# New York S 3735: Empowers the commissioner of education to declare a disaster has substantially impacted a school board or school budget election and to allow school boards to set an additional day for voting

New York S 3735, Empowers the commissioner of education to declare a disaster has substantially impacted a school board or school budget election and to allow school boards to set an additional day for voting, is a 2025-2026 Regular Session Senate bill sponsored by Shelley Mayer (Democratic); status signed, last action 2025-11-21 (SIGNED CHAP.547) (as of 2026-10-19).

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## Facts
- Bill: New York S 3735
- State: New York
- Session: 2025-2026 Regular Session
- Title: Empowers the commissioner of education to declare a disaster has substantially impacted a school board or school budget election and to allow school boards to set an additional day for voting
- Status: signed
- Chamber: Senate
- Introduced: 2025-01-29
- Last action: 2025-11-21, SIGNED CHAP.547
- Sponsor: Shelley Mayer (Democratic)
- Cosponsors: 1
- Subjects: EDUCATION, WAYS AND MEANS
- Touches household money: no
- Roll calls: 3 (219 yes, 3 no in all)
- Economic provisions PRIA read: 1

## Summary

No summary available.

## Bill overview: provisions PRIA read

- Extra voting day for disaster-hit school voters: benefit, low. Beginning July 1, 2026, New York's education commissioner can authorize an extra voting day for disaster-hit school elections. A disaster must directly cause fewer than 8% of qualified voters to vote. The commissioner can act on a district's request or independently. Disasters include fires, earthq…

## Sponsors and cosponsors

- Sponsor: Shelley Mayer (Democratic), Senate
- Cosponsor: Lea Webb (Democratic), Senate

## Roll call votes

| Date | Chamber | Motion | Result | Yes | No | Other |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 2025-04-30 | House | Assembly floor vote | pass | 142 | 3 |   |
| 2025-04-08 | Senate | FLOOR Vote | pass | 62 | 0 |   |
| 2025-02-11 | committee | Education Committee Vote | pass | 15 | 0 |   |

## Actions (13)

- 2025-11-21: SIGNED CHAP.547 (Senate)
- 2025-11-17: DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR (Senate)
- 2025-04-30: RETURNED TO SENATE (House)
- 2025-04-30: PASSED ASSEMBLY (House)
- 2025-04-30: ORDERED TO THIRD READING RULES CAL.160 (House)
- 2025-04-30: SUBSTITUTED FOR A5302 (House)
- 2025-04-08: REFERRED TO WAYS AND MEANS (House)
- 2025-04-08: DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY (Senate)
- 2025-04-08: PASSED SENATE (Senate)
- 2025-02-24: ADVANCED TO THIRD READING (Senate)
- 2025-02-12: 2ND REPORT CAL. (Senate)
- 2025-02-11: 1ST REPORT CAL.311 (Senate)
- 2025-01-29: REFERRED TO EDUCATION (Senate)

## Bill text

- Original, 2025-01-29: [PDF](https://legislation.nysenate.gov/pdf/bills/2025/S3735)

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## Sources
- [Original (PDF)](https://legislation.nysenate.gov/pdf/bills/2025/S3735)

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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/NY-S3735-2025 (as of 2026-10-19).