---
type: "Bill"
title: "Provides for online and in-person instruction and examination of election inspectors, poll clerks and election coordinators"
description: "Provides for online and in-person instruction and examination of election inspectors, poll clerks and election coordinators."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ny"
legislature: "New York Legislature"
session: "2021-2022"
identifier: "A 4257"
citation: "New York A 4257 (2021-2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["EPSTEIN"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 16
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2021-02-01"
last_action: "2021-07-27"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b17e21ee-dc8e-4fef-a2f6-cab56af3709f"
source_url: "http://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2021/A4257"
source_hash: "a7cf707aa76fd6628b73e8f145faaf9296209f84c10e5485a71041ff89dc23ec"
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 4257 (2021-2022) — Provides for online and in-person instruction and examination of election inspectors, poll clerks and election coordinators

Provides for online and in-person instruction and examination of election inspectors, poll clerks and election coordinators.

## Version chain

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

1. **A4257** (committee substitute) — [source](http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?sh=printbill&bn=A4257&term=2021&Text=Y)
2. **A4257A** (committee substitute) — [source](http://legislation.nysenate.gov/pdf/bills/2021/A4257A)

## Votes

- Floor Vote - Version: A — **63–0** (pass) · upper
- Assembly Vote — **147–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- EPSTEIN — primary (person)
- GOTTFRIED — cosponsor (person)
- SIMON — cosponsor (person)
- ZINERMAN — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-02-01** REFERRED TO ELECTION LAW `referral-committee`
- **2021-05-04** AMEND (T) AND RECOMMIT TO ELECTION LAW `amendment-passage, referral-committee`
- **2021-05-04** PRINT NUMBER 4257A `amendment-passage`
- **2021-05-19** REPORTED REFERRED TO RULES `referral-committee`
- **2021-06-01** REPORTED
- **2021-06-01** RULES REPORT CAL.175
- **2021-06-01** ORDERED TO THIRD READING RULES CAL.175
- **2021-06-01** PASSED ASSEMBLY `passage`
- **2021-06-01** DELIVERED TO SENATE
- **2021-06-01** REFERRED TO RULES `referral-committee`
- **2021-06-09** SUBSTITUTED FOR S1277A
- **2021-06-09** 3RD READING CAL.1686
- **2021-06-09** PASSED SENATE `passage`
- **2021-06-09** RETURNED TO ASSEMBLY
- **2021-07-21** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
- **2021-07-27** SIGNED CHAP.310 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/b17e21ee-dc8e-4fef-a2f6-cab56af3709f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New York legislature records).