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type: "Bill"
title: "Relates to changes to the entrance and exit of polling places"
description: "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."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ny"
legislature: "New York Legislature"
session: "2019-2020"
identifier: "S 5188"
citation: "New York S 5188 (2019-2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["MAYER"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 22
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2019-04-15"
last_action: "2020-10-07"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/4871643d-f8ca-4d4f-8be3-59fa4e635399"
source_url: "http://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2019/S5188"
source_hash: "6885712419a489b13b809feab238607cdb62710df7adea77ebfa860b17902482"
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 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](http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?sh=printbill&bn=S5188&term=2019&Text=Y)
## 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](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/4871643d-f8ca-4d4f-8be3-59fa4e635399`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New York legislature records).