ORDERED TO THIRD READING CAL.73
  11. REFERRED TO RULES

Sources

  1. Open States / Plural (data from the official legislature website)
  2. Official legislature source