New York S 2589: Relates to absentee ballots for relating to absentee ballots for school district elections

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S02589 Summary:

BILL NOS02589 

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SAME ASSAME AS A05301

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SPONSORMAYER

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COSPNSRJACKSON, WEBB

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MLTSPNSR

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Amd §§2018-a & 2018-b, Ed L

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Clarifies valid reasons to obtain an absentee ballot for elections in school districts which do not utilize poll registration.

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BILL NOS02589 

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01/21/2025REFERRED TO EDUCATION

02/11/20251ST REPORT CAL.309

02/12/20252ND REPORT CAL.

02/24/2025ADVANCED TO THIRD READING 

04/02/2025PASSED SENATE

04/02/2025DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY

04/02/2025referred to education

05/21/2025substituted for a5301

05/21/2025ordered to third reading rules cal.218

05/21/2025passed assembly

05/21/2025returned to senate

11/17/2025DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR

11/21/2025SIGNED CHAP.541

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DATE:05/21/2025Assembly Vote YEA/NAY: 139/5ER 

Alvarez 

Yes 

Carroll P 

No 

Friend 

Yes 

Lee 

Yes 

Peoples-Stokes 

Yes 

Slater 

Yes 

Anderson 

Yes 

Carroll RC 

Yes 

Gallagher 

No 

Lemondes 

ER 

Pheffer Amato 

Yes 

Smith 

Yes 

Angelino 

Yes 

Chandler-Waterm 

Yes 

Gallahan 

Yes 

Levenberg 

Yes 

Pirozzolo 

Yes 

Smullen 

Yes 

Bailey 

Yes 

Chang 

Yes 

Gandolfo 

Yes 

Lucas 

Yes 

Pretlow 

Yes 

Solages 

Yes 

Barclay 

Yes 

Chludzinski 

Yes 

Gibbs 

Yes 

Lunsford 

Yes 

Ra 

Yes 

Steck 

Yes 

Barrett 

Yes 

Clark 

Yes 

Giglio 

Yes 

Lupardo 

Yes 

Raga 

Yes 

Stern 

Yes 

Beephan 

Yes 

Colton 

Yes 

Glick 

Yes 

Magnarelli 

Yes 

Rajkumar 

Yes 

Stirpe 

Yes 

Bendett 

Yes 

Conrad 

Yes 

Gonzalez-Rojas 

ER 

Maher 

Yes 

Ramos 

No 

Tague 

Yes 

Benedetto 

Yes 

Cook 

Yes 

Gray 

ER 

Mamdani 

Yes 

Reilly 

Yes 

Tannousis 

Yes 

Berger 

Yes 

Cruz 

Yes 

Griffin 

Yes 

Manktelow 

ER 

Reyes 

Yes 

Tapia 

Yes 

Bichotte Hermel 

Yes 

Cunningham 

Yes 

Hawley 

Yes 

McDonald 

Yes 

Rivera 

Yes 

Taylor 

Yes 

Blankenbush 

Yes 

Dais 

Yes 

Hevesi 

Yes &#8225

McDonough 

Yes 

Romero 

Yes 

Torres 

Yes 

Blumencranz 

Yes 

Davila 

Yes 

Hooks 

Yes 

McMahon 

Yes 

Rosenthal 

Yes 

Valdez 

Yes 

Bologna 

Yes 

De Los Santos 

Yes 

Hunter 

Yes 

Meeks 

Yes 

Rozic 

Yes 

Vanel 

Yes 

Bores 

Yes 

DeStefano 

Yes 

Hyndman 

Yes 

Mikulin 

Yes 

Santabarbara 

ER 

Walker 

Yes 

Brabenec 

Yes 

Dilan 

Yes 

Jackson 

Yes 

Miller 

Yes 

Sayegh 

Yes 

Walsh 

Yes 

Braunstein 

Yes 

Dinowitz 

Yes 

Jacobson 

Yes 

Mitaynes 

Yes 

Schiavoni 

Yes 

Weprin 

Yes 

Bronson 

No 

DiPietro 

Yes 

Jensen 

Yes 

Molitor 

Yes 

Seawright 

Yes 

Wieder 

Yes 

Brook-Krasny 

Yes 

Durso 

Yes 

Jones 

Yes 

Morinello 

Yes 

Sempolinski 

Yes 

Williams 

No 

Brown EA 

Yes 

Eachus 

Yes 

Kassay 

Yes 

Norber 

Yes 

Septimo 

Yes 

Woerner 

Yes 

Brown K 

Yes 

Eichenstein 

Yes 

Kay 

Yes 

Novakhov 

Yes 

Shimsky 

Yes 

Wright 

Yes 

Burdick 

Yes 

Epstein 

Yes 

Kelles 

Yes 

O'Pharrow 

Yes 

Shrestha 

Yes 

Yeger 

Yes &#8225

Burke 

Yes 

Fall 

Yes 

Kim 

Yes 

Otis 

Yes 

Simon 

Yes 

Zaccaro 

Yes 

Burroughs 

Yes 

Fitzpatrick 

Yes 

Lasher 

Yes 

Palmesano 

Yes 

Simone 

Yes 

Zinerman 

Yes 

Buttenschon 

Yes 

Forrest 

Yes 

Lavine 

Yes 

Paulin 

Yes 

Simpson 

Yes 

Mr. Speaker 

 &#8225 Indicates voting via videoconference 

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
 ________________________________________________________________________

 2589

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN SENATE

 January 21, 2025
 ___________

 Introduced by Sens. MAYER, JACKSON -- read twice and ordered printed,
 and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Education

 AN ACT to amend the education law, in relation to absentee ballots for
 school district elections

 The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-
 bly, do enact as follows:

 1 Section 1. Paragraphs a and c of subdivision 2 of section 2018-a of
 2 the education law, paragraph a as amended and paragraph c as added by
 3 chapter 616 of the laws of 2019, are amended to read as follows:
 4 a. A qualified voter may vote as an absentee voter under this section
 5 if [during all the hours of voting] on the [day] occurrence of an
 6 election [he or she will] such voter expects to