---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relates to the location of the annual school district elections"
description: "Provides that school districts may hold elections in any building owned or leased by the district, in addition to any district schoolhouse."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ny"
legislature: "New York Legislature"
session: "2023-2024"
identifier: "S 1160"
citation: "New York S 1160 (2023-2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["James Skoufis"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 22
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2023-01-10"
last_action: "2024-12-13"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/9c59497a-f3f6-48ec-9a01-6e00a64a78e4"
source_url: "http://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2023/S1160"
source_hash: "11359bcce73f352f98d3c77922aa448ba83fc0906e0710b2a2b33b30b5b5700c"
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 1160 (2023-2024) — Relates to the location of the annual school district elections

Provides that school districts may hold elections in any building owned or leased by the district, in addition to any district schoolhouse.

## Version chain

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

1. **S1160** (committee substitute) — [source](http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?sh=printbill&bn=S1160&term=2023&Text=Y)

## Votes

- Floor Vote — **62–0** (pass) · upper
- Assembly Vote — **147–0** (pass) · lower
- Education Vote — **14–0** (pass) · upper
- Education Vote — **15–0** (pass) · upper
- Floor Vote — **58–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- James Skoufis — primary (person)
- Lea Webb — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-01-10** REFERRED TO EDUCATION `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-28** 1ST REPORT CAL.403
- **2023-03-01** 2ND REPORT CAL.
- **2023-03-08** ADVANCED TO THIRD READING
- **2023-03-21** PASSED SENATE `passage`
- **2023-03-21** DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY
- **2023-03-21** REFERRED TO EDUCATION `referral-committee`
- **2024-01-03** DIED IN ASSEMBLY
- **2024-01-03** RETURNED TO SENATE
- **2024-01-03** REFERRED TO EDUCATION `referral-committee`
- **2024-02-27** 1ST REPORT CAL.517
- **2024-02-28** 2ND REPORT CAL.
- **2024-03-04** ADVANCED TO THIRD READING
- **2024-03-18** PASSED SENATE `passage`
- **2024-03-18** DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY
- **2024-03-18** REFERRED TO EDUCATION `referral-committee`
- **2024-04-15** SUBSTITUTED FOR A1390
- **2024-04-15** ORDERED TO THIRD READING CAL.401
- **2024-04-15** PASSED ASSEMBLY `passage`
- **2024-04-15** RETURNED TO SENATE
- **2024-12-02** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
- **2024-12-13** SIGNED CHAP.571 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/9c59497a-f3f6-48ec-9a01-6e00a64a78e4`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New York legislature records).