---
type: "Bill"
title: "Authorizes consolidation of certain voting districts with a small number of eligible voters"
description: "Authorizes consolidation of certain voting districts with a small number of eligible voters; such district must have fewer than ten eligible voters."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ny"
legislature: "New York Legislature"
session: "2019-2020"
identifier: "A 3543"
citation: "New York A 3543 (2019-2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["CARROLL"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 14
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2019-01-29"
last_action: "2019-10-30"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/fa9d3db9-1052-426e-9e0d-a41847e2d18e"
source_url: "http://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2019/A3543"
source_hash: "a80b65414157c6456a8b71ec14357db879a2af04a307da8a572d5cbd8a20046b"
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 3543 (2019-2020) — Authorizes consolidation of certain voting districts with a small number of eligible voters

Authorizes consolidation of certain voting districts with a small number of eligible voters; such district must have fewer than ten eligible voters.

## Version chain

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

1. **A3543** (committee substitute) — [source](http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?sh=printbill&bn=A3543&term=2019&Text=Y)

## Votes

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

## Sponsors

- CARROLL — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-01-29** REFERRED TO ELECTION LAW `referral-committee`
- **2019-06-05** REPORTED REFERRED TO RULES `referral-committee`
- **2019-06-17** REPORTED
- **2019-06-17** RULES REPORT CAL.338
- **2019-06-17** ORDERED TO THIRD READING RULES CAL.338
- **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 S6449
- **2019-06-19** 3RD READING CAL.1721
- **2019-06-19** PASSED SENATE `passage`
- **2019-06-19** RETURNED TO ASSEMBLY
- **2019-10-21** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
- **2019-10-30** SIGNED CHAP.438 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/fa9d3db9-1052-426e-9e0d-a41847e2d18e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New York legislature records).