---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relates to prohibiting private individuals or entities to pay for the administrative expenses associated with the conduct of a referendum"
description: "Prohibits private individuals or entities to pay for the administrative expenses associated with the conduct of a referendum."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ny"
legislature: "New York Legislature"
session: "2021-2022"
identifier: "A 4158"
citation: "New York A 4158 (2021-2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["LAVINE"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 14
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2021-02-01"
last_action: "2022-08-17"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f21a1af9-ae74-4003-8d63-e17e9436dd86"
source_url: "http://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2021/A4158"
source_hash: "a42f7db0433024736da7a48bf29db5cbe9156b0605ab8711cfa854a90243ff1e"
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 4158 (2021-2022) — Relates to prohibiting private individuals or entities to pay for the administrative expenses associated with the conduct of a referendum

Prohibits private individuals or entities to pay for the administrative expenses associated with the conduct of a referendum.

## Version chain

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

1. **A4158** (committee substitute) — [source](http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?sh=printbill&bn=A4158&term=2021&Text=Y)

## Votes

- Floor Vote — **41–20** (pass) · upper
- Assembly Vote — **110–36** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- LAVINE — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-02-01** REFERRED TO ELECTION LAW `referral-committee`
- **2021-04-19** REPORTED REFERRED TO WAYS AND MEANS `referral-committee`
- **2021-05-04** REPORTED
- **2021-05-06** ADVANCED TO THIRD READING CAL.311
- **2022-01-05** ORDERED TO THIRD READING CAL.141
- **2022-03-22** PASSED ASSEMBLY `passage`
- **2022-03-22** DELIVERED TO SENATE
- **2022-03-22** REFERRED TO ELECTIONS `referral-committee`
- **2022-05-23** SUBSTITUTED FOR S156
- **2022-05-23** 3RD READING CAL.1313
- **2022-05-23** PASSED SENATE `passage`
- **2022-05-23** RETURNED TO ASSEMBLY
- **2022-08-05** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
- **2022-08-17** SIGNED CHAP.508 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/f21a1af9-ae74-4003-8d63-e17e9436dd86`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New York legislature records).