Prohibits conflicts of interest among board of elections employees
Summary
Prohibits conflicts of interest among board of elections employees; prevents a board of elections employee from remaining on the board of elections payroll while also a candidate for an office who has an election overseen by the board at which they are employed; allows for a member to remain on the board until 90 days before the general election if there is no primary for such office.
Bill status
passed
3 of 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Feb 2021
Committee Review
May 2022
Senate Passage
May 2022
Assembly Passage
Governor
Introduced Feb 5, 2021
Last action May 17, 2022
Floor votes · Senate May 17, 2022
How they voted
48–13
Passed · 2 other
Total votes 63
May 17, 2022
D
Democratic43
95% Yea
R
Republican20
65% Nay
Vote distribution
All Yea
All Nay
Mixed
No data
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
17
Key actions
4
Committee
5
Amendments
2
May 17, 2022
Committee
REFERRED TO ELECTION LAW
lower
May 17, 2022
Upper · Passed
PASSED SENATE
upper
Jan 5, 2022
Committee
REFERRED TO ELECTIONS
upper
Jun 3, 2021
Committee
REFERRED TO ELECTION LAW
lower
Jun 3, 2021
Upper · Passed
PASSED SENATE
upper
Jun 1, 2021
Committee
COMMITTEE DISCHARGED AND COMMITTED TO RULES
upper
May 6, 2021
Upper · Passed
PRINT NUMBER 4542A
upper
May 6, 2021
Upper · Passed
AMEND AND RECOMMIT TO ELECTIONS
upper
Feb 5, 2021
Committee
REFERRED TO ELECTIONS
upper
1 primary · 2 co-sponsors
Sponsors
Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
Shelley Mayer
DDemocratic/Working Families
Co
AB
Alessandra Biaggi
DDemocratic
Co
Rachel May
DDemocratic/Working Families
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