New York A 5056: Makes commissioners full time employees of boards outside the city of New York

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

State: New York · Session: 2025-2026 · Bill: A 5056

Sponsors: Jonathan Jacobson, Al Taylor, Albert A. Stirpe, Amy Paulin, Carrie Woerner, Charles Lavine, Emily Gallagher, Harry B. Bronson, Jen Lunsford, Karen McMahon, Karines Reyes, Patrick Burke, Philip Ramos, Rebecca Seawright, Sarahana Shrestha, Tony Simone, Yudelka Tapia

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A05056 Summary:

BILL NOA05056 

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SAME ASSAME AS S01087

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SPONSORJacobson

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COSPNSRGallagher, Lunsford, Reyes, Shrestha, McMahon, Bronson, Burke, Lavine, Taylor, Paulin, Stirpe,
 Tapia, Seawright, Simone, Woerner, Ramos

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MLTSPNSR

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Amd §3-200, El L

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Makes commissioners full time employees of boards outside the city of New York.

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BILL NOA05056 

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02/11/2025referred to election law

01/07/2026referred to election law

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
 ________________________________________________________________________

 5056

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN ASSEMBLY

 February 11, 2025
 ___________

 Introduced by M. of A. JACOBSON, GALLAGHER, LUNSFORD, REYES, SHRESTHA,
 McMAHON, BRONSON, BURKE, LAVINE, TAYLOR, PAULIN, STIRPE, TAPIA -- read
 once and referred to the Committee on Election Law

 AN ACT to amend the election law, in relation to making commissioners
 full time employees of boards outside the city of New York

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

 1 Section 1. Subdivision 2 of section 3-200 of the election law is
 2 amended to read as follows:
 3 2. (a) Each board outside the city of New York shall consist of two
 4 election commissioners who shall be full time employees of such board,
 5 except that the county legislative body of a county having a population
 6 of more than one hundred [and] twenty thousand may, by local law,
 7 increase the number of such commissioners to four, to be appointed as
 8 provided in this title.
 9 (b) Each of the major political parties shall be eligible to recommend
 10 appointment of an equal number of commissioners.
 11 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD01346-01-5

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