New York S 2043: Requires a joint report by the state board of elections and state education department concerning the safety of students and staff at schools used as polling places for elections

Status: REFERRED TO ELECTIONS (as of 2026-01-07)

State: New York · Session: 2025-2026 · Bill: S 2043

Sponsors: Dean Murray, Anthony H. Palumbo

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S02043 Summary:

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Requires a joint report by the state board of elections and state education department concerning the safety of students and staff at schools used as polling places for elections.

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01/15/2025REFERRED TO ELECTIONS

01/07/2026REFERRED TO ELECTIONS

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
 ________________________________________________________________________

 2043

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN SENATE

 January 15, 2025
 ___________

 Introduced by Sens. MURRAY, PALUMBO -- read twice and ordered printed,
 and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Elections

 AN ACT requiring a joint report by the state board of elections and
 state education department concerning the safety of students and staff
 at schools used as polling places for elections

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

 1 Section 1. The state board of elections and the state education
 2 department shall jointly examine, evaluate and make recommendations
 3 concerning the safety of students and staff at schools used as polling
 4 places for elections.
 5 § 2. The state board of elections and/or the state education depart-
 6 ment may request and shall receive from any subdivision, department,
 7 board, bureau, commission, office, agency or other instrumentality of
 8 the state or of any political subdivision thereof such assistance and
 9 data as it deems necessary or desirable to effectuate the purposes set
 10 forth in this act.
 11 § 3. Within six months of the effective date of this act, the state
 12 board of elections and the state education department shall submit a
 13 joint report of their findings, conclusions and recommendations to the
 14 governor and the legislature, and shall submit with such report such
 15 regulatory and legislative proposals as they deem necessary to implement
 16 their recommendations.
 17 § 4. This act shall take effect immediately.

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD04285-01-5

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