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legislation/us/states/ny/2021-2022/a-7968.md

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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Permits certain defendants in a criminal action in Chemung, Schuyler, or Yates county to appear electronically, with the approval of the court"
+description: "Permits certain defendants in a criminal action in Chemung, Schuyler, or Yates county to appear electronically, with the approval of the court."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/ny"
+legislature: "New York Legislature"
+session: "2021-2022"
+identifier: "A 7968"
+citation: "New York A 7968 (2021-2022)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["PALMESANO"]
+version_count: 1
+action_count: 13
+vote_count: 2
+first_action: "2021-06-04"
+last_action: "2022-06-30"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/0da07663-db18-4bee-a7b0-919702d8b558"
+source_url: "http://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2021/A7968"
+source_hash: "2ccc4459373a4000f0c49fe598aef5d4515119f31625c2b321b5f06af0d5b829"
+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 7968 (2021-2022) — Permits certain defendants in a criminal action in Chemung, Schuyler, or Yates county to appear electronically, with the approval of the court
+
+Permits certain defendants in a criminal action in Chemung, Schuyler, or Yates county to appear electronically, with the approval of the court.
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **A7968** (committee substitute) — [source](http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?sh=printbill&bn=A7968&term=2021&Text=Y)
+
+## Votes
+
+- Floor Vote — **63–0** (pass) · upper
+- Assembly Vote — **146–1** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- PALMESANO — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2021-06-04** REFERRED TO CODES `referral-committee`
+- **2022-01-05** REFERRED TO CODES `referral-committee`
+- **2022-05-03** REPORTED
+- **2022-05-05** ADVANCED TO THIRD READING CAL.606
+- **2022-05-09** PASSED ASSEMBLY `passage`
+- **2022-05-09** DELIVERED TO SENATE
+- **2022-05-09** REFERRED TO CODES `referral-committee`
+- **2022-06-02** SUBSTITUTED FOR S7046
+- **2022-06-02** 3RD READING CAL.1853
+- **2022-06-02** PASSED SENATE `passage`
+- **2022-06-02** RETURNED TO ASSEMBLY
+- **2022-06-23** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
+- **2022-06-30** SIGNED CHAP.246 `executive-signature`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/0da07663-db18-4bee-a7b0-919702d8b558`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New York legislature records).
+