---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relates to requirements of a witness to a designating petition or independent nominating petition"
description: "Relates to requirements of a witness to a designating petition or independent nominating petition."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ny"
legislature: "New York Legislature"
session: "2017-2018"
identifier: "A 567"
citation: "New York A 567 (2017-2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["ABINANTI"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 12
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2017-01-09"
last_action: "2017-07-25"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e072b5a6-f9f3-4618-844f-5ee5ed3ed24a"
source_url: "http://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2017/A567"
source_hash: "3736c05784c5d16d82c86c43bd5bd29f10ad2cfc96645c3fe9541fb7089555c5"
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 567 (2017-2018) — Relates to requirements of a witness to a designating petition or independent nominating petition

Relates to requirements of a witness to a designating petition or independent nominating petition.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **A567 HTML** (committee substitute) — [source](http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?sh=printbill&bn=A567&term=2017&Text=Y)
2. **A567 PDF** (committee substitute) — [source](http://legislation.nysenate.gov/pdf/bills/2017/A567)

## Votes

- Floor Vote — **60–0** (pass) · upper
- Assembly Vote — **132–12** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- ABINANTI — primary (person)
- BRAUNSTEIN — cosponsor (person)
- BUCHWALD — cosponsor (person)
- HOOPER — cosponsor (person)
- JAFFEE — cosponsor (person)
- PAULIN — cosponsor (person)
- WEPRIN — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2017-01-09** REFERRED TO ELECTION LAW `referral-committee`
- **2017-01-30** REPORTED
- **2017-02-02** ADVANCED TO THIRD READING CAL.25
- **2017-03-28** PASSED ASSEMBLY `passage`
- **2017-03-28** DELIVERED TO SENATE
- **2017-04-04** SUBSTITUTED FOR S218
- **2017-04-04** 3RD READING CAL.310
- **2017-03-28** REFERRED TO ELECTIONS `referral-committee`
- **2017-04-04** PASSED SENATE `passage`
- **2017-04-04** RETURNED TO ASSEMBLY
- **2017-07-13** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
- **2017-07-25** SIGNED CHAP.106 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/e072b5a6-f9f3-4618-844f-5ee5ed3ed24a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New York legislature records).