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+---
+type: "Bill"
+title: "Relates to absentee voting"
+description: "Authorizes absentee voting; defines the term \"illness\" for the purposes of absentee voting to include instances where a voter is unable to appear personally at the polling place of the election district in which they are a qualified voter because there is a risk of contracting or spreading a disease causing illness to the voter or to other members of the public."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/ny"
+legislature: "New York Legislature"
+session: "2019-2020"
+identifier: "S 8015"
+citation: "New York S 8015 (2019-2020)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["BIAGGI"]
+version_count: 5
+action_count: 21
+vote_count: 4
+first_action: "2020-03-09"
+last_action: "2020-08-20"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/5abd7b0c-2f80-4ad0-93be-a34bd5378238"
+source_url: "http://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2019/S8015"
+source_hash: "28c51e46d6f74280da37708ee0681a169b93a4d2a6c96f09b4c63b242cd1e629"
+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 S 8015 (2019-2020) — Relates to absentee voting
+
+Authorizes absentee voting; defines the term "illness" for the purposes of absentee voting to include instances where a voter is unable to appear personally at the polling place of the election district in which they are a qualified voter because there is a risk of contracting or spreading a disease causing illness to the voter or to other members of the public.
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **S8015** (committee substitute) — [source](http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?sh=printbill&bn=S8015&term=2019&Text=Y)
+2. **S8015A** (committee substitute) — [source](http://legislation.nysenate.gov/pdf/bills/2019/S8015A)
+3. **S8015B** (committee substitute) — [source](http://legislation.nysenate.gov/pdf/bills/2019/S8015B)
+4. **S8015C** (committee substitute) — [source](http://legislation.nysenate.gov/pdf/bills/2019/S8015C)
+5. **S8015D** (committee substitute) — [source](http://legislation.nysenate.gov/pdf/bills/2019/S8015D)
+
+## Votes
+
+- Rules Vote - Version: D — **13–6** (pass) · upper
+- Elections Vote - Version: D — **5–2** (pass) · upper
+- Assembly Vote — **118–23** (pass) · lower
+- Floor Vote - Version: D — **42–18** (pass) · upper
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- BIAGGI — primary (person)
+- ADDABBO — cosponsor (person)
+- BENJAMIN — cosponsor (person)
+- BROOKS — cosponsor (person)
+- CARLUCCI — cosponsor (person)
+- COMRIE — cosponsor (person)
+- GAUGHRAN — cosponsor (person)
+- GIANARIS — cosponsor (person)
+- GOUNARDES — cosponsor (person)
+- HARCKHAM — cosponsor (person)
+- HOYLMAN — cosponsor (person)
+- JACKSON — cosponsor (person)
+- KAMINSKY — cosponsor (person)
+- KAPLAN — cosponsor (person)
+- KENNEDY — cosponsor (person)
+- KRUEGER — cosponsor (person)
+- LIU — cosponsor (person)
+- MAY — cosponsor (person)
+- MAYER — cosponsor (person)
+- METZGER — cosponsor (person)
+- MYRIE — cosponsor (person)
+- PERSAUD — cosponsor (person)
+- RAMOS — cosponsor (person)
+- RIVERA — cosponsor (person)
+- SAVINO — cosponsor (person)
+- SEPULVEDA — cosponsor (person)
+- SERRANO — cosponsor (person)
+- STAVISKY — cosponsor (person)
+- THOMAS — cosponsor (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2020-03-09** REFERRED TO ELECTIONS `referral-committee`
+- **2020-03-24** AMEND (T) AND RECOMMIT TO ELECTIONS `referral-committee, amendment-passage`
+- **2020-03-24** PRINT NUMBER 8015A `amendment-passage`
+- **2020-05-21** AMEND AND RECOMMIT TO ELECTIONS `referral-committee, amendment-passage`
+- **2020-05-21** PRINT NUMBER 8015B `amendment-passage`
+- **2020-07-15** AMEND AND RECOMMIT TO ELECTIONS `referral-committee, amendment-passage`
+- **2020-07-15** PRINT NUMBER 8015C `amendment-passage`
+- **2020-07-16** AMEND (T) AND RECOMMIT TO ELECTIONS `referral-committee, amendment-passage`
+- **2020-07-16** PRINT NUMBER 8015D `amendment-passage`
+- **2020-07-21** REPORTED AND COMMITTED TO RULES `referral-committee`
+- **2020-07-22** ORDERED TO THIRD READING CAL.894
+- **2020-07-22** PASSED SENATE `passage`
+- **2020-07-22** DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY
+- **2020-07-22** REFERRED TO WAYS AND MEANS `referral-committee`
+- **2020-07-23** SUBSTITUTED FOR A10833
+- **2020-07-23** ORDERED TO THIRD READING RULES CAL.350
+- **2020-07-23** PASSED ASSEMBLY `passage`
+- **2020-07-23** RETURNED TO SENATE
+- **2020-08-10** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
+- **2020-08-20** SIGNED CHAP.139 `executive-signature`
+- **2020-08-20** APPROVAL MEMO.4
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/5abd7b0c-2f80-4ad0-93be-a34bd5378238`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New York legislature records).
+