---
type: "Bill"
title: "Prohibits conflicts of interest among board of elections employees"
description: "Prohibits conflicts of interest among board of elections employees; prevents a board of elections employee from remaining on the board of elections payroll while also a candidate for an office who has an election overseen by the board at which they are employed; allows for a member to remain on the board until 90 days before the general election if there is no primary for such office."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ny"
legislature: "New York Legislature"
session: "2023-2024"
identifier: "S 612"
citation: "New York S 612 (2023-2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Shelley Mayer"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 34
vote_count: 7
first_action: "2023-01-05"
last_action: "2024-12-23"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/469ad2df-f3f6-42cb-beac-2fa77b35f911"
source_url: "http://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2023/S612"
source_hash: "be02a490f3f1c49343135044d5bc0f0fb796b33c6cd69ca97dc6634c6375c1a2"
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 612 (2023-2024) — Prohibits conflicts of interest among board of elections employees

Prohibits conflicts of interest among board of elections employees; prevents a board of elections employee from remaining on the board of elections payroll while also a candidate for an office who has an election overseen by the board at which they are employed; allows for a member to remain on the board until 90 days before the general election if there is no primary for such office.

## Version chain

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

1. **S612** (committee substitute) — [source](http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?sh=printbill&bn=S612&term=2023&Text=Y)
2. **S612A** (committee substitute) — [source](http://legislation.nysenate.gov/pdf/bills/2023/S612A)
3. **S612B** (committee substitute) — [source](http://legislation.nysenate.gov/pdf/bills/2023/S612B)
4. **S612C** (committee substitute) — [source](http://legislation.nysenate.gov/pdf/bills/2023/S612C)
5. **S612D** (committee substitute) — [source](http://legislation.nysenate.gov/pdf/bills/2023/S612D)

## Votes

- Elections Vote - Version: A — **6–1** (pass) · upper
- Floor Vote - Version: D — **47–13** (pass) · upper
- Elections Vote — **7–0** (pass) · upper
- Floor Vote — **49–12** (pass) · upper
- Rules Vote — **16–3** (pass) · upper
- Assembly Vote — **98–47** (pass) · lower
- Floor Vote - Version: C — **49–12** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Shelley Mayer — primary (person)
- Lea Webb — cosponsor (person)
- Rachel May — cosponsor (person)
- Robert Jackson — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-01-05** REFERRED TO ELECTIONS `referral-committee`
- **2023-01-09** REPORTED AND COMMITTED TO RULES `referral-committee`
- **2023-01-09** ORDERED TO THIRD READING CAL.11
- **2023-01-10** PASSED SENATE `passage`
- **2023-01-10** DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY
- **2023-01-10** REFERRED TO ELECTION LAW `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-29** RECALLED FROM ASSEMBLY
- **2023-03-29** RETURNED TO SENATE
- **2023-03-29** VOTE RECONSIDERED - RESTORED TO THIRD READING
- **2023-03-29** AMENDED ON THIRD READING 612A `amendment-passage`
- **2023-06-10** RECOMMITTED TO RULES `referral-committee`
- **2024-01-03** REFERRED TO ELECTIONS `referral-committee`
- **2024-03-12** 1ST REPORT CAL.623
- **2024-03-13** AMENDED 612B `amendment-passage`
- **2024-03-13** 2ND REPORT CAL.
- **2024-03-14** ADVANCED TO THIRD READING
- **2024-04-15** AMENDED ON THIRD READING 612C `amendment-passage`
- **2024-05-21** PASSED SENATE `passage`
- **2024-05-21** DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY
- **2024-05-21** REFERRED TO ELECTION LAW `referral-committee`
- **2024-05-28** RECALLED FROM ASSEMBLY
- **2024-05-28** RETURNED TO SENATE
- **2024-05-28** VOTE RECONSIDERED - RESTORED TO THIRD READING
- **2024-05-28** AMENDED ON THIRD READING 612D `amendment-passage`
- **2024-06-03** REPASSED SENATE `passage`
- **2024-06-03** RETURNED TO ASSEMBLY
- **2024-06-03** REFERRED TO CODES `referral-committee`
- **2024-06-03** SUBSTITUTED FOR A1244D
- **2024-06-03** ORDERED TO THIRD READING RULES CAL.229
- **2024-06-03** PASSED ASSEMBLY `passage`
- **2024-06-03** RETURNED TO SENATE
- **2024-12-12** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
- **2024-12-21** SIGNED CHAP.639 `executive-signature`
- **2024-12-23** APPROVAL MEMO.100

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/469ad2df-f3f6-42cb-beac-2fa77b35f911`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New York legislature records).