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type: "Bill"
title: "Relates to enacting the \"Make Voting Easy Act\" to require the board of elections to designate at least one early voting polling place for every thirty thousand registered voters in each county"
description: "Enacts the \"Make Voting Easy Act\"; requires the board of elections to designate a number of early voting polling places based on the number of registered voters in each county; relates to the hours polls are open for early voting."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ny"
legislature: "New York Legislature"
session: "2021-2022"
identifier: "S 4306"
citation: "New York S 4306 (2021-2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["GIANARIS"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 16
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2021-02-03"
last_action: "2021-12-22"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/01501dc3-6048-479b-b08a-7be5ceedd24a"
source_url: "http://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2021/S4306"
source_hash: "06f2825fe53c2d7f60ac86941e68e359cd3b3ecd4902100f757c4242d7653e42"
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 4306 (2021-2022) — Relates to enacting the "Make Voting Easy Act" to require the board of elections to designate at least one early voting polling place for every thirty thousand registered voters in each county
Enacts the "Make Voting Easy Act"; requires the board of elections to designate a number of early voting polling places based on the number of registered voters in each county; relates to the hours polls are open for early voting.
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **S4306** (committee substitute) — [source](http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?sh=printbill&bn=S4306&term=2021&Text=Y)
2. **S4306A** (committee substitute) — [source](http://legislation.nysenate.gov/pdf/bills/2021/S4306A)
3. **S4306B** (committee substitute) — [source](http://legislation.nysenate.gov/pdf/bills/2021/S4306B)
## Votes
- Assembly Vote — **108–41** (pass) · lower
- Rules Vote - Version: B — **16–5** (pass) · upper
- Floor Vote - Version: B — **45–18** (pass) · upper
## Sponsors
- GIANARIS — primary (person)
- BROOKS — cosponsor (person)
- GAUGHRAN — cosponsor (person)
- HOYLMAN — cosponsor (person)
- JACKSON — cosponsor (person)
- KAPLAN — cosponsor (person)
- MANNION — cosponsor (person)
- MAY — cosponsor (person)
- SKOUFIS — cosponsor (person)
- STAVISKY — cosponsor (person)
- THOMAS — cosponsor (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2021-02-03** REFERRED TO ELECTIONS `referral-committee`
- **2021-05-07** AMEND (T) AND RECOMMIT TO ELECTIONS `amendment-passage, referral-committee`
- **2021-05-07** PRINT NUMBER 4306A `amendment-passage`
- **2021-06-07** AMEND (T) AND RECOMMIT TO ELECTIONS `amendment-passage, referral-committee`
- **2021-06-07** PRINT NUMBER 4306B `amendment-passage`
- **2021-06-08** COMMITTEE DISCHARGED AND COMMITTED TO RULES `referral-committee`
- **2021-06-08** ORDERED TO THIRD READING CAL.1684
- **2021-06-10** PASSED SENATE `passage`
- **2021-06-10** DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY
- **2021-06-10** REFERRED TO WAYS AND MEANS `referral-committee`
- **2021-06-10** SUBSTITUTED FOR A5424A
- **2021-06-10** ORDERED TO THIRD READING RULES CAL.709
- **2021-06-10** PASSED ASSEMBLY `passage`
- **2021-06-10** RETURNED TO SENATE
- **2021-12-10** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
- **2021-12-22** SIGNED CHAP.781 `executive-signature`
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/01501dc3-6048-479b-b08a-7be5ceedd24a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New York legislature records).