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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Makes the falsification of COVID-19 vaccination records a crime"
+description: "Makes the falsification of COVID-19 vaccination records a crime as part of computer tampering in the third degree which is a class E felony."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/ny"
+legislature: "New York Legislature"
+session: "2021-2022"
+identifier: "S 4516"
+citation: "New York S 4516 (2021-2022)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["KAPLAN"]
+version_count: 4
+action_count: 24
+vote_count: 4
+first_action: "2021-02-05"
+last_action: "2021-12-22"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d1af5dc7-3c91-402b-8b53-6061eb3b45a8"
+source_url: "http://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2021/S4516"
+source_hash: "ed1ccec860efd594dd113633c65ebc8e05d0702b242656b5fac0e0938ba52c14"
+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 4516 (2021-2022) — Makes the falsification of COVID-19 vaccination records a crime
+
+Makes the falsification of COVID-19 vaccination records a crime as part of computer tampering in the third degree which is a class E felony.
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **S4516** (committee substitute) — [source](http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?sh=printbill&bn=S4516&term=2021&Text=Y)
+2. **S4516A** (committee substitute) — [source](http://legislation.nysenate.gov/pdf/bills/2021/S4516A)
+3. **S4516B** (committee substitute) — [source](http://legislation.nysenate.gov/pdf/bills/2021/S4516B)
+4. **S4516C** (committee substitute) — [source](http://legislation.nysenate.gov/pdf/bills/2021/S4516C)
+
+## Votes
+
+- Floor Vote - Version: B — **49–14** (pass) · upper
+- Assembly Vote — **104–45** (pass) · lower
+- Floor Vote - Version: C — **48–15** (pass) · upper
+- Rules Vote - Version: B — **18–3** (pass) · upper
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- KAPLAN — primary (person)
+- BROOKS — cosponsor (person)
+- GAUGHRAN — cosponsor (person)
+- KAMINSKY — cosponsor (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2021-02-05** REFERRED TO HEALTH `referral-committee`
+- **2021-03-04** AMEND AND RECOMMIT TO HEALTH `amendment-passage, referral-committee`
+- **2021-03-04** PRINT NUMBER 4516A `amendment-passage`
+- **2021-05-11** AMEND (T) AND RECOMMIT TO HEALTH `amendment-passage, referral-committee`
+- **2021-05-11** PRINT NUMBER 4516B `amendment-passage`
+- **2021-05-26** COMMITTEE DISCHARGED AND COMMITTED TO RULES `referral-committee`
+- **2021-05-26** ORDERED TO THIRD READING CAL.1336
+- **2021-06-03** PASSED SENATE `passage`
+- **2021-06-03** DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY
+- **2021-06-03** REFERRED TO CODES `referral-committee`
+- **2021-06-07** RECALLED FROM ASSEMBLY
+- **2021-06-07** RETURNED TO SENATE
+- **2021-06-07** VOTE RECONSIDERED - RESTORED TO THIRD READING
+- **2021-06-07** AMENDED ON THIRD READING 4516C `amendment-passage`
+- **2021-06-10** REPASSED SENATE `passage`
+- **2021-06-10** RETURNED TO ASSEMBLY
+- **2021-06-10** REFERRED TO CODES `referral-committee`
+- **2021-06-10** SUBSTITUTED FOR A7536B
+- **2021-06-10** ORDERED TO THIRD READING RULES CAL.260
+- **2021-06-10** PASSED ASSEMBLY `passage`
+- **2021-06-10** RETURNED TO SENATE
+- **2021-12-10** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
+- **2021-12-22** SIGNED CHAP.784 `executive-signature`
+- **2021-12-22** APPROVAL MEMO.139
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/d1af5dc7-3c91-402b-8b53-6061eb3b45a8`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New York legislature records).
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