---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relates to legal challenges to the constitutionality of provisions of the election law"
description: "Provides that for any legal challenge to the constitutionality of a provision of the election law, venue shall be brought in the following designated court in the judicial department within which at least one plaintiff is located: first judicial department: New York county; second judicial department: Westchester county; third judicial department: Albany county; and fourth judicial department: Erie county."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ny"
legislature: "New York Legislature"
session: "2023-2024"
identifier: "S 350"
citation: "New York S 350 (2023-2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Robert Jackson"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 12
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2023-01-04"
last_action: "2023-09-20"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ea93b776-587b-4798-aa97-d6ecb96a3b69"
source_url: "http://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2023/S350"
source_hash: "e034c308d620a7e818d85ef3233346b659692116917f2f1937adec7d256055a7"
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 350 (2023-2024) — Relates to legal challenges to the constitutionality of provisions of the election law

Provides that for any legal challenge to the constitutionality of a provision of the election law, venue shall be brought in the following designated court in the judicial department within which at least one plaintiff is located: first judicial department: New York county; second judicial department: Westchester county; third judicial department: Albany county; and fourth judicial department: Erie county.

## Version chain

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

1. **S350** (committee substitute) — [source](http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?sh=printbill&bn=S350&term=2023&Text=Y)

## Votes

- Rules Vote — **14–5** (pass) · upper
- Floor Vote — **41–19** (pass) · upper
- Assembly Vote — **82–62** (pass) · lower
- Elections Vote — **5–2** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Robert Jackson — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-01-04** REFERRED TO ELECTIONS `referral-committee`
- **2023-01-09** REPORTED AND COMMITTED TO RULES `referral-committee`
- **2023-01-09** ORDERED TO THIRD READING CAL.5
- **2023-01-09** PASSED SENATE `passage`
- **2023-01-09** DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY
- **2023-01-10** REFERRED TO ELECTION LAW `referral-committee`
- **2023-06-09** SUBSTITUTED FOR A5874
- **2023-06-09** ORDERED TO THIRD READING RULES CAL.789
- **2023-06-10** PASSED ASSEMBLY `passage`
- **2023-06-10** RETURNED TO SENATE
- **2023-09-19** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
- **2023-09-20** SIGNED CHAP.475 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/ea93b776-587b-4798-aa97-d6ecb96a3b69`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New York legislature records).