# New York S 4274: Requires the board of elections in a city with a population of one million or more to provide certain notices prior to a change of polling place New York S 4274, Requires the board of elections in a city with a population of one million or more to provide certain notices prior to a change of polling place, is a 2025-2026 Regular Session Senate bill sponsored by Brian Kavanagh (Democratic); status signed, last action 2025-12-05 (SIGNED CHAP.603) (as of 2026-10-15). - Canonical: https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/NY-S4274-2025 - As of: 2026-10-15 - Plain-text twin of the page above; the HTML and this file carry the same facts. ## Facts - Bill: New York S 4274 - State: New York - Session: 2025-2026 Regular Session - Title: Requires the board of elections in a city with a population of one million or more to provide certain notices prior to a change of polling place - Status: signed - Chamber: Senate - Introduced: 2025-02-03 - Last action: 2025-12-05, SIGNED CHAP.603 - Sponsor: Brian Kavanagh (Democratic) - Cosponsors: 1 - Subjects: ELECTIONS, ELECTION LAW - Touches household money: no - Roll calls: 3 (205 yes, 5 no in all) - Economic provisions PRIA read: 1 ## Summary No summary available. ## Bill overview: provisions PRIA read - New York City officials get polling-place notices: benefit, low. Effective immediately upon enactment, the law adds polling-place notice rules for cities with at least 1 million people—New York City. After learning that a designated polling place needs to move, the elections board must mail notices within five days. Notices go to all state party chairs and all c… ## Sponsors and cosponsors - Sponsor: Brian Kavanagh (Democratic), Senate - Cosponsor: Robert Jackson (Democratic), Senate ## Roll call votes | Date | Chamber | Motion | Result | Yes | No | Other | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 2025-06-16 | House | Assembly floor vote | pass | 142 | 2 | | | 2025-06-12 | Senate | FLOOR Vote | pass | 57 | 2 | | | 2025-05-28 | committee | Elections Committee Vote | pass | 6 | 1 | | ## Actions (17) - 2025-12-05: SIGNED CHAP.603 (Senate) - 2025-12-01: DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR (Senate) - 2025-06-16: RETURNED TO SENATE (House) - 2025-06-16: PASSED ASSEMBLY (House) - 2025-06-16: ORDERED TO THIRD READING RULES CAL.341 (House) - 2025-06-16: SUBSTITUTED FOR A7618C (House) - 2025-06-12: REFERRED TO ELECTION LAW (House) - 2025-06-12: DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY (Senate) - 2025-06-12: PASSED SENATE (Senate) - 2025-06-09: AMENDED ON THIRD READING 4274C (Senate) - 2025-06-04: ADVANCED TO THIRD READING (Senate) - 2025-06-04: AMENDED 4274B (Senate) - 2025-05-29: 2ND REPORT CAL. (Senate) - 2025-05-28: 1ST REPORT CAL.1331 (Senate) - 2025-05-13: PRINT NUMBER 4274A (Senate) - 2025-05-13: AMEND (T) AND RECOMMIT TO ELECTIONS (Senate) - 2025-02-03: REFERRED TO ELECTIONS (Senate) ## Bill text - Amendment C, 2025-06-09: [PDF](https://legislation.nysenate.gov/pdf/bills/2025/S4274C) - Amendment B, 2025-06-04: [PDF](https://legislation.nysenate.gov/pdf/bills/2025/S4274B) - Amendment A, 2025-05-13: [PDF](https://legislation.nysenate.gov/pdf/bills/2025/S4274A) - Original, 2025-02-03: [PDF](https://legislation.nysenate.gov/pdf/bills/2025/S4274) ## Related bills - S 9051: Prohibits artificial intelligence companions from using features which are considered unsafe for minors (signed) - S 10643: Relates to labor peace agreements and the cannabis industry wage board; repealer (signed) - A 5175: Requires certain security features and warning labels on baby monitors (signed) - A 10052: Extends the effectiveness of the authority of the town of Red Hook to impose real estate transfer taxes and to deposit revenue from such taxes into a community… (signed) - S 9968: Establishes the Harris Hill Volunteer Fire Company Benevolent Association (signed) - S 8953: Establishes the Clarence Center Volunteer Exempt Firefighter's Benevolent Association (signed) ## Sources - [Amendment C (PDF)](https://legislation.nysenate.gov/pdf/bills/2025/S4274C) - [Amendment B (PDF)](https://legislation.nysenate.gov/pdf/bills/2025/S4274B) - [Amendment A (PDF)](https://legislation.nysenate.gov/pdf/bills/2025/S4274A) - [Original (PDF)](https://legislation.nysenate.gov/pdf/bills/2025/S4274) ## Related - [S 9051: Prohibits artificial intelligence companions from using features which are cons…](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/NY-S9051-2025) - [S 10643: Relates to labor peace agreements and the cannabis industry wage board; repealer](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/NY-S10643-2025) - [A 5175: Requires certain security features and warning labels on baby monitors](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/NY-A5175-2025) - [A 10052: Extends the effectiveness of the authority of the town of Red Hook to impose re…](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/NY-A10052-2025) - [S 9968: Establishes the Harris Hill Volunteer Fire Company Benevolent Association](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/NY-S9968-2025) - [S 8953: Establishes the Clarence Center Volunteer Exempt Firefighter's Benevolent Assoc…](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/NY-S8953-2025) - [New York bills](https://policyrisk.com/states/new-york/bills) - [New York state hub](https://policyrisk.com/states/new-york) - [All state legislation](https://policyrisk.com/state-bills) Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/NY-S4274-2025 (as of 2026-10-15).