New York A 1015: Relates to the entitlement to unpaid leave of absence for victims of domestic violence

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A01015 Summary:

BILL NOA01015 

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SAME ASSAME AS S00799

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SPONSORJacobson

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COSPNSR

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MLTSPNSR

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Amd §3-304, El L (as proposed in S.612-D & A.1244-D)

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

Go to top A01015 Actions:

BILL NOA01015 

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01/08/2025referred to election law

01/28/2025reported referred to rules

01/28/2025reported 

01/28/2025rules report cal.77

01/28/2025ordered to third reading rules cal.77

03/03/2025substituted by s799

&nbspS00799 AMEND= MAYER

&nbsp01/08/2025REFERRED TO RULES

&nbsp01/13/2025ORDERED TO THIRD READING CAL.73

&nbsp02/05/2025PASSED SENATE

&nbsp02/05/2025DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY

&nbsp02/05/2025referred to election law

&nbsp03/03/2025substituted for a1015

&nbsp03/03/2025ordered to third reading rules cal.77

&nbsp03/03/2025passed assembly

&nbsp03/03/2025returned to senate

&nbsp03/07/2025DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR

&nbsp03/07/2025SIGNED CHAP.105

Go to topA01015 Committee&nbspVotes:

Committee:ELECTION LAW Chair:Walker 
DATE:01/28/2025AYE/NAY:10/5 Action: Favorable refer to committee Rules WalkerAyeSlaterNay

DinowitzAyeBrabenecNay

Carroll RCAyeMikulinNay

TaylorAyeTagueNay

JacobsonAyeBrook-KrasnyNay

MamdaniAye

GallagherAye

RiveraAye

Chandler-WatermAbsent

WiederAye

Carroll P Aye

Committee:RULES Chair:Heastie 
DATE:01/28/2025AYE/NAY:22/9 Action: Favorable HeastieAyeBarclayNay

PretlowAyeHawleyNay

CookAyeBlankenbushNay

GlickAyeRaNay

DinowitzAyeBrabenecNay

ColtonAyePalmesanoNay

MagnarelliAyeReillyNay

PaulinAyeSmithNay

Peoples-StokesAyeJensenNay

BenedettoAye

LavineAye

LupardoAye

BraunsteinAye

DavilaAye

HyndmanAye

RozicAye

BronsonAye

HevesiAye

HunterAye

TaylorAye

CruzAye

VanelAye

Go to topA01015 Floor&nbspVotes:

There are no Assembly votes for this bill in this legislative session.

Go to topA01015 Text:

 STATE OF NEW YORK
 ________________________________________________________________________

 1015

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN ASSEMBLY

 (Prefiled)

 January 8, 2025
 ___________

 Introduced by M. of A. JACOBSON -- read once and referred to the Commit-
 tee on Election Law

 AN ACT to amend the election law, in relation to permitting candidates
 for office to be employees of a board of elections with prior authori-
 zation and a majority vote of the election commissioners

 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 3-304 of the election law, as
 2 added by a chapter of the laws of 2024 amending the election law relat-
 3 ing to prohibiting conflicts of interest among board of elections
 4 employees, as proposed in legislative bills numbers S.612-D and A.
 5 1244-D, is amended to read as follows:
 6 2. No board of elections employee shall remain on the board of
 7 elections payroll while also a candidate for an office who has an
 8 election overseen by the board at which they are employed, without prior
 9 authorization by a majority vote of the board of elections commissioners
 10 and in accordance with the rules and regulations of the state board.
 11 (a) The state board shall promulgate rules and regulations relating to
 12 the circumstances that may permit a board of elections to authorize an
 13 employee who is also a candidate for an office who has an election over-
 14 seen by the board at which they are employed to remain employed,
 15 provided that such employee be restricted from working on matters
 16 directly related to the election in the jurisdiction in which the
 17 employee is a candidate and any other restrictions set forth by state
 18 board rules and regulations.
 19 (b) For the purposes of this article, a board of elections employee
 20 shall be deemed a candidate for elective office upon the filing of a
 21 designating or nominating petition for such office or, where nominations
 22 for such office are made other than by petition, upon acceptance of a
 23 nomination. Such employee may remain in "leave without pay" status until

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD02799-01-5

 A. 1015 2

 1 such time as their candidacy shall ce