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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Permits certain defendants in a criminal action in Delaware, Otsego or Schoharie county to appear electronically, with the approval of the court"
+description: "Permits certain defendants in a criminal action in Delaware, Otsego or Schoharie county to appear electronically, with the approval of the court."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/ny"
+legislature: "New York Legislature"
+session: "2023-2024"
+identifier: "A 6738"
+citation: "New York A 6738 (2023-2024)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Chris Tague"]
+version_count: 2
+action_count: 25
+vote_count: 3
+first_action: "2023-05-08"
+last_action: "2024-08-28"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/6dbfa2b0-2317-44b2-8e2b-04d976584928"
+source_url: "http://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2023/A6738"
+source_hash: "85f7b60081605017d226717af60a937efc160cc08f1d05702b3a9111ed6ca749"
+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 6738 (2023-2024) — Permits certain defendants in a criminal action in Delaware, Otsego or Schoharie county to appear electronically, with the approval of the court
+
+Permits certain defendants in a criminal action in Delaware, Otsego or Schoharie 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. **A6738** (committee substitute) — [source](http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?sh=printbill&bn=A6738&term=2023&Text=Y)
+2. **A6738A** (committee substitute) — [source](http://legislation.nysenate.gov/pdf/bills/2023/A6738A)
+
+## Votes
+
+- Assembly Vote - Vote 2 — **147–0** (pass) · lower
+- Floor Vote - Version: A — **61–0** (pass) · upper
+- Assembly Vote — **144–1** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Chris Tague — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2023-05-08** REFERRED TO CODES `referral-committee`
+- **2023-06-08** REPORTED REFERRED TO RULES `referral-committee`
+- **2023-06-08** REPORTED
+- **2023-06-08** RULES REPORT CAL.723
+- **2023-06-08** ORDERED TO THIRD READING RULES CAL.723
+- **2023-06-08** PASSED ASSEMBLY `passage`
+- **2023-06-08** DELIVERED TO SENATE
+- **2023-06-08** REFERRED TO RULES `referral-committee`
+- **2024-01-03** DIED IN SENATE
+- **2024-01-03** RETURNED TO ASSEMBLY
+- **2024-01-03** ORDERED TO THIRD READING CAL.192
+- **2024-01-16** COMMITTED TO CODES `referral-committee`
+- **2024-03-25** AMEND AND RECOMMIT TO CODES `amendment-passage, referral-committee`
+- **2024-03-25** PRINT NUMBER 6738A `amendment-passage`
+- **2024-05-07** REPORTED
+- **2024-05-09** ADVANCED TO THIRD READING CAL.452
+- **2024-05-14** PASSED ASSEMBLY `passage`
+- **2024-05-14** DELIVERED TO SENATE
+- **2024-05-14** REFERRED TO CODES `referral-committee`
+- **2024-05-21** SUBSTITUTED FOR S6798A
+- **2024-05-21** 3RD READING CAL.1159
+- **2024-05-21** PASSED SENATE `passage`
+- **2024-05-21** RETURNED TO ASSEMBLY
+- **2024-08-20** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
+- **2024-08-28** SIGNED CHAP.232 `executive-signature`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/6dbfa2b0-2317-44b2-8e2b-04d976584928`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New York legislature records).
+