---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relates to voter notification of special elections"
description: "Relates to voter notification of special elections; provides such notice be posted on the board of elections website not less than two weeks prior to such election."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ny"
legislature: "New York Legislature"
session: "2019-2020"
identifier: "S 211"
citation: "New York S 211 (2019-2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["BENJAMIN"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 16
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2019-01-09"
last_action: "2019-10-25"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/96df3293-15d6-4e05-bb78-d7b56ed38534"
source_url: "http://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2019/S211"
source_hash: "3af6f441b6c90dd90f3d6c1fda6b489e28c4e3460b2ea48d1dd2e82ce047e0d3"
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 211 (2019-2020) — Relates to voter notification of special elections

Relates to voter notification of special elections; provides such notice be posted on the board of elections website not less than two weeks prior to such election.

## Version chain

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

1. **S211** (committee substitute) — [source](http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?sh=printbill&bn=S211&term=2019&Text=Y)
2. **S211A** (committee substitute) — [source](http://legislation.nysenate.gov/pdf/bills/2019/S211A)
3. **S211B** (committee substitute) — [source](http://legislation.nysenate.gov/pdf/bills/2019/S211B)
4. **S211C** (committee substitute) — [source](http://legislation.nysenate.gov/pdf/bills/2019/S211C)

## Votes

- Assembly Vote — **148–0** (pass) · lower
- Elections Vote — **7–0** (pass) · upper
- Floor Vote - Version: C — **61–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- BENJAMIN — primary (person)
- CARLUCCI — cosponsor (person)
- GAUGHRAN — cosponsor (person)
- KAPLAN — cosponsor (person)
- SERRANO — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-01-09** REFERRED TO ELECTIONS `referral-committee`
- **2019-04-08** 1ST REPORT CAL.370
- **2019-04-09** 2ND REPORT CAL.
- **2019-04-10** ADVANCED TO THIRD READING
- **2019-05-20** AMENDED ON THIRD READING 211A `amendment-passage`
- **2019-05-29** AMENDED ON THIRD READING 211B `amendment-passage`
- **2019-06-03** AMENDED ON THIRD READING 211C `amendment-passage`
- **2019-06-06** PASSED SENATE `passage`
- **2019-06-06** DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY
- **2019-06-06** REFERRED TO ELECTION LAW `referral-committee`
- **2019-06-18** SUBSTITUTED FOR A837A
- **2019-06-18** ORDERED TO THIRD READING CAL.377
- **2019-06-18** PASSED ASSEMBLY `passage`
- **2019-06-18** RETURNED TO SENATE
- **2019-10-21** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
- **2019-10-25** SIGNED CHAP.413 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/96df3293-15d6-4e05-bb78-d7b56ed38534`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New York legislature records).