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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Provides for electronic notarization"
+description: "Provides for electronic notarization; provides that a notary public is authorized to perform a remote notarization by utilizing communication technology that allows the notary public to interact with a principal; provides that a notary public qualified under this article is hereby authorized to perform an electronic notarial act by utilizing audio-video communication technology that allows the notary public to interact with a principal."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/ny"
+legislature: "New York Legislature"
+session: "2021-2022"
+identifier: "S 7780"
+citation: "New York S 7780 (2021-2022)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["SKOUFIS"]
+version_count: 1
+action_count: 11
+vote_count: 3
+first_action: "2022-01-11"
+last_action: "2022-02-24"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f457a198-d13d-435e-aba5-fafd89a4ab1c"
+source_url: "http://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2021/S7780"
+source_hash: "3937ed1e186fc387d02743707b757854df9140bc2ac9888ce2f9606f9ab5ca5c"
+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 7780 (2021-2022) — Provides for electronic notarization
+
+Provides for electronic notarization; provides that a notary public is authorized to perform a remote notarization by utilizing communication technology that allows the notary public to interact with a principal; provides that a notary public qualified under this article is hereby authorized to perform an electronic notarial act by utilizing audio-video communication technology that allows the notary public to interact with a principal.
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **S7780** (committee substitute) — [source](http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?sh=printbill&bn=S7780&term=2021&Text=Y)
+
+## Votes
+
+- Assembly Vote — **141–4** (pass) · lower
+- Rules Vote — **21–0** (pass) · upper
+- Floor Vote — **60–3** (pass) · upper
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- SKOUFIS — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2022-01-11** REFERRED TO RULES `referral-committee`
+- **2022-01-18** ORDERED TO THIRD READING CAL.151
+- **2022-01-20** PASSED SENATE `passage`
+- **2022-01-20** DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY
+- **2022-01-20** REFERRED TO GOVERNMENTAL OPERATIONS `referral-committee`
+- **2022-02-07** SUBSTITUTED FOR A8691
+- **2022-02-07** ORDERED TO THIRD READING CAL.367
+- **2022-02-07** PASSED ASSEMBLY `passage`
+- **2022-02-07** RETURNED TO SENATE
+- **2022-02-24** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
+- **2022-02-24** SIGNED CHAP.104 `executive-signature`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/f457a198-d13d-435e-aba5-fafd89a4ab1c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New York legislature records).
+