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legislation/us/states/ny/2023-2024/s-7394.md

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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Establishes the \"New York Early Mail Voter Act\""
+description: "Establishes early mail voting; authorizes registered voters to obtain early mail voting ballots through application to the board of elections; requires the state board of elections to establish and maintain an electronic early mail ballot application transmittal system through which voters may apply for an early mail ballot online."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/ny"
+legislature: "New York Legislature"
+session: "2023-2024"
+identifier: "S 7394"
+citation: "New York S 7394 (2023-2024)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Michael Gianaris"]
+version_count: 2
+action_count: 14
+vote_count: 3
+first_action: "2023-05-22"
+last_action: "2023-09-20"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/4250cfaa-0a95-4044-a7cc-5a5bff8d09d9"
+source_url: "http://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2023/S7394"
+source_hash: "e04d68d741783292eade62d8d63b028ac427b9fe05ec4b94500a8eb7f42ffce9"
+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 7394 (2023-2024) — Establishes the "New York Early Mail Voter Act"
+
+Establishes early mail voting; authorizes registered voters to obtain early mail voting ballots through application to the board of elections; requires the state board of elections to establish and maintain an electronic early mail ballot application transmittal system through which voters may apply for an early mail ballot online.
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **S7394** (committee substitute) — [source](http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?sh=printbill&bn=S7394&term=2023&Text=Y)
+2. **S7394A** (committee substitute) — [source](http://legislation.nysenate.gov/pdf/bills/2023/S7394A)
+
+## Votes
+
+- Floor Vote - Version: A — **41–21** (pass) · upper
+- Assembly Vote — **94–51** (pass) · lower
+- Rules Vote - Version: A — **14–7** (pass) · upper
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Michael Gianaris — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2023-05-22** REFERRED TO ELECTIONS `referral-committee`
+- **2023-06-01** AMEND AND RECOMMIT TO ELECTIONS `amendment-passage, referral-committee`
+- **2023-06-01** PRINT NUMBER 7394A `amendment-passage`
+- **2023-06-06** COMMITTEE DISCHARGED AND COMMITTED TO RULES `referral-committee`
+- **2023-06-06** ORDERED TO THIRD READING CAL.1658
+- **2023-06-06** PASSED SENATE `passage`
+- **2023-06-06** DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY
+- **2023-06-06** REFERRED TO ELECTION LAW `referral-committee`
+- **2023-06-09** SUBSTITUTED FOR A7632A
+- **2023-06-09** ORDERED TO THIRD READING RULES CAL.800
+- **2023-06-09** PASSED ASSEMBLY `passage`
+- **2023-06-09** RETURNED TO SENATE
+- **2023-09-19** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
+- **2023-09-20** SIGNED CHAP.481 `executive-signature`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/4250cfaa-0a95-4044-a7cc-5a5bff8d09d9`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New York legislature records).
+