---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relates to the filling of vacancies for elective offices in villages with November elections"
description: "Relates to the filling of vacancies for elective offices in villages with November elections; provides such vacancies shall be filled in accordance with subdivision one of section forty-two of the public officers law."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ny"
legislature: "New York Legislature"
session: "2025-2026"
identifier: "S 4483"
citation: "New York S 4483 (2025-2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Shelley Mayer"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 13
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2025-02-05"
last_action: "2025-12-05"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/db9d3b02-724c-4944-a8ad-fe6cd659513b"
source_url: "http://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2025/S4483"
source_hash: "7e1a193949d2faf4e3e28b1f9a52c17c5dd581e479aa9d8c31b894254796c9f3"
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 4483 (2025-2026) — Relates to the filling of vacancies for elective offices in villages with November elections

Relates to the filling of vacancies for elective offices in villages with November elections; provides such vacancies shall be filled in accordance with subdivision one of section forty-two of the public officers law.

## Version chain

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

1. **S4483** (committee substitute) — [source](http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?sh=printbill&bn=S4483&term=2025&Text=Y)

## Votes

- Local Government Vote — **7–0** (pass) · upper
- Floor Vote — **61–0** (pass) · upper
- Assembly Vote — **145–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Shelley Mayer — primary (person)
- Lea Webb — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-02-05** REFERRED TO LOCAL GOVERNMENT `referral-committee`
- **2025-02-25** 1ST REPORT CAL.376
- **2025-02-26** 2ND REPORT CAL.
- **2025-03-03** ADVANCED TO THIRD READING
- **2025-03-04** PASSED SENATE `passage`
- **2025-03-04** DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY
- **2025-03-05** REFERRED TO LOCAL GOVERNMENTS `referral-committee`
- **2025-05-27** SUBSTITUTED FOR A6685
- **2025-05-27** ORDERED TO THIRD READING RULES CAL.267
- **2025-05-27** PASSED ASSEMBLY `passage`
- **2025-05-27** RETURNED TO SENATE
- **2025-12-01** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
- **2025-12-05** SIGNED CHAP.604 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/db9d3b02-724c-4944-a8ad-fe6cd659513b`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New York legislature records).