---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relates to the number of signatures of enrolled voters needed on a designating petition for any town office and the number of signatures required on a designating petition for a village election"
description: "Relates to the number of signatures of enrolled voters needed on a designating petition for any town office to be filled by all the voters of certain towns and the number of signatures required on a designating petition for a village election; provides for the repeal of such provisions upon the expiration thereof."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ny"
legislature: "New York Legislature"
session: "2021-2022"
identifier: "A 5844"
citation: "New York A 5844 (2021-2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["ABINANTI"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 15
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2021-02-26"
last_action: "2021-03-24"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/bd682218-078d-4970-9d07-266bd684fc08"
source_url: "http://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2021/A5844"
source_hash: "445049c3cb5320721132c002dd50a636aea0ed21fd5eebc5e08a621e7009c4f1"
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 5844 (2021-2022) — Relates to the number of signatures of enrolled voters needed on a designating petition for any town office and the number of signatures required on a designating petition for a village election

Relates to the number of signatures of enrolled voters needed on a designating petition for any town office to be filled by all the voters of certain towns and the number of signatures required on a designating petition for a village election; provides for the repeal of such provisions upon the expiration thereof.

## Version chain

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

1. **A5844** (committee substitute) — [source](http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?sh=printbill&bn=A5844&term=2021&Text=Y)
2. **A5844A** (committee substitute) — [source](http://legislation.nysenate.gov/pdf/bills/2021/A5844A)

## Votes

- Assembly Vote — **108–41** (pass) · lower
- Floor Vote - Version: A — **63–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- ABINANTI — primary (person)
- OTIS — cosponsor (person)
- SAYEGH — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-02-26** REFERRED TO ELECTION LAW `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-01** REPORTED REFERRED TO RULES `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-01** REPORTED
- **2021-03-02** RULES REPORT CAL.29
- **2021-03-02** ORDERED TO THIRD READING RULES CAL.29
- **2021-03-04** AMENDED ON THIRD READING 5844A `amendment-passage`
- **2021-03-08** PASSED ASSEMBLY `passage`
- **2021-03-08** DELIVERED TO SENATE
- **2021-03-08** REFERRED TO RULES `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-10** SUBSTITUTED FOR S5256A
- **2021-03-10** 3RD READING CAL.503
- **2021-03-10** PASSED SENATE `passage`
- **2021-03-10** RETURNED TO ASSEMBLY
- **2021-03-12** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
- **2021-03-24** SIGNED CHAP.81 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/bd682218-078d-4970-9d07-266bd684fc08`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New York legislature records).