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type: "Bill"
title: "Relates to absentee ballots for relating to absentee ballots for school district elections"
description: "Clarifies valid reasons to obtain an absentee ballot for elections in school districts which do not utilize poll registration."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ny"
legislature: "New York Legislature"
session: "2025-2026"
identifier: "S 2589"
citation: "New York S 2589 (2025-2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Shelley Mayer"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 13
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2025-01-21"
last_action: "2025-11-21"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/85c6748b-97b8-4cc3-8294-bb724610a95c"
source_url: "http://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2025/S2589"
source_hash: "b466824aef159c87c0712f4437e9c06f0c4055cb61bc8234bb96279f8c6aad3a"
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 2589 (2025-2026) — Relates to absentee ballots for relating to absentee ballots for school district elections
Clarifies valid reasons to obtain an absentee ballot for elections in school districts which do not utilize poll registration.
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **S2589** (committee substitute) — [source](http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?sh=printbill&bn=S2589&term=2025&Text=Y)
## Votes
- Floor Vote — **50–12** (pass) · upper
- Assembly Vote — **139–5** (pass) · lower
- Education Vote — **13–2** (pass) · upper
## Sponsors
- Shelley Mayer — primary (person)
- Lea Webb — cosponsor (person)
- Robert Jackson — cosponsor (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2025-01-21** REFERRED TO EDUCATION `referral-committee`
- **2025-02-11** 1ST REPORT CAL.309
- **2025-02-12** 2ND REPORT CAL.
- **2025-02-24** ADVANCED TO THIRD READING
- **2025-04-02** PASSED SENATE `passage`
- **2025-04-02** DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY
- **2025-04-02** REFERRED TO EDUCATION `referral-committee`
- **2025-05-21** SUBSTITUTED FOR A5301
- **2025-05-21** ORDERED TO THIRD READING RULES CAL.218
- **2025-05-21** PASSED ASSEMBLY `passage`
- **2025-05-21** RETURNED TO SENATE
- **2025-11-17** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
- **2025-11-21** SIGNED CHAP.541 `executive-signature`
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/85c6748b-97b8-4cc3-8294-bb724610a95c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New York legislature records).