New York A 5301: Relates to absentee ballots for relating to absentee ballots for school district elections

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A05301 Summary:

BILL NOA05301 

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SAME ASSAME AS S02589

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SPONSORWoerner

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COSPNSRTaylor, Otis

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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.

Go to top A05301 Actions:

BILL NOA05301 

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02/12/2025referred to education

05/20/2025reported referred to rules

05/21/2025reported 

05/21/2025rules report cal.218

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

05/21/2025substituted by s2589

&nbspS02589 AMEND= MAYER

&nbsp01/21/2025REFERRED TO EDUCATION

&nbsp02/11/20251ST REPORT CAL.309

&nbsp02/12/20252ND REPORT CAL.

&nbsp02/24/2025ADVANCED TO THIRD READING 

&nbsp04/02/2025PASSED SENATE

&nbsp04/02/2025DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY

&nbsp04/02/2025referred to education

&nbsp05/21/2025substituted for a5301

&nbsp05/21/2025ordered to third reading rules cal.218

&nbsp05/21/2025passed assembly

&nbsp05/21/2025returned to senate

&nbsp11/17/2025DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR

&nbsp11/21/2025SIGNED CHAP.541

Go to topA05301 Committee&nbspVotes:

Committee:EDUCATION Chair:Benedetto 
DATE:05/20/2025AYE/NAY:28/0 Action: Favorable refer to committee Rules BenedettoAyeSmithAye

MagnarelliAyeMcDonoughExcused

PaulinAyeMikulinAye

RamosAyeReillyAye

KimAyeBrownAye

OtisAyeChangAye

HyndmanAyePirozzoloAye

BronsonAyeMaherAye

TaylorAyeSempolinskiAye

Bichotte HermelAye

SayeghExcused

ButtenschonAye

ConradAye

JacksonAye

MitaynesAye

SeptimoAye

De Los SantosAye

Pheffer AmatoAye

GibbsAye

ClarkExcused

ZaccaroAye

TorresAye

Committee:RULES Chair:Glick 
DATE:05/21/2025AYE/NAY:29/0 Action: Favorable HeastieExcusedBarclayAye

PretlowAyeHawleyAye

CookAyeBlankenbushAye

GlickAyeRaAye

DinowitzAyeBrabenecAye

ColtonAyePalmesanoAye

MagnarelliAyeReillyAye

PaulinExcusedSmithAye

Peoples-StokesAyeJensenAye

BenedettoAye

LavineAye

LupardoAye

BraunsteinAye

DavilaAye

HyndmanAye

RozicAye

BronsonAye

HevesiAye

HunterAye

TaylorAye

CruzAye

VanelAye

Go to topA05301 Floor&nbspVotes:

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

Go to topA05301 Text:

 STATE OF NEW YORK
 ________________________________________________________________________

 5301

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN ASSEMBLY

 February 12, 2025
 ___________

 Introduced by M. of A. WOERNER -- read once and referred to the Commit-
 tee 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 be:
 7 (1) absent from [the] their county of [his or her] residence; or
 8 (2) unable to appear personally at the polling place because of
 9 illness or physical disability, or duties related to the primary care of
 10 one or more individuals who are ill or physically disabled, or because
 11 [he or she] such voter will be or is a patient in a hospital; or
 12 (3) [an inmate] a resident or patient of a veteran's administration
 13 hospital; or
 14 (4) absent from [his or her] such voter's voting residence because [he
 15 or she] such voter is detained in jail awaiting action by a grand jury
 16 or awaiting trial, or confined in jail or prison after a conviction for
 17 an offense other than a felony, provided that [he or she] such voter is
 18 qualified to vote in the election district of [his or her] such voter's
 19 residence.
 20 c. The application for an absentee ballot when filed must contain in
 21 each instance the following information:
 22 (1) Applicant's full name, date of birth, and residence address,
 23 including the street and number, if any, rural delivery route, if any,
 24 mailing address if different from the residence address and an address
 25 to which the ballot shall be mailed.

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is ne