---
type: "Bill"
title: "Permits the Suffern central school district to move the date of their annual meeting and election for the 2021 year so that it does not conflict with religious observances"
description: "Permits the Suffern central school district to move the date of their annual meeting and election for the 2021 year so that it does not conflict with religious observances; provides for the repeal of such provisions upon expiration thereof."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ny"
legislature: "New York Legislature"
session: "2021-2022"
identifier: "S 5943"
citation: "New York S 5943 (2021-2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["REICHLIN-MELNICK"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 11
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2021-03-23"
last_action: "2021-04-06"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/849901cb-ffaf-43b1-bb41-f77b97bcf906"
source_url: "http://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2021/S5943"
source_hash: "02aef07fd7a44bb5489d6306c364f11e79175e3fae08af2e14e353e3da6841d7"
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 5943 (2021-2022) — Permits the Suffern central school district to move the date of their annual meeting and election for the 2021 year so that it does not conflict with religious observances

Permits the Suffern central school district to move the date of their annual meeting and election for the 2021 year so that it does not conflict with religious observances; provides for the repeal of such provisions upon expiration thereof.

## Version chain

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

1. **S5943** (committee substitute) — [source](http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?sh=printbill&bn=S5943&term=2021&Text=Y)

## Votes

- Rules Vote — **21–0** (pass) · upper
- Assembly Vote — **146–0** (pass) · lower
- Floor Vote — **63–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- REICHLIN-MELNICK — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-03-23** REFERRED TO EDUCATION `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-30** ORDERED TO THIRD READING CAL.643
- **2021-03-30** PASSED SENATE `passage`
- **2021-03-30** DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY
- **2021-03-30** REFERRED TO EDUCATION `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-31** SUBSTITUTED FOR A6711
- **2021-03-31** ORDERED TO THIRD READING RULES CAL.49
- **2021-03-31** PASSED ASSEMBLY `passage`
- **2021-03-31** RETURNED TO SENATE
- **2021-04-01** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
- **2021-04-06** SIGNED CHAP.100 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/849901cb-ffaf-43b1-bb41-f77b97bcf906`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New York legislature records).