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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Relates to the crime of falsifying COVID-19 vaccination records"
+description: "Includes in the crime of computer tampering in the third degree when someone enters information to falsify COVID-19 vaccination records."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/ny"
+legislature: "New York Legislature"
+session: "2021-2022"
+identifier: "A 8700"
+citation: "New York A 8700 (2021-2022)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["DINOWITZ"]
+version_count: 1
+action_count: 14
+vote_count: 2
+first_action: "2022-01-10"
+last_action: "2022-02-24"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/67908bdd-c9d2-4270-bc01-81e5fddd442d"
+source_url: "http://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2021/A8700"
+source_hash: "adf2bccd3e2760d91eecdda75acbe4e76e309c4ef18478354fcfaa5d6675ee75"
+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 8700 (2021-2022) — Relates to the crime of falsifying COVID-19 vaccination records
+
+Includes in the crime of computer tampering in the third degree when someone enters information to falsify COVID-19 vaccination records.
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **A8700** (committee substitute) — [source](http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?sh=printbill&bn=A8700&term=2021&Text=Y)
+
+## Votes
+
+- Floor Vote — **46–16** (pass) · upper
+- Assembly Vote — **99–44** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- DINOWITZ — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2022-01-10** REFERRED TO CODES `referral-committee`
+- **2022-01-19** REPORTED REFERRED TO RULES `referral-committee`
+- **2022-01-19** REPORTED
+- **2022-01-19** RULES REPORT CAL.9
+- **2022-01-19** ORDERED TO THIRD READING RULES CAL.9
+- **2022-01-25** PASSED ASSEMBLY `passage`
+- **2022-01-25** DELIVERED TO SENATE
+- **2022-01-25** REFERRED TO CODES `referral-committee`
+- **2022-01-26** SUBSTITUTED FOR S7759
+- **2022-01-26** 3RD READING CAL.133
+- **2022-01-26** PASSED SENATE `passage`
+- **2022-01-26** RETURNED TO ASSEMBLY
+- **2022-02-24** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
+- **2022-02-24** SIGNED CHAP.24 `executive-signature`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/67908bdd-c9d2-4270-bc01-81e5fddd442d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New York legislature records).
+