---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relates to the procedure for exercising the right of election by a surviving spouse"
description: "Allows for service by mail to a nominated executor's domicile when exercising the right of election by a surviving spouse."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ny"
legislature: "New York Legislature"
session: "2017-2018"
identifier: "A 8003"
citation: "New York A 8003 (2017-2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["BRAUNSTEIN"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 20
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2017-05-25"
last_action: "2018-08-24"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/5dbe3004-0643-4ab5-8b40-62a28b245ce8"
source_url: "http://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2017/A8003"
source_hash: "02444f133578dcf00f3b9d0c3c4928b08308be1c9b61283fc990492a1c7b0cdb"
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 8003 (2017-2018) — Relates to the procedure for exercising the right of election by a surviving spouse

Allows for service by mail to a nominated executor's domicile when exercising the right of election by a surviving spouse.

## Version chain

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

1. **A8003 HTML** (committee substitute) — [source](http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?sh=printbill&bn=A8003&term=2017&Text=Y)
2. **A8003 PDF** (committee substitute) — [source](http://legislation.nysenate.gov/pdf/bills/2017/A8003)

## Votes

- Assembly Vote - Vote 2 — **130–5** (pass) · lower
- Floor Vote — **63–0** (pass) · upper
- Assembly Vote — **135–3** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- BRAUNSTEIN — primary (person)
- WEINSTEIN — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-05-25** REFERRED TO JUDICIARY `referral-committee`
- **2017-06-07** REPORTED REFERRED TO RULES `referral-committee`
- **2017-06-13** REPORTED
- **2017-06-13** RULES REPORT CAL.258
- **2017-06-13** ORDERED TO THIRD READING RULES CAL.258
- **2017-06-14** PASSED ASSEMBLY `passage`
- **2017-06-14** DELIVERED TO SENATE
- **2017-06-14** REFERRED TO RULES `referral-committee`
- **2018-01-03** DIED IN SENATE
- **2018-01-03** RETURNED TO ASSEMBLY
- **2018-01-03** ORDERED TO THIRD READING CAL.571
- **2018-03-26** PASSED ASSEMBLY `passage`
- **2018-03-26** DELIVERED TO SENATE
- **2018-03-26** REFERRED TO JUDICIARY `referral-committee`
- **2018-04-30** SUBSTITUTED FOR S6137
- **2018-04-30** 3RD READING CAL.324
- **2018-04-30** PASSED SENATE `passage`
- **2018-04-30** RETURNED TO ASSEMBLY
- **2018-08-13** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
- **2018-08-24** SIGNED CHAP.228 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/5dbe3004-0643-4ab5-8b40-62a28b245ce8`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New York legislature records).