---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relates to opportunity to ballot committee to receive notices"
description: "Relates to opportunity to ballot committee to receive notices as if such committee was a candidate named on a petition."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ny"
legislature: "New York Legislature"
session: "2019-2020"
identifier: "S 5475"
citation: "New York S 5475 (2019-2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["MAY"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 13
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2019-05-02"
last_action: "2019-10-30"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f0fcfe2d-aa1a-430b-bfcd-1a9fcccdc5ce"
source_url: "http://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2019/S5475"
source_hash: "f50a62e4a2aaa21a4af762dd54ba8c8db373f78d9c1cbbdfee7d8409eed86739"
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 5475 (2019-2020) — Relates to opportunity to ballot committee to receive notices

Relates to opportunity to ballot committee to receive notices as if such committee was a candidate named on a petition.

## Version chain

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

1. **S5475** (committee substitute) — [source](http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?sh=printbill&bn=S5475&term=2019&Text=Y)

## Votes

- Floor Vote — **59–3** (pass) · upper
- Elections Vote — **7–0** (pass) · upper
- Assembly Vote — **146–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- MAY — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-05-02** REFERRED TO ELECTIONS `referral-committee`
- **2019-05-29** 1ST REPORT CAL.903
- **2019-05-30** 2ND REPORT CAL.
- **2019-06-03** ADVANCED TO THIRD READING
- **2019-06-14** PASSED SENATE `passage`
- **2019-06-14** DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY
- **2019-06-14** REFERRED TO ELECTION LAW `referral-committee`
- **2019-06-18** SUBSTITUTED FOR A6714
- **2019-06-18** ORDERED TO THIRD READING RULES CAL.377
- **2019-06-18** PASSED ASSEMBLY `passage`
- **2019-06-18** RETURNED TO SENATE
- **2019-10-21** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
- **2019-10-30** SIGNED CHAP.440 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/f0fcfe2d-aa1a-430b-bfcd-1a9fcccdc5ce`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New York legislature records).