---
type: "Bill"
title: "Increases the number of registrants an election district may contain with the approval of the county board of elections"
description: "Increases the number of registrants an election district may contain with the approval of the county board of elections; increases number on county committee."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ny"
legislature: "New York Legislature"
session: "2021-2022"
identifier: "A 7478"
citation: "New York A 7478 (2021-2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["CUSICK"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 14
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2021-05-10"
last_action: "2021-07-16"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/1380d819-b66f-4c60-a5e0-0114a2bd908f"
source_url: "http://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2021/A7478"
source_hash: "d33beeac81fbddb6583042a7b1ad71430e3b7be044b682c7755ef913425b0d2c"
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 7478 (2021-2022) — Increases the number of registrants an election district may contain with the approval of the county board of elections

Increases the number of registrants an election district may contain with the approval of the county board of elections; increases number on county committee.

## Version chain

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

1. **A7478** (committee substitute) — [source](http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?sh=printbill&bn=A7478&term=2021&Text=Y)

## Votes

- Assembly Vote — **148–0** (pass) · lower
- Floor Vote — **55–8** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- CUSICK — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-05-10** REFERRED TO ELECTION LAW `referral-committee`
- **2021-05-19** REPORTED REFERRED TO RULES `referral-committee`
- **2021-06-01** REPORTED
- **2021-06-01** RULES REPORT CAL.246
- **2021-06-01** ORDERED TO THIRD READING RULES CAL.246
- **2021-06-02** PASSED ASSEMBLY `passage`
- **2021-06-02** DELIVERED TO SENATE
- **2021-06-02** REFERRED TO RULES `referral-committee`
- **2021-06-02** SUBSTITUTED FOR S6855
- **2021-06-02** 3RD READING CAL.1360
- **2021-06-02** PASSED SENATE `passage`
- **2021-06-02** RETURNED TO ASSEMBLY
- **2021-07-12** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
- **2021-07-16** SIGNED CHAP.260 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/1380d819-b66f-4c60-a5e0-0114a2bd908f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New York legislature records).