---
type: "Bill"
title: "Reduces the signature requirement for petitions for candidates for the school board of the city of Buffalo"
description: "Reduces the signature requirement for petitions for candidates for the school board of the city of Buffalo."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ny"
legislature: "New York Legislature"
session: "2021-2022"
identifier: "A 9423"
citation: "New York A 9423 (2021-2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["PEOPLES-STOKES"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 16
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2022-03-07"
last_action: "2022-08-11"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/8777f79b-ab78-4f54-92c3-f9d3e0e5909d"
source_url: "http://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2021/A9423"
source_hash: "9f48c7022f93c8fc445eec47d8974c2d4acaf6cecc82dfcce3636e358af8341a"
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 9423 (2021-2022) — Reduces the signature requirement for petitions for candidates for the school board of the city of Buffalo

Reduces the signature requirement for petitions for candidates for the school board of the city of Buffalo.

## Version chain

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

1. **A9423** (committee substitute) — [source](http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?sh=printbill&bn=A9423&term=2021&Text=Y)
2. **A9423A** (committee substitute) — [source](http://legislation.nysenate.gov/pdf/bills/2021/A9423A)

## Votes

- Floor Vote - Version: A — **61–2** (pass) · upper
- Assembly Vote — **146–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- PEOPLES-STOKES — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-03-07** REFERRED TO ELECTION LAW `referral-committee`
- **2022-03-31** AMEND (T) AND RECOMMIT TO ELECTION LAW `amendment-passage, referral-committee`
- **2022-03-31** PRINT NUMBER 9423A `amendment-passage`
- **2022-05-10** REPORTED REFERRED TO RULES `referral-committee`
- **2022-05-16** REPORTED
- **2022-05-16** RULES REPORT CAL.228
- **2022-05-16** ORDERED TO THIRD READING RULES CAL.228
- **2022-05-16** PASSED ASSEMBLY `passage`
- **2022-05-16** DELIVERED TO SENATE
- **2022-05-16** REFERRED TO ELECTIONS `referral-committee`
- **2022-06-01** SUBSTITUTED FOR S8409A
- **2022-06-01** 3RD READING CAL.1777
- **2022-06-01** PASSED SENATE `passage`
- **2022-06-01** RETURNED TO ASSEMBLY
- **2022-08-05** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
- **2022-08-11** SIGNED CHAP.495 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/8777f79b-ab78-4f54-92c3-f9d3e0e5909d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New York legislature records).