---
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).