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legislation/us/states/ny/2021-2022/a-4186.md

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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Provides an online absentee ballot tracking system"
+description: "Provides an online absentee ballot tracking system to allow a voter who has submitted an application for an absentee ballot to track the status of an absentee application and an absentee ballot on the state board or local board website."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/ny"
+legislature: "New York Legislature"
+session: "2021-2022"
+identifier: "A 4186"
+citation: "New York A 4186 (2021-2022)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["DINOWITZ"]
+version_count: 3
+action_count: 17
+vote_count: 2
+first_action: "2021-02-01"
+last_action: "2021-12-22"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/16b07c26-0419-444c-9a24-bb16f5d260c3"
+source_url: "http://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2021/A4186"
+source_hash: "b8fe092669cac43e097b911e622783a8885cf17ca0ed8162b7008d801ecc63f5"
+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 4186 (2021-2022) — Provides an online absentee ballot tracking system
+
+Provides an online absentee ballot tracking system to allow a voter who has submitted an application for an absentee ballot to track the status of an absentee application and an absentee ballot on the state board or local board website.
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **A4186** (committee substitute) — [source](http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?sh=printbill&bn=A4186&term=2021&Text=Y)
+2. **A4186A** (committee substitute) — [source](http://legislation.nysenate.gov/pdf/bills/2021/A4186A)
+3. **A4186B** (committee substitute) — [source](http://legislation.nysenate.gov/pdf/bills/2021/A4186B)
+
+## Votes
+
+- Floor Vote - Version: B — **49–14** (pass) · upper
+- Assembly Vote — **143–4** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- DINOWITZ — primary (person)
+- BARNWELL — cosponsor (person)
+- GALEF — cosponsor (person)
+- JACOBSON — cosponsor (person)
+- OTIS — cosponsor (person)
+- SIMON — cosponsor (person)
+- THIELE — cosponsor (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2021-02-01** REFERRED TO ELECTION LAW `referral-committee`
+- **2021-04-16** AMEND (T) AND RECOMMIT TO ELECTION LAW `amendment-passage, referral-committee`
+- **2021-04-16** PRINT NUMBER 4186A `amendment-passage`
+- **2021-04-19** REPORTED REFERRED TO WAYS AND MEANS `referral-committee`
+- **2021-04-28** REPORTED
+- **2021-04-29** ADVANCED TO THIRD READING CAL.253
+- **2021-05-12** AMENDED ON THIRD READING 4186B `amendment-passage`
+- **2021-05-26** PASSED ASSEMBLY `passage`
+- **2021-05-26** DELIVERED TO SENATE
+- **2021-05-26** REFERRED TO RULES `referral-committee`
+- **2021-06-09** SUBSTITUTED FOR S6395A
+- **2021-06-09** 3RD READING CAL.1353
+- **2021-06-09** PASSED SENATE `passage`
+- **2021-06-09** RETURNED TO ASSEMBLY
+- **2021-12-10** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
+- **2021-12-22** SIGNED CHAP.727 `executive-signature`
+- **2021-12-22** APPROVAL MEMO.95
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/16b07c26-0419-444c-9a24-bb16f5d260c3`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New York legislature records).
+