Establishes portable polling locations for early voting

Latest action Apr 28, 2026

Establishes portable polling locations for early voting; provides that a county board of elections may establish one or more portable polling locations.

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Where it stands

Passed one of the two chambers; it still needs the other.

Introduced
In committee
Up for a vote
Passed one chamber
Passed
Enacted

New York State Senate

Same as A11161, the matching bill in the Assembly.

Amends the Election Law.

Committee

Election Law · New York State Assembly

Also referred to Elections · New York State Senate.

Purpose, from the sponsor's memo

Section 1: amends the election law to allow counties the option to establish two or more locations for portable polling places for early voting, which must be operative for no fewer than three consecutive days and that will not replace or otherwise decrease the mandated number of regular early voting polling places.

Filed with the bill. Read it on nysenate.gov (opens in a new tab)

Recorded votes

Vote: Floor vote
NY SenateJan 12, 2026Result: passed
(38) (21) (0) (2)
Vote: Committee vote · Elections
Senate ElectionsJan 12, 2026Result: passed
(14) (6) (0) (0)
Vote: Floor vote
NY SenateMar 19, 2025Result: passed
(38) (22) (0) (3)
Vote: Committee vote · Elections
Senate ElectionsFeb 10, 2025Result: passed
(5) (2) (0) (0)

Cosponsors

Jeremy Cooney, Lea Webb and 2 more on Agora

Democratic4

See the full list on nysenate.gov

The sponsor's argument

Why Rachel May says this is needed

Unlike many states around the country, New York has taken many steps to make voting easier and less confusing. One of the major steps toward greater ballot access taken by the state is early voting. Creating a broader window for people to cast their ballot is a proven way to increase voter turnout. However, fully accessible allocation of polling places has proven difficult to achieve. A simple solution to this is to add portable early voting polling places to the regular polling places designated by counties. portable early voting sites have proven very effective in other states, especially in allowing for expanded access by rural and elderly voters. This legislation creates the option for coun- ties to run two or more portable sites for three consecutive days during the early voting period, allowing them the flexibility to bring early voting to harder-to-reach parts of their districts.

This is the sponsor's own case for the bill, quoted from their memorandum. It is not Agora's description of what the bill does.

Full history

Apr 28, 2026
Referred to committee
REFERRED TO ELECTION LAW
NY Assembly
Jan 12, 2026
Sent to the executive
DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY
NY Senate
Jan 12, 2026
Ordered to Third Reading CAL.2
ORDERED TO THIRD READING CAL.2
NY Senate
Jan 12, 2026
Passed a chamber
PASSED SENATE
NY Senate
Jan 12, 2026
Referred to committee
REFERRED TO ELECTION LAW
NY Assembly

Show full history (10 earlier events)

Jan 12, 2026
Reported out of committee
REPORTED AND COMMITTED TO RULES
NY Senate
Jan 7, 2026
Died in Assembly
DIED IN ASSEMBLY
NY Assembly
Jan 7, 2026
Referred to committee
REFERRED TO ELECTIONS
NY Senate
Mar 19, 2025
Sent to the executive
DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY
NY Senate
Mar 19, 2025
Passed a chamber
PASSED SENATE
NY Senate
Mar 19, 2025
Referred to committee
REFERRED TO ELECTION LAW
NY Assembly
Feb 12, 2025
Advanced to Third Reading
ADVANCED TO THIRD READING
NY Senate
Feb 11, 2025
2ND Report CAL.
2ND REPORT CAL.
NY Senate
Feb 10, 2025
1ST Report CAL.289
1ST REPORT CAL.289
NY Senate
Jan 8, 2025
Referred to committee
REFERRED TO ELECTIONS
NY Senate

About this record

Summary: The summary comes from NY Open Legislation, the New York State Senate's public record. For more, see How we handle summaries.
Cosponsors: The list shows the cosponsors who are on Agora, A to Z. The official record may list more.
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