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legislation/us/states/ny/2017-2018/a-8003.md

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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Relates to the procedure for exercising the right of election by a surviving spouse"
+description: "Allows for service by mail to a nominated executor's domicile when exercising the right of election by a surviving spouse."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/ny"
+legislature: "New York Legislature"
+session: "2017-2018"
+identifier: "A 8003"
+citation: "New York A 8003 (2017-2018)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["BRAUNSTEIN"]
+version_count: 2
+action_count: 20
+vote_count: 3
+first_action: "2017-05-25"
+last_action: "2018-08-24"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/5dbe3004-0643-4ab5-8b40-62a28b245ce8"
+source_url: "http://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2017/A8003"
+source_hash: "02444f133578dcf00f3b9d0c3c4928b08308be1c9b61283fc990492a1c7b0cdb"
+vintage: "2026-07-01"
+source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
+retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
+confidence: "reported"
+tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-ny"]
+---
+
+# New York A 8003 (2017-2018) — Relates to the procedure for exercising the right of election by a surviving spouse
+
+Allows for service by mail to a nominated executor's domicile when exercising the right of election by a surviving spouse.
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **A8003 HTML** (committee substitute) — [source](http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?sh=printbill&bn=A8003&term=2017&Text=Y)
+2. **A8003 PDF** (committee substitute) — [source](http://legislation.nysenate.gov/pdf/bills/2017/A8003)
+
+## Votes
+
+- Assembly Vote - Vote 2 — **130–5** (pass) · lower
+- Floor Vote — **63–0** (pass) · upper
+- Assembly Vote — **135–3** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- BRAUNSTEIN — primary (person)
+- WEINSTEIN — cosponsor (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2017-05-25** REFERRED TO JUDICIARY `referral-committee`
+- **2017-06-07** REPORTED REFERRED TO RULES `referral-committee`
+- **2017-06-13** REPORTED
+- **2017-06-13** RULES REPORT CAL.258
+- **2017-06-13** ORDERED TO THIRD READING RULES CAL.258
+- **2017-06-14** PASSED ASSEMBLY `passage`
+- **2017-06-14** DELIVERED TO SENATE
+- **2017-06-14** REFERRED TO RULES `referral-committee`
+- **2018-01-03** DIED IN SENATE
+- **2018-01-03** RETURNED TO ASSEMBLY
+- **2018-01-03** ORDERED TO THIRD READING CAL.571
+- **2018-03-26** PASSED ASSEMBLY `passage`
+- **2018-03-26** DELIVERED TO SENATE
+- **2018-03-26** REFERRED TO JUDICIARY `referral-committee`
+- **2018-04-30** SUBSTITUTED FOR S6137
+- **2018-04-30** 3RD READING CAL.324
+- **2018-04-30** PASSED SENATE `passage`
+- **2018-04-30** RETURNED TO ASSEMBLY
+- **2018-08-13** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
+- **2018-08-24** SIGNED CHAP.228 `executive-signature`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/5dbe3004-0643-4ab5-8b40-62a28b245ce8`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New York legislature records).
+