New York A 5302: Creates the "disaster preparedness and emergency planning act"; local sales tax exemption for emergency preparedness supplies

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A05302 Summary:

BILL NOA05302 

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SAME ASSAME AS S03735

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SPONSORWoerner

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COSPNSROtis, Colton

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MLTSPNSR

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Add §2022-a, Ed L

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Empowers the commissioner of education to declare a disaster has substantially impacted an annual meeting and election and to allow school boards to set an additional day for voting if less than eight percent of registered voters cast ballots as a direct consequence of a disaster.

Go to top A05302 Actions:

BILL NOA05302 

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02/12/2025referred to education

02/26/2025reported referred to ways and means

04/29/2025reported referred to rules

04/30/2025reported 

04/30/2025rules report cal.160

04/30/2025ordered to third reading rules cal.160

04/30/2025substituted by s3735

&nbspS03735 AMEND= MAYER

&nbsp01/29/2025REFERRED TO EDUCATION

&nbsp02/11/20251ST REPORT CAL.311

&nbsp02/12/20252ND REPORT CAL.

&nbsp02/24/2025ADVANCED TO THIRD READING 

&nbsp04/08/2025PASSED SENATE

&nbsp04/08/2025DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY

&nbsp04/08/2025referred to ways and means

&nbsp04/30/2025substituted for a5302

&nbsp04/30/2025ordered to third reading rules cal.160

&nbsp04/30/2025passed assembly

&nbsp04/30/2025returned to senate

&nbsp11/17/2025DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR

&nbsp11/21/2025SIGNED CHAP.547

Go to topA05302 Committee&nbspVotes:

Committee:EDUCATION Chair:Benedetto 
DATE:02/26/2025AYE/NAY:26/0 Action: Favorable refer to committee Ways and Means BenedettoAyeSmithAye

MagnarelliAyeMcDonoughAbsent

PaulinAyeMikulinAye

RamosAyeReillyAye

KimAyeBrownAye

OtisAyeChangAye

HyndmanAyePirozzoloAye

BronsonAyeMaherAye

TaylorAyeSempolinskiAye

Bichotte HermelExcused

SayeghAye

ButtenschonAye

ConradAye

JacksonAye

MitaynesAye

SeptimoAbsent

De Los SantosAye

Pheffer AmatoAye

GibbsAye

ClarkAbsent

ZaccaroExcused

TorresAye

Committee:WAYS AND MEANS Chair:Pretlow 
DATE:04/29/2025AYE/NAY:32/0 Action: Favorable refer to committee Rules PretlowAyeRaAye

GlickAyeFitzpatrickAye

ColtonAyeHawleyAye

CookAyeBlankenbushAye

BenedettoExcusedPalmesanoAye

WeprinAyeWalshAye

RamosAyeDeStefanoAye

BraunsteinAyeManktelowAye

McDonaldExcusedSmullenAye

RozicAyeGiglioAye

DinowitzAye

MagnarelliAye

BronsonAye

DilanAye

SeawrightAye

HyndmanAye

WalkerAye

Bichotte HermelAye

SimonAye

CruzAye

OtisAye

SolagesExcused

HunterAye

EpsteinAye

SeptimoAye

Committee:RULES Chair:Glick 
DATE:04/30/2025AYE/NAY:29/0 Action: Favorable HeastieExcusedBarclayAye

PretlowAyeHawleyAye

CookAyeBlankenbushAye

GlickAyeRaAye

DinowitzAyeBrabenecAye

ColtonAyePalmesanoAye

MagnarelliAyeReillyAye

PaulinAyeSmithAye

Peoples-StokesAyeJensenAye

BenedettoAye

LavineAye

LupardoAye

BraunsteinAye

DavilaAye

HyndmanExcused

RozicAye

BronsonAye

HevesiAye

HunterAye

TaylorAye

CruzAye

VanelAye

Go to topA05302 Floor&nbspVotes:

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

Go to topA05302 Text:

 STATE OF NEW YORK
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 5302

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN ASSEMBLY

 February 12, 2025
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 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 empowering the commis-
 sioner of education to declare a disaster has substantially impacted a
 school board or school budget election and to allow school boards to
 set an additional day for voting

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

 1 Section 1. The education law is amended by adding a new section 2022-a
 2 to read as follows:
 3 § 2022-a. Disaster; additional day for voting. 1. Upon request of a
 4 school district, or upon the determination of the commissioner, the
 5 commissioner may provide for an additional day of voting for the annual
 6 meeting and election if they determine that less than eight percent of
 7 qualified voters voted as a direct consequence of a disaster. For the
 8 purposes of this section, "disaster" shall include events such as a
 9 fire, earthquake, tornado, explosion, power failure, act of sabotage,
 10 enemy attack or other event that results in substantial damage to prop-
 11 erty or the possible or actual loss of life. The procedures applicable
 12 to a school's annual meeting and e