republic-os/legislation/us/states/ny/2019-2020/s-5188.md

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Bill	Relates to changes to the entrance and exit of polling places	Prohibits the making of any change, alteration or modification to any entrance to or exit from a polling place unless such change, alteration or modification is necessary to maintain public safety due to the occurrence of an emergency, and requires the posting of signage in relation to such change, alteration or modification.	us/states/ny	New York Legislature	2019-2020	S 5188	New York S 5188 (2019-2020)	bill		enacted	MAYER	1	22	5	2019-04-15	2020-10-07	openstates	ocd-bill/4871643d-f8ca-4d4f-8be3-59fa4e635399	http://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2019/S5188	6885712419a489b13b809feab238607cdb62710df7adea77ebfa860b17902482	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ny

New York S 5188 (2019-2020) — Relates to changes to the entrance and exit of polling places

Prohibits the making of any change, alteration or modification to any entrance to or exit from a polling place unless such change, alteration or modification is necessary to maintain public safety due to the occurrence of an emergency, and requires the posting of signage in relation to such change, alteration or modification.

Version chain

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

1. S5188 (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• Elections Vote — 7–0 (pass) · upper
• Floor Vote — 62–0 (pass) · upper
• Assembly Vote — 141–0 (pass) · lower
• Elections Vote — 6–1 (pass) · upper
• Floor Vote — 62–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• MAYER — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2019-04-15 REFERRED TO ELECTIONS referral-committee
• 2019-05-29 1ST REPORT CAL.902
• 2019-05-30 2ND REPORT CAL.
• 2019-06-03 ADVANCED TO THIRD READING
• 2019-06-18 PASSED SENATE passage
• 2019-06-18 DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY
• 2019-06-18 REFERRED TO ELECTION LAW referral-committee
• 2020-01-08 DIED IN ASSEMBLY
• 2020-01-08 RETURNED TO SENATE
• 2020-01-08 REFERRED TO ELECTIONS referral-committee
• 2020-01-22 1ST REPORT CAL.257
• 2020-01-23 2ND REPORT CAL.
• 2020-01-27 ADVANCED TO THIRD READING
• 2020-02-11 PASSED SENATE passage
• 2020-02-11 DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY
• 2020-02-11 REFERRED TO ELECTION LAW referral-committee
• 2020-07-20 SUBSTITUTED FOR A8257
• 2020-07-20 ORDERED TO THIRD READING RULES CAL.177
• 2020-07-20 PASSED ASSEMBLY passage
• 2020-07-20 RETURNED TO SENATE
• 2020-09-25 DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR executive-receipt
• 2020-10-07 SIGNED CHAP.232 executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/4871643d-f8ca-4d4f-8be3-59fa4e635399. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New York legislature records).