---
type: "Bill"
title: "Provides for the remote conduct of certain practices and procedures relating to board meetings"
description: "Provides for the remote conduct of certain practices and procedures relating to board meetings utilizing electronic and/or audio-visual technologies; makes permanent provisions relating to providing for the remote conduct of certain practices and procedures relating to board meetings."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ny"
legislature: "New York Legislature"
session: "2021-2022"
identifier: "A 1237"
citation: "New York A 1237 (2021-2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["PAULIN"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 12
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2021-01-07"
last_action: "2021-11-08"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/27da888b-97ed-4100-9e79-c6bcdb51bc56"
source_url: "http://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2021/A1237"
source_hash: "4eb9c1a94b1333802821173a965d279855370a056848179528400ebc3d255ca8"
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 1237 (2021-2022) — Provides for the remote conduct of certain practices and procedures relating to board meetings

Provides for the remote conduct of certain practices and procedures relating to board meetings utilizing electronic and/or audio-visual technologies; makes permanent provisions relating to providing for the remote conduct of certain practices and procedures relating to board meetings.

## Version chain

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

1. **A1237** (committee substitute) — [source](http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?sh=printbill&bn=A1237&term=2021&Text=Y)

## Votes

- Assembly Vote — **150–0** (pass) · lower
- Floor Vote — **63–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- PAULIN — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-01-07** REFERRED TO CORPORATIONS, AUTHORITIES AND COMMISSIONS `referral-committee`
- **2021-04-26** REPORTED
- **2021-04-29** ADVANCED TO THIRD READING CAL.243
- **2021-05-04** PASSED ASSEMBLY `passage`
- **2021-05-04** DELIVERED TO SENATE
- **2021-05-04** REFERRED TO CORPORATIONS, AUTHORITIES AND COMMISSIONS `referral-committee`
- **2021-06-08** SUBSTITUTED FOR S1182
- **2021-06-08** 3RD READING CAL.1070
- **2021-06-08** PASSED SENATE `passage`
- **2021-06-08** RETURNED TO ASSEMBLY
- **2021-10-27** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
- **2021-11-08** SIGNED CHAP.588 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/27da888b-97ed-4100-9e79-c6bcdb51bc56`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New York legislature records).