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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Provides for election of members of the board of education of the Buffalo city school district in November rather than May; repealer"
+description: "Provides for the election of members of the board of education of the Buffalo city school district in November rather than in May; creates a timetable for the electoral proceedings therefor; extends the terms of current members of such board to the last day of December rather than June; provides for future terms to run from January through December; and staggers terms."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/ny"
+legislature: "New York Legislature"
+session: "2019-2020"
+identifier: "S 5224"
+citation: "New York S 5224 (2019-2020)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["KENNEDY"]
+version_count: 3
+action_count: 16
+vote_count: 3
+first_action: "2019-04-17"
+last_action: "2019-11-25"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/39136616-2c5a-407d-98dc-ce01a92862ec"
+source_url: "http://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2019/S5224"
+source_hash: "13e5568eff8c0b93b41c2fec1730d339dc49b6f4a1d3928a4b7acbb1a720a9c2"
+vintage: "2026-07-01"
+source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
+retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
+confidence: "reported"
+tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-ny"]
+---
+
+# New York S 5224 (2019-2020) — Provides for election of members of the board of education of the Buffalo city school district in November rather than May; repealer
+
+Provides for the election of members of the board of education of the Buffalo city school district in November rather than in May; creates a timetable for the electoral proceedings therefor; extends the terms of current members of such board to the last day of December rather than June; provides for future terms to run from January through December; and staggers terms.
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **S5224** (committee substitute) — [source](http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?sh=printbill&bn=S5224&term=2019&Text=Y)
+2. **S5224A** (committee substitute) — [source](http://legislation.nysenate.gov/pdf/bills/2019/S5224A)
+3. **S5224B** (committee substitute) — [source](http://legislation.nysenate.gov/pdf/bills/2019/S5224B)
+
+## Votes
+
+- Assembly Vote — **125–22** (pass) · lower
+- Rules Vote - Version: B — **14–5** (pass) · upper
+- Floor Vote - Version: B — **56–6** (pass) · upper
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- KENNEDY — primary (person)
+- JACOBS — cosponsor (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2019-04-17** REFERRED TO EDUCATION `referral-committee`
+- **2019-06-03** AMEND (T) AND RECOMMIT TO EDUCATION `referral-committee, amendment-passage`
+- **2019-06-03** PRINT NUMBER 5224A `amendment-passage`
+- **2019-06-17** AMEND AND RECOMMIT TO EDUCATION `referral-committee, amendment-passage`
+- **2019-06-17** PRINT NUMBER 5224B `amendment-passage`
+- **2019-06-18** COMMITTEE DISCHARGED AND COMMITTED TO RULES `referral-committee`
+- **2019-06-18** ORDERED TO THIRD READING CAL.1607
+- **2019-06-20** PASSED SENATE `passage`
+- **2019-06-20** DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY
+- **2019-06-20** REFERRED TO EDUCATION `referral-committee`
+- **2019-06-20** SUBSTITUTED FOR A4949B
+- **2019-06-20** ORDERED TO THIRD READING RULES CAL.131
+- **2019-06-20** PASSED ASSEMBLY `passage`
+- **2019-06-20** RETURNED TO SENATE
+- **2019-11-19** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
+- **2019-11-25** SIGNED CHAP.561 `executive-signature`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/39136616-2c5a-407d-98dc-ce01a92862ec`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New York legislature records).
+