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S03735Introduced in the Senate

Empowers the commissioner of education to declare a disaster has substantially impacted an annual meeting and election and to allow school boards to set an additional day for voting if less than eight percent of registered voters cast ballots as a direct consequence of a disaster.

Passed

Introduced by Shelley Mayer, District 37

What does this bill do?

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Official description

Empowers the commissioner of education to declare a disaster has substantially impacted an annual meeting and election and to allow school boards to set an additional day for voting if less than eight percent of registered voters cast ballots as a direct consequence of a disaster.

Where it stands

SIGNED CHAP.547

November 21, 2025

How did lawmakers vote?

Assembly votes

1 recorded vote · each counted separately

Senate votes

2 recorded votes · each counted separately

AssemblyStage: Assembly Floor Vote - Final Passage · April 30, 2025

142

Yes

3

No

5

Absent or Not Voting

150 assemblymembers recorded in this Assembly vote. Colors show vote categories only, not whether a vote was good or bad.

See how each assemblymember voted

AssemblymemberDistrictVote
Tommy Schiavoni1Yes
Jodi Giglio2Yes
Joseph DeStefano3Yes
Rebecca Kassay4Yes
Doug Smith5Yes
Philip Ramos6Yes
Jarett Gandolfo7Yes
Michael Fitzpatrick8Yes
Michael Durso9Yes
Steve Stern10Yes

Bill history

  1. REFERRED TO EDUCATION

  2. 1ST REPORT CAL.311

  3. 2ND REPORT CAL.

  4. ADVANCED TO THIRD READING

  5. PASSED SENATE

  6. DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY

  7. referred to ways and means

  8. substituted for a5302

  9. ordered to third reading rules cal.160

  10. passed assembly

  11. returned to senate

  12. DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR

  13. SIGNED CHAP.547

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