senate Bill S645

2023-2024 Legislative Session

Requires a commissioner to meet certain qualifications before his or her appointment

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Current Bill Status - Passed Senate

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

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Assembly Actions - Lowercase
Senate Actions - UPPERCASE
Jan 17, 2023 referred to election law
delivered to assembly
passed senate
Jan 09, 2023 ordered to third reading cal.18
reported and committed to rules
Jan 05, 2023 referred to elections

Votes

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Jan 17, 2023 - floor Vote

S645
42
20
floor
42
Aye
20
Nay
0
Absent
1
Excused
0
Abstained
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Floor Vote: Jan 17, 2023

aye (42)
nay (20)
excused (1)

Jan 9, 2023 - Elections committee Vote

S645
4
2
committee
4
Aye
2
Nay
1
Aye with Reservations
0
Absent
0
Excused
0
Abstained
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Elections Committee Vote: Jan 9, 2023

aye (4)
nay (2)
aye wr (1)

Jan 9, 2023 - Rules committee Vote

S645
14
5
committee
14
Aye
5
Nay
0
Aye with Reservations
0
Absent
2
Excused
0
Abstained
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Rules Committee Vote: Jan 9, 2023

aye (14)
nay (5)
excused (2)

S645 (ACTIVE) - Details

Law Section:
Election Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §3-200, El L
Versions Introduced in 2021-2022 Legislative Session:
S8292

S645 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Requires a commissioner to meet certain qualifications before his or her 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.

S645 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

S645 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                    645
 
                        2023-2024 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                              January 5, 2023
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sen. MANNION -- 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 requiring a commission-
   er to meet certain qualifications before his or her appointment
 
   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section  1.  Section  3-200 of the election law is amended by adding a
 new subdivision 8 to read as follows:
   8. NO LATER THAN DECEMBER THIRTY-FIRST, TWO THOUSAND TWENTY-FOUR,  THE
 STATE  BOARD OF ELECTIONS SHALL PRESCRIBE QUALIFICATIONS FOR ALL COMMIS-
 SIONERS OF BOARDS OF ELECTIONS IN EACH COUNTY AND THE CITY OF NEW  YORK.
 SUCH QUALIFICATIONS SHALL INCLUDE, BUT NOT BE LIMITED TO, THE QUALIFICA-
 TIONS PRESCRIBED BY SECTION THREE OF THE PUBLIC OFFICERS LAW, AND DEMON-
 STRATED EXPERIENCE IN ELECTION ADMINISTRATION OR OTHER MANAGEMENT, OPER-
 ATIONS,  OR  ADMINISTRATIVE  EXPERIENCE  IN  THE  PUBLIC, NON-PROFIT, OR
 PRIVATE SECTOR AS DEEMED SUFFICIENT BY THE  BOARD.  SUCH  QUALIFICATIONS
 SHALL  APPLY  TO APPOINTMENTS MADE BEGINNING THIRTY DAYS AFTER PROMULGA-
 TION OF SUCH QUALIFICATIONS AND SHALL THEREAFTER  BE  REVIEWED  BY  SUCH
 BOARD  AT  LEAST  EVERY TWO YEARS AND UPDATED AS NECESSARY.  SUCH QUALI-
 FICATIONS SHALL BE PRESCRIBED BY THE BOARD ONLY AFTER  CONSIDERATION  OF
 THE  SKILLS  AND  KNOWLEDGE  NECESSARY OR USEFUL FOR THE EXERCISE OF THE
 DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES OF SUCH COMMISSIONERS, AS WELL AS THE ABILI-
 TY TO RECRUIT A SUFFICIENT NUMBER OF CANDIDATES TO BE COMMISSIONERS.
   § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
 
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD03639-02-3

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