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legislation/us/states/ny/2019-2020/a-1565.md

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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Provides for the inclusion, at a voter's option, of an e-mail address in the voter registration application and record for notices to be sent thus and by U.S.P.S."
+description: "Provides for the inclusion, at a voter's option, of an e-mail address in the voter registration application and record, whereupon notices and other communication required to be sent to the voter by the state board of elections shall be sent by e-mail in addition to postal mail; provides that county boards of elections and the board of elections of the city of New York shall have the option of sending required notices and communications by e-mail in addition to postal mail to certain voters."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/ny"
+legislature: "New York Legislature"
+session: "2019-2020"
+identifier: "A 1565"
+citation: "New York A 1565 (2019-2020)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["GALEF"]
+version_count: 1
+action_count: 13
+vote_count: 2
+first_action: "2019-01-15"
+last_action: "2019-11-25"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/51ef6caa-8757-460b-a420-1f1b486b4ca0"
+source_url: "http://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2019/A1565"
+source_hash: "cf70e1eef5fd324069800014f6544988897bd34938df10acf4dd0d8b45a33668"
+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 1565 (2019-2020) — Provides for the inclusion, at a voter's option, of an e-mail address in the voter registration application and record for notices to be sent thus and by U.S.P.S.
+
+Provides for the inclusion, at a voter's option, of an e-mail address in the voter registration application and record, whereupon notices and other communication required to be sent to the voter by the state board of elections shall be sent by e-mail in addition to postal mail; provides that county boards of elections and the board of elections of the city of New York shall have the option of sending required notices and communications by e-mail in addition to postal mail to certain voters.
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **A1565** (committee substitute) — [source](http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?sh=printbill&bn=A1565&term=2019&Text=Y)
+
+## Votes
+
+- Assembly Vote — **139–4** (pass) · lower
+- Floor Vote — **62–0** (pass) · upper
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- GALEF — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2019-01-15** REFERRED TO ELECTION LAW `referral-committee`
+- **2019-02-27** REPORTED REFERRED TO WAYS AND MEANS `referral-committee`
+- **2019-05-14** REPORTED
+- **2019-05-16** ADVANCED TO THIRD READING CAL.326
+- **2019-05-20** PASSED ASSEMBLY `passage`
+- **2019-05-20** DELIVERED TO SENATE
+- **2019-05-20** REFERRED TO ELECTIONS `referral-committee`
+- **2019-06-03** SUBSTITUTED FOR S1718
+- **2019-06-03** 3RD READING CAL.1126
+- **2019-06-03** PASSED SENATE `passage`
+- **2019-06-03** RETURNED TO ASSEMBLY
+- **2019-11-19** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
+- **2019-11-25** SIGNED CHAP.536 `executive-signature`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/51ef6caa-8757-460b-a420-1f1b486b4ca0`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New York legislature records).
+