---
type: "Bill"
title: "Establishes a deadline for changing the location of a polling place for early voting"
description: "Establishes a deadline for changing the location of a polling place for early voting by requiring that no location change may occur within forty-eight hours of the commencement of an early voting period unless there is a disaster or a declared state of emergency."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ny"
legislature: "New York Legislature"
session: "2023-2024"
identifier: "S 6519"
citation: "New York S 6519 (2023-2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Brian Kavanagh"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 14
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2023-04-25"
last_action: "2023-09-20"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f864cf0a-aa3c-470e-9da1-cf11ba353648"
source_url: "http://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2023/S6519"
source_hash: "09916b73d1ca01b7500b42f644e178f15d91d69ed6c8d5980a6bc7e7d59d4b7b"
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 6519 (2023-2024) — Establishes a deadline for changing the location of a polling place for early voting

Establishes a deadline for changing the location of a polling place for early voting by requiring that no location change may occur within forty-eight hours of the commencement of an early voting period unless there is a disaster or a declared state of emergency.

## Version chain

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

1. **S6519** (committee substitute) — [source](http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?sh=printbill&bn=S6519&term=2023&Text=Y)
2. **S6519A** (committee substitute) — [source](http://legislation.nysenate.gov/pdf/bills/2023/S6519A)

## Votes

- Rules Vote - Version: A — **21–0** (pass) · upper
- Assembly Vote — **140–0** (pass) · lower
- Floor Vote - Version: A — **61–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Brian Kavanagh — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-04-25** REFERRED TO ELECTIONS `referral-committee`
- **2023-06-01** AMEND AND RECOMMIT TO ELECTIONS `amendment-passage, referral-committee`
- **2023-06-01** PRINT NUMBER 6519A `amendment-passage`
- **2023-06-05** COMMITTEE DISCHARGED AND COMMITTED TO RULES `referral-committee`
- **2023-06-05** ORDERED TO THIRD READING CAL.1581
- **2023-06-05** PASSED SENATE `passage`
- **2023-06-05** DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY
- **2023-06-05** REFERRED TO WAYS AND MEANS `referral-committee`
- **2023-06-06** SUBSTITUTED FOR A1565A
- **2023-06-06** ORDERED TO THIRD READING RULES CAL.570
- **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.480 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/f864cf0a-aa3c-470e-9da1-cf11ba353648`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New York legislature records).