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type: "Bill"
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title: "Relates to absentee ballots for school district elections during a declared disaster emergency"
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description: "Relates to absentee ballots for school district elections during a declared disaster emergency; a voter can apply for an absentee ballot when they are unable to appear personally at the polling place of the school district in which they are a qualified voter because there is a risk of contracting or spreading a disease that may cause illness to the voter or to other members of the public."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/ny"
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legislature: "New York Legislature"
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session: "2021-2022"
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identifier: "S 5545"
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citation: "New York S 5545 (2021-2022)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["MAYER"]
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version_count: 1
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action_count: 13
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vote_count: 3
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first_action: "2021-03-10"
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last_action: "2021-04-26"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/08c5ac3b-295b-4d5e-9a96-e6e98c789b30"
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source_url: "http://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2021/S5545"
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source_hash: "8b47d022eca66e6f16059d6d1e00c44d3684272073153375d15259560ac0085a"
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vintage: "2026-07-01"
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source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
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retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
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confidence: "reported"
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tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-ny"]
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---
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# New York S 5545 (2021-2022) — Relates to absentee ballots for school district elections during a declared disaster emergency
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Relates to absentee ballots for school district elections during a declared disaster emergency; a voter can apply for an absentee ballot when they are unable to appear personally at the polling place of the school district in which they are a qualified voter because there is a risk of contracting or spreading a disease that may cause illness to the voter or to other members of the public.
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## Version chain
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The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
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1. **S5545** (committee substitute) — [source](http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?sh=printbill&bn=S5545&term=2021&Text=Y)
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## Votes
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- Assembly Vote — **138–8** (pass) · lower
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- Education Vote — **15–0** (pass) · upper
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- Floor Vote — **61–2** (pass) · upper
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## Sponsors
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- MAYER — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2021-03-10** REFERRED TO EDUCATION `referral-committee`
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- **2021-03-23** 1ST REPORT CAL.617
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- **2021-03-24** 2ND REPORT CAL.
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- **2021-03-25** ADVANCED TO THIRD READING
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- **2021-03-30** PASSED SENATE `passage`
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- **2021-03-30** DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY
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- **2021-03-30** REFERRED TO EDUCATION `referral-committee`
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- **2021-03-31** SUBSTITUTED FOR A6475
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- **2021-03-31** ORDERED TO THIRD READING CAL.211
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- **2021-03-31** PASSED ASSEMBLY `passage`
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- **2021-03-31** RETURNED TO SENATE
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- **2021-04-14** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
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- **2021-04-26** SIGNED CHAP.60 `executive-signature`
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## Source
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OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/08c5ac3b-295b-4d5e-9a96-e6e98c789b30`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New York legislature records).
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