---
type: "Bill"
title: "Requires the posting of information concerning a change in the location of a polling place"
description: "Requires the board of elections for the voting district in which an old polling place is located to post at the entrance of the old polling location a notice informing voters that the polling place has been moved and providing the street address of the new location."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ny"
legislature: "New York Legislature"
session: "2021-2022"
identifier: "A 2168"
citation: "New York A 2168 (2021-2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["JACOBSON"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 12
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2021-01-14"
last_action: "2021-07-16"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/fd4f2852-d573-4203-ab45-999138679cf3"
source_url: "http://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2021/A2168"
source_hash: "6ae5d4a10aeffe500663c3d420bc389af2dca3ea57addcc3a2a2255514649417"
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 2168 (2021-2022) — Requires the posting of information concerning a change in the location of a polling place

Requires the board of elections for the voting district in which an old polling place is located to post at the entrance of the old polling location a notice informing voters that the polling place has been moved and providing the street address of the new location.

## Version chain

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

1. **A2168** (committee substitute) — [source](http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?sh=printbill&bn=A2168&term=2021&Text=Y)

## Votes

- Floor Vote — **63–0** (pass) · upper
- Assembly Vote — **150–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- JACOBSON — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-01-14** REFERRED TO ELECTION LAW `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-23** REPORTED
- **2021-03-25** ADVANCED TO THIRD READING CAL.199
- **2021-04-19** PASSED ASSEMBLY `passage`
- **2021-04-19** DELIVERED TO SENATE
- **2021-04-19** REFERRED TO ELECTIONS `referral-committee`
- **2021-05-19** SUBSTITUTED FOR S6216
- **2021-05-19** 3RD READING CAL.879
- **2021-05-19** PASSED SENATE `passage`
- **2021-05-19** RETURNED TO ASSEMBLY
- **2021-07-12** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
- **2021-07-16** SIGNED CHAP.241 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/fd4f2852-d573-4203-ab45-999138679cf3`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New York legislature records).