republic-os/legislation/us/states/ny/2021-2022/a-5844.md

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Bill	Relates to the number of signatures of enrolled voters needed on a designating petition for any town office and the number of signatures required on a designating petition for a village election	Relates to the number of signatures of enrolled voters needed on a designating petition for any town office to be filled by all the voters of certain towns and the number of signatures required on a designating petition for a village election; provides for the repeal of such provisions upon the expiration thereof.	us/states/ny	New York Legislature	2021-2022	A 5844	New York A 5844 (2021-2022)	bill		enacted	ABINANTI	2	15	2	2021-02-26	2021-03-24	openstates	ocd-bill/bd682218-078d-4970-9d07-266bd684fc08	http://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2021/A5844	445049c3cb5320721132c002dd50a636aea0ed21fd5eebc5e08a621e7009c4f1	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ny

New York A 5844 (2021-2022) — Relates to the number of signatures of enrolled voters needed on a designating petition for any town office and the number of signatures required on a designating petition for a village election

Relates to the number of signatures of enrolled voters needed on a designating petition for any town office to be filled by all the voters of certain towns and the number of signatures required on a designating petition for a village election; provides for the repeal of such provisions upon the expiration thereof.

Version chain

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

1. A5844 (committee substitute) — source
2. A5844A (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• Assembly Vote — 108–41 (pass) · lower
• Floor Vote - Version: A — 63–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• ABINANTI — primary (person)
• OTIS — cosponsor (person)
• SAYEGH — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2021-02-26 REFERRED TO ELECTION LAW referral-committee
• 2021-03-01 REPORTED REFERRED TO RULES referral-committee
• 2021-03-01 REPORTED
• 2021-03-02 RULES REPORT CAL.29
• 2021-03-02 ORDERED TO THIRD READING RULES CAL.29
• 2021-03-04 AMENDED ON THIRD READING 5844A amendment-passage
• 2021-03-08 PASSED ASSEMBLY passage
• 2021-03-08 DELIVERED TO SENATE
• 2021-03-08 REFERRED TO RULES referral-committee
• 2021-03-10 SUBSTITUTED FOR S5256A
• 2021-03-10 3RD READING CAL.503
• 2021-03-10 PASSED SENATE passage
• 2021-03-10 RETURNED TO ASSEMBLY
• 2021-03-12 DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR executive-receipt
• 2021-03-24 SIGNED CHAP.81 executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/bd682218-078d-4970-9d07-266bd684fc08. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New York legislature records).