S 5142: Subtracts from the federal adjusted gross income any income earned by election inspectors, poll clerks, or election coordinators earned while working in relation to a general, primary, run-off primary, or special election to the extent includable in gross income for federal tax purposes; exempts such income from being included in the calculation of the amount of benefits under public assistance programs.
What S 5142 does, verified May 30, 2026
The bill aims to exempt income earned by election inspectors, poll clerks, and election coordinators from being included in the calculation of benefits under public assistance programs. This exemption applies to income earned while working in these roles for general, primary, run-off primary, and special elections. The exemption is effective immediately and also applies to federal income tax purposes. The bill also modifies the tax law to exclude income earned in these roles from federal adjusted gross income for tax purposes.
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Last action: referred to ways and means (2026-05-29)Alert me
Quick answers about S 5142
- What is the current status of S 5142?
- As of May 30, 2026, S 5142 is recorded as "Passed first house": it has passed the chamber it started in and is now before the second chamber. The last recorded action, on May 29, 2026, was "referred to ways and means".
- Did S 5142 pass?
- Not yet. S 5142 has passed its house of origin and is now before the second chamber, where it needs committee approval and a floor vote.
- Who wrote S 5142, and where is it now?
- S 5142 was authored by Sen. Zellnor Myrie with 2 coauthors. Its committee of record is Assembly Ways & Means. It is filed under TAX, alongside 323 other New York TAX bills this session.
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| May. 29, 2026 | referred to ways and means |
| May. 29, 2026 | DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY |
| May. 29, 2026 | PASSED SENATE |
| May. 14, 2026 | ADVANCED TO THIRD READING |
| May. 13, 2026 | 2ND REPORT CAL. |
Latest bill textIntroduced version, February 19, 2025 · 362 words
STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 5142 2025-2026 Regular Sessions IN SENATE February 19, 2025 ___________ Introduced by Sens. MYRIE, JACKSON, WEBB -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Elections AN ACT to amend the tax law, in relation to subtracting from the federal adjusted gross income any income earned by election inspectors, poll clerks, or election coordinators; and to amend the social services law, in relation to exempting income earned by election inspectors, poll clerks, or election coordinators from being included in the calculation of the amount of benefits under public assistance programs The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows: 1 Section 1. Subsection (c) of section 612 of the tax law is amended by 2 adding a new paragraph 48 to read as follows: 3 (48) Income earned while working as an election inspector, poll clerk, 4 or election coordinator pursuant to title four of article three of the 5 election law in relation to a general, primary, run-off primary pursuant 6 to subdivision one of section 6-162 of the election law, or special 7 election held pursuant to section forty-two of the public officers law, 8 to the extent includible in gross income for federal income tax 9 purposes. 10 § 2. Paragraph (a) of subdivision 8 of section 131-a of the social 11 services law is amended by adding a new subparagraph (xiv) to read as 12 follows: 13 (xiv) income earned while working as an election inspector, poll 14 clerk, or election coordinator pursuant to title four of article three 15 of the election law in relation to a general, primary, run-off primary 16 pursuant to subdivision one of section 6-162 of the election law, or 17 special election held pursuant to section forty-two of the public offi- 18 cers law, to the extent includible in gross income for federal income 19 tax purposes. 20 § 3. This act shall take effect immediately. EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [] is old law to be omitted. LBD00049-02-5
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