---
type: "Bill"
title: "Requires proposed amendment to the constitution or other question provided by law to be submitted to a statewide vote be submitted to the people for their approval in plain language"
description: "Requires a proposed amendment to the constitution or other question provided by law to be submitted to a statewide vote be submitted to the people for their approval in plain language which is deemed to be no higher than an eighth grade reading level."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ny"
legislature: "New York Legislature"
session: "2023-2024"
identifier: "S 1381"
citation: "New York S 1381 (2023-2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Leroy Comrie"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 15
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2023-01-11"
last_action: "2023-11-17"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/3a02e1e4-3ab1-4647-a812-d1fa683160f7"
source_url: "http://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2023/S1381"
source_hash: "f4dc7a4149d8ed26879c473b9b302ecc09bbd5ba6263f9933da1cd881f5c4eb1"
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 S 1381 (2023-2024) — Requires proposed amendment to the constitution or other question provided by law to be submitted to a statewide vote be submitted to the people for their approval in plain language

Requires a proposed amendment to the constitution or other question provided by law to be submitted to a statewide vote be submitted to the people for their approval in plain language which is deemed to be no higher than an eighth grade reading level.

## Version chain

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

1. **S1381** (committee substitute) — [source](http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?sh=printbill&bn=S1381&term=2023&Text=Y)
2. **S1381A** (committee substitute) — [source](http://legislation.nysenate.gov/pdf/bills/2023/S1381A)

## Votes

- Assembly Vote — **145–0** (pass) · lower
- Floor Vote - Version: A — **61–0** (pass) · upper
- Elections Vote - Version: A — **7–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Leroy Comrie — primary (person)
- James Skoufis — cosponsor (person)
- Rachel May — cosponsor (person)
- Robert Jackson — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-01-11** REFERRED TO ELECTIONS `referral-committee`
- **2023-05-01** AMEND AND RECOMMIT TO ELECTIONS `amendment-passage, referral-committee`
- **2023-05-01** PRINT NUMBER 1381A `amendment-passage`
- **2023-05-09** 1ST REPORT CAL.777
- **2023-05-10** 2ND REPORT CAL.
- **2023-05-15** ADVANCED TO THIRD READING
- **2023-05-17** PASSED SENATE `passage`
- **2023-05-17** DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY
- **2023-05-17** REFERRED TO ELECTION LAW `referral-committee`
- **2023-06-08** SUBSTITUTED FOR A1722B
- **2023-06-08** ORDERED TO THIRD READING RULES CAL.681
- **2023-06-08** PASSED ASSEMBLY `passage`
- **2023-06-08** RETURNED TO SENATE
- **2023-11-13** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
- **2023-11-17** SIGNED CHAP.648 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/3a02e1e4-3ab1-4647-a812-d1fa683160f7`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New York legislature records).