---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relates to allowing judicial notice of Google Maps and other web mapping or global imaging websites"
description: "Allows judicial notice of an image, map, location, distance, calculation, or other information taken from a web mapping service, a global satellite imaging site, or an internet mapping tool, when requested by a party to the action, subject to a rebuttable presumption."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ny"
legislature: "New York Legislature"
session: "2017-2018"
identifier: "S 9061"
citation: "New York S 9061 (2017-2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["GIANARIS"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 12
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2018-06-15"
last_action: "2018-12-28"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/4c5b2883-76ac-485c-a697-3df8136ba358"
source_url: "http://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2017/S9061"
source_hash: "5c4e79e9a72bd0b169e22ac0363339e078ebfb090af1f92851577a4e2ada96bb"
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 9061 (2017-2018) — Relates to allowing judicial notice of Google Maps and other web mapping or global imaging websites

Allows judicial notice of an image, map, location, distance, calculation, or other information taken from a web mapping service, a global satellite imaging site, or an internet mapping tool, when requested by a party to the action, subject to a rebuttable presumption.

## Version chain

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

1. **S9061 HTML** (committee substitute) — [source](http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?sh=printbill&bn=S9061&term=2017&Text=Y)
2. **S9061 PDF** (committee substitute) — [source](http://legislation.nysenate.gov/pdf/bills/2017/S9061)

## Votes

- Floor Vote — **62–0** (pass) · upper
- Assembly Vote — **86–52** (pass) · lower
- Rules Vote — **25–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- GIANARIS — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-06-15** REFERRED TO RULES `referral-committee`
- **2018-06-18** ORDERED TO THIRD READING CAL.1914
- **2018-06-18** PASSED SENATE `passage`
- **2018-06-18** DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY
- **2018-06-18** REFERRED TO JUDICIARY `referral-committee`
- **2018-06-20** SUBSTITUTED FOR A11191
- **2018-06-20** ORDERED TO THIRD READING RULES CAL.491
- **2018-06-20** PASSED ASSEMBLY `passage`
- **2018-06-20** RETURNED TO SENATE
- **2018-12-18** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
- **2018-12-28** SIGNED CHAP.516 `executive-signature`
- **2018-12-28** APPROVAL MEMO.19

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/4c5b2883-76ac-485c-a697-3df8136ba358`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New York legislature records).