---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relates to alternative provisions for poll site staffing"
description: "Allows a board of elections to design an alternative poll site staffing plan to conduct an election."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ny"
legislature: "New York Legislature"
session: "2019-2020"
identifier: "A 1454"
citation: "New York A 1454 (2019-2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["BUCHWALD"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 15
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2019-01-15"
last_action: "2019-10-29"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/143d0c15-f685-4408-b725-8cc8af5010fd"
source_url: "http://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2019/A1454"
source_hash: "404ed89dc5f3d9961f5bd606e6599b5def10b2b4b10ee242d386ab5418dc78c9"
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 A 1454 (2019-2020) — Relates to alternative provisions for poll site staffing

Allows a board of elections to design an alternative poll site staffing plan to conduct an election.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **A1454** (committee substitute) — [source](http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?sh=printbill&bn=A1454&term=2019&Text=Y)

## Votes

- Floor Vote — **62–0** (pass) · upper
- Assembly Vote — **146–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- BUCHWALD — primary (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2019-01-15** REFERRED TO ELECTION LAW `referral-committee`
- **2019-01-28** REPORTED REFERRED TO WAYS AND MEANS `referral-committee`
- **2019-06-14** REPORTED REFERRED TO RULES `referral-committee`
- **2019-06-17** REPORTED
- **2019-06-17** RULES REPORT CAL.323
- **2019-06-17** ORDERED TO THIRD READING RULES CAL.323
- **2019-06-18** PASSED ASSEMBLY `passage`
- **2019-06-18** DELIVERED TO SENATE
- **2019-06-18** REFERRED TO RULES `referral-committee`
- **2019-06-19** SUBSTITUTED FOR S3146
- **2019-06-19** 3RD READING CAL.1678
- **2019-06-19** PASSED SENATE `passage`
- **2019-06-19** RETURNED TO ASSEMBLY
- **2019-10-21** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
- **2019-10-29** SIGNED CHAP.417 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/143d0c15-f685-4408-b725-8cc8af5010fd`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New York legislature records).