Establishes minimum staffing levels for local board of elections
Summary
Requires every board of elections to employ a minimum of four full time employees in addition to the appointed commissioners within four years and shall employ two of those full time employees within two years; and two additional employees for every twenty thousand active registered voters beyond forty thousand active registered voters.
Bill status
passed
3 of 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Jan 2023
Committee Review
May 2024
Senate Passage
May 2024
Assembly Passage
Governor
Introduced Jan 5, 2023
Last action May 21, 2024
Floor votes · Senate Jan 17, 2023
How they voted
41–21
Passed · 1 other
Total votes 63
Jan 17, 2023
D
Democratic42
97% Yea
R
Republican21
100% Nay
Vote distribution
All Yea
All Nay
Mixed
No data
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
18
Key actions
4
Committee
6
Amendments
2
May 21, 2024
Committee
REFERRED TO ELECTION LAW
lower
May 21, 2024
Upper · Passed
PASSED SENATE
upper
Mar 12, 2024
Committee
REPORTED AND COMMITTED TO FINANCE
upper
Jan 4, 2024
Upper · Passed
PRINT NUMBER 644A
upper
Jan 4, 2024
Upper · Passed
AMEND AND RECOMMIT TO ELECTIONS
upper
Jan 3, 2024
Committee
REFERRED TO ELECTIONS
upper
Jan 17, 2023
Committee
REFERRED TO ELECTION LAW
lower
Jan 17, 2023
Upper · Passed
PASSED SENATE
upper
Jan 9, 2023
Committee
REPORTED AND COMMITTED TO RULES
upper
Jan 5, 2023
Committee
REFERRED TO ELECTIONS
upper
1 primary · 1 co-sponsor
Sponsors
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