---
type: "Bill"
title: "Requires the board of elections in a city with a population of one million or more to provide certain notices prior to a change of polling place"
description: "Requires the board of elections in a city with a population of one million or more to notify by mail state and county party committees and certain elected officials prior to a change of polling place."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ny"
legislature: "New York Legislature"
session: "2025-2026"
identifier: "S 4274"
citation: "New York S 4274 (2025-2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Brian Kavanagh"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 17
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2025-02-03"
last_action: "2025-12-05"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e77d0a24-d827-4159-a1ba-f5b3663fc337"
source_url: "http://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2025/S4274"
source_hash: "34e7cba67016df1873d67c2b6c658705a1b2c3646e600942fc349df6d3ab2b5f"
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 4274 (2025-2026) — Requires the board of elections in a city with a population of one million or more to provide certain notices prior to a change of polling place

Requires the board of elections in a city with a population of one million or more to notify by mail state and county party committees and certain elected officials prior to a change of polling place.

## Version chain

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

1. **S4274** (committee substitute) — [source](http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?sh=printbill&bn=S4274&term=2025&Text=Y)
2. **S4274A** (committee substitute) — [source](http://legislation.nysenate.gov/pdf/bills/2025/S4274A)
3. **S4274B** (committee substitute) — [source](http://legislation.nysenate.gov/pdf/bills/2025/S4274B)
4. **S4274C** (committee substitute) — [source](http://legislation.nysenate.gov/pdf/bills/2025/S4274C)

## Votes

- Assembly Vote — **142–2** (pass) · lower
- Floor Vote - Version: C — **57–2** (pass) · upper
- Elections Vote - Version: A — **6–1** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Brian Kavanagh — primary (person)
- Robert Jackson — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-02-03** REFERRED TO ELECTIONS `referral-committee`
- **2025-05-13** AMEND (T) AND RECOMMIT TO ELECTIONS `amendment-passage, referral-committee`
- **2025-05-13** PRINT NUMBER 4274A `amendment-passage`
- **2025-05-28** 1ST REPORT CAL.1331
- **2025-05-29** 2ND REPORT CAL.
- **2025-06-04** AMENDED 4274B `amendment-passage`
- **2025-06-04** ADVANCED TO THIRD READING
- **2025-06-09** AMENDED ON THIRD READING 4274C `amendment-passage`
- **2025-06-12** PASSED SENATE `passage`
- **2025-06-12** DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY
- **2025-06-12** REFERRED TO ELECTION LAW `referral-committee`
- **2025-06-16** SUBSTITUTED FOR A7618C
- **2025-06-16** ORDERED TO THIRD READING RULES CAL.341
- **2025-06-16** PASSED ASSEMBLY `passage`
- **2025-06-16** RETURNED TO SENATE
- **2025-12-01** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
- **2025-12-05** SIGNED CHAP.603 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/e77d0a24-d827-4159-a1ba-f5b3663fc337`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New York legislature records).