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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Relates to enacting provisions for the execution of electronic wills"
+description: "Enacts provisions for the execution of electronic wills including attestation, revocation and filing."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/ny"
+legislature: "New York Legislature"
+session: "2025-2026"
+identifier: "S 7416"
+citation: "New York S 7416 (2025-2026)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Brad Hoylman-Sigal"]
+version_count: 2
+action_count: 15
+vote_count: 3
+first_action: "2025-04-15"
+last_action: "2025-12-12"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/97a99184-409d-4204-baa1-00e76a70d8da"
+source_url: "http://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2025/S7416"
+source_hash: "f5f7354d8c16d289533fdb193230585c660275caa33b0ae68ac0edddde7464bd"
+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 7416 (2025-2026) — Relates to enacting provisions for the execution of electronic wills
+
+Enacts provisions for the execution of electronic wills including attestation, revocation and filing.
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **S7416** (committee substitute) — [source](http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?sh=printbill&bn=S7416&term=2025&Text=Y)
+2. **S7416A** (committee substitute) — [source](http://legislation.nysenate.gov/pdf/bills/2025/S7416A)
+
+## Votes
+
+- Judiciary Vote — **16–3** (pass) · upper
+- Floor Vote - Version: A — **39–21** (pass) · upper
+- Assembly Vote — **94–41** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Brad Hoylman-Sigal — primary (person)
+- Andrew Gounardes — cosponsor (person)
+- James Skoufis — cosponsor (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2025-04-15** REFERRED TO JUDICIARY `referral-committee`
+- **2025-04-29** 1ST REPORT CAL.776
+- **2025-04-30** 2ND REPORT CAL.
+- **2025-05-01** ADVANCED TO THIRD READING
+- **2025-05-13** AMENDED ON THIRD READING 7416A `amendment-passage`
+- **2025-06-05** PASSED SENATE `passage`
+- **2025-06-05** DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY
+- **2025-06-05** REFERRED TO JUDICIARY `referral-committee`
+- **2025-06-06** SUBSTITUTED FOR A7856A
+- **2025-06-06** ORDERED TO THIRD READING RULES CAL.456
+- **2025-06-17** PASSED ASSEMBLY `passage`
+- **2025-06-17** RETURNED TO SENATE
+- **2025-12-08** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
+- **2025-12-12** SIGNED CHAP.637 `executive-signature`
+- **2025-12-12** APPROVAL MEMO.24
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/97a99184-409d-4204-baa1-00e76a70d8da`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New York legislature records).
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