---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relates to mandatory training curriculum for poll workers"
description: "Relates to mandatory training curriculum for poll workers; requires the state board of elections to develop and provide to each county materials for a model poll worker training program which the counties may use to train individuals to serve as poll workers in state and county elections."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ny"
legislature: "New York Legislature"
session: "2023-2024"
identifier: "S 587"
citation: "New York S 587 (2023-2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Leroy Comrie"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 12
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2023-01-05"
last_action: "2023-09-20"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/603cf72f-9608-423c-9c2b-2adc3d133838"
source_url: "http://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2023/S587"
source_hash: "2a515b1c7cca064db6f5f6d2329431db86a4667067afcc625d37e1153750fb35"
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 587 (2023-2024) — Relates to mandatory training curriculum for poll workers

Relates to mandatory training curriculum for poll workers; requires the state board of elections to develop and provide to each county materials for a model poll worker training program which the counties may use to train individuals to serve as poll workers in state and county elections.

## Version chain

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

1. **S587** (committee substitute) — [source](http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?sh=printbill&bn=S587&term=2023&Text=Y)

## Votes

- Elections Vote — **5–2** (pass) · upper
- Floor Vote — **49–12** (pass) · upper
- Rules Vote — **17–2** (pass) · upper
- Assembly Vote — **137–4** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Leroy Comrie — primary (person)
- Andrew Gounardes — cosponsor (person)
- Gustavo Rivera — cosponsor (person)
- John Mannion — cosponsor (person)
- Joseph P. Addabbo Jr. — cosponsor (person)
- Lea Webb — cosponsor (person)
- Rachel May — cosponsor (person)
- Roxanne J. Persaud — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-01-05** REFERRED TO ELECTIONS `referral-committee`
- **2023-01-09** REPORTED AND COMMITTED TO RULES `referral-committee`
- **2023-01-09** ORDERED TO THIRD READING CAL.7
- **2023-01-10** PASSED SENATE `passage`
- **2023-01-10** DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY
- **2023-01-10** REFERRED TO ELECTION LAW `referral-committee`
- **2023-06-06** SUBSTITUTED FOR A268
- **2023-06-06** ORDERED TO THIRD READING RULES CAL.568
- **2023-06-21** PASSED ASSEMBLY `passage`
- **2023-06-21** RETURNED TO SENATE
- **2023-09-19** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
- **2023-09-20** SIGNED CHAP.477 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/603cf72f-9608-423c-9c2b-2adc3d133838`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New York legislature records).