A 4384 New York Assembly · 2025 Regular Session

Relates to deadlines for filing nominating petitions for small city school board elections

Summary

Requires that nominating petitions for small city school district elections be submitted no later than thirty days prior to the election; makes technical corrections relating to such small city school board elections.

Bill status passed both 4 of 5 stages cleared

Introduction

Feb 2025

Committee Review

Mar 2026

Assembly Passage

Mar 2026

Senate Passage

Jun 2026

Governor

Introduced Feb 4, 2025 Last action Jun 2, 2026

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What changed between versions

A4384A → A4384B · 4 edits

MODERATE

The bill was reprinted after committee review with amendments that streamline the process for small city school board elections. The primary change removes the specific procedure allowing voters to object to nominating petitions after they are filed, simplifying the timeline for finalizing ballots. The text also corrects a section title from 'establishing deadlines for finalizing and objecting' to just 'deadlines for filing', reflecting the removal of the objection process.

Scope change

The bill's scope regarding the objection process for small city school board elections has been narrowed by eliminating the mechanism for voter objections after petition filing.

REQUIREMENT

The specific section detailing a five-day period for qualified voters to object to nominating petitions based on signature counts or candidate eligibility was removed.

TIMELINE

The requirement for the board of education to examine and decide on objections before finalizing the ballot was removed.

TITLE

The act title was updated to remove references to 'finalizing' and 'objecting' to petitions, focusing solely on filing deadlines.

TECHNICAL

Minor formatting changes were made to the bill header and page numbering to reflect the new version.

Floor votes · Senate Jun 2, 2026 · Assembly Mar 30, 2026

How they voted

61–0

Passed · 2 other

Total votes 63

Jun 2, 2026

D Democratic41

39 Yea 2

95% Yea

R Republican22

22 Yea

100% Yea

Vote distribution

All Yea All Nay Mixed No data

Full legislative history

Actions timeline

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Key actions

Committee

Amendments

Jun 2, 2026

Upper · Passed

PASSED SENATE

upper

Mar 30, 2026

Committee

REFERRED TO EDUCATION

upper

Mar 30, 2026

Lower · Passed

PASSED ASSEMBLY

lower

Mar 18, 2026

Lower · Passed

PRINT NUMBER 4384B

lower

Mar 18, 2026

Lower · Passed

AMEND (T) AND RECOMMIT TO EDUCATION

lower

Jan 22, 2026

Lower · Passed

PRINT NUMBER 4384A

lower

Jan 22, 2026

Lower · Passed

AMEND AND RECOMMIT TO EDUCATION

lower

Jan 7, 2026

Committee

REFERRED TO EDUCATION

lower

Feb 4, 2025

Committee

REFERRED TO EDUCATION

lower

1 primary · 2 co-sponsors