---
type: "Bill"
title: "Provides that election workers shall be given special ballots as soon as such ballots are printed"
description: "Authorizes the board of elections to provide special ballots to board of election employees anytime up to the close of polls on election day."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ny"
legislature: "New York Legislature"
session: "2019-2020"
identifier: "A 202"
citation: "New York A 202 (2019-2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["CAHILL"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 12
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2019-01-09"
last_action: "2019-09-13"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d01b5c09-e93d-43b9-a5eb-c9cfd7ca5778"
source_url: "http://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2019/A202"
source_hash: "555eaaa8f63c0ee8ff5ea4f939a0d2bc8856522a06787104bfa02c6e60394ac9"
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 A 202 (2019-2020) — Provides that election workers shall be given special ballots as soon as such ballots are printed

Authorizes the board of elections to provide special ballots to board of election employees anytime up to the close of polls on election day.

## Version chain

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

1. **A202** (committee substitute) — [source](http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?sh=printbill&bn=A202&term=2019&Text=Y)

## Votes

- Floor Vote — **62–0** (pass) · upper
- Assembly Vote — **143–1** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- CAHILL — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-01-09** REFERRED TO ELECTION LAW `referral-committee`
- **2019-01-28** REPORTED
- **2019-01-31** ADVANCED TO THIRD READING CAL.12
- **2019-02-04** PASSED ASSEMBLY `passage`
- **2019-02-04** DELIVERED TO SENATE
- **2019-02-04** REFERRED TO ELECTIONS `referral-committee`
- **2019-06-13** SUBSTITUTED FOR S5199
- **2019-06-13** 3RD READING CAL.713
- **2019-06-13** PASSED SENATE `passage`
- **2019-06-13** RETURNED TO ASSEMBLY
- **2019-09-13** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
- **2019-09-13** SIGNED CHAP.257 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/d01b5c09-e93d-43b9-a5eb-c9cfd7ca5778`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New York legislature records).