---
type: "Bill"
title: "Provides that an attorney licensed to practice law in the state may serve as a poll watcher in any city or county in the state"
description: "Provides that an attorney licensed to practice in the state may serve as a poll watcher in any city or county in the state."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ny"
legislature: "New York Legislature"
session: "2023-2024"
identifier: "S 6130"
citation: "New York S 6130 (2023-2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Kevin S. Parker"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 25
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2023-03-30"
last_action: "2024-08-06"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ad9e3601-1e8c-4686-8d06-8c38456d94e0"
source_url: "http://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2023/S6130"
source_hash: "a6a3855dcbc6fc4b52097515399dfca600dee52bbd0c201cbec587152e68bebd"
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 6130 (2023-2024) — Provides that an attorney licensed to practice law in the state may serve as a poll watcher in any city or county in the state

Provides that an attorney licensed to practice in the state may serve as a poll watcher in any city or county in the state.

## Version chain

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

1. **S6130** (committee substitute) — [source](http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?sh=printbill&bn=S6130&term=2023&Text=Y)
2. **S6130A** (committee substitute) — [source](http://legislation.nysenate.gov/pdf/bills/2023/S6130A)

## Votes

- Floor Vote - Version: A — **41–21** (pass) · upper
- Floor Vote - Version: A — **37–21** (pass) · upper
- Elections Vote - Version: A — **5–2** (pass) · upper
- Assembly Vote — **98–49** (pass) · lower
- Rules Vote - Version: A — **14–6** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Kevin S. Parker — primary (person)
- Brian Kavanagh — cosponsor (person)
- Jamaal Bailey — cosponsor (person)
- Leroy Comrie — cosponsor (person)
- Liz Krueger — cosponsor (person)
- Shelley Mayer — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-03-30** REFERRED TO ELECTIONS `referral-committee`
- **2023-05-18** AMEND AND RECOMMIT TO ELECTIONS `amendment-passage, referral-committee`
- **2023-05-18** PRINT NUMBER 6130A `amendment-passage`
- **2023-06-08** COMMITTEE DISCHARGED AND COMMITTED TO RULES `referral-committee`
- **2023-06-08** ORDERED TO THIRD READING CAL.1754
- **2023-06-08** PASSED SENATE `passage`
- **2023-06-08** DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY
- **2023-06-08** REFERRED TO ELECTION LAW `referral-committee`
- **2023-06-08** SUBSTITUTED FOR A530A
- **2023-06-08** ORDERED TO THIRD READING RULES CAL.671
- **2024-01-03** DIED IN ASSEMBLY
- **2024-01-03** RETURNED TO SENATE
- **2024-01-03** REFERRED TO ELECTIONS `referral-committee`
- **2024-05-15** 1ST REPORT CAL.1153
- **2024-05-16** 2ND REPORT CAL.
- **2024-05-20** ADVANCED TO THIRD READING
- **2024-05-28** PASSED SENATE `passage`
- **2024-05-28** DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY
- **2024-05-28** REFERRED TO ELECTION LAW `referral-committee`
- **2024-05-29** SUBSTITUTED FOR A530A
- **2024-05-29** ORDERED TO THIRD READING CAL.22
- **2024-05-29** PASSED ASSEMBLY `passage`
- **2024-05-29** RETURNED TO SENATE
- **2024-08-06** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
- **2024-08-06** SIGNED CHAP.218 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/ad9e3601-1e8c-4686-8d06-8c38456d94e0`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New York legislature records).