---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relates to extending hours for voting in Dutchess county"
description: "Extends hours for voting in Dutchess county from 12:00 pm - 9:00 pm to 6:00 am - 9:00 pm."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ny"
legislature: "New York Legislature"
session: "2017-2018"
identifier: "A 8086"
citation: "New York A 8086 (2017-2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["SKARTADOS"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 15
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2017-05-25"
last_action: "2017-10-23"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/3afa69df-359f-4f7e-9e75-b181a75a4119"
source_url: "http://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2017/A8086"
source_hash: "360e3b80a84cd6cc59e615542d83490de02c227a2333d9df8ae0e7008dfdc076"
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 8086 (2017-2018) — Relates to extending hours for voting in Dutchess county

Extends hours for voting in Dutchess county from 12:00 pm - 9:00 pm to 6:00 am - 9:00 pm.

## Version chain

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

1. **A8086 HTML** (committee substitute) — [source](http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?sh=printbill&bn=A8086&term=2017&Text=Y)
2. **A8086 PDF** (committee substitute) — [source](http://legislation.nysenate.gov/pdf/bills/2017/A8086)

## Votes

- Assembly Vote — **133–7** (pass) · lower
- Floor Vote — **62–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- SKARTADOS — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-05-25** REFERRED TO ELECTION LAW `referral-committee`
- **2017-06-06** REPORTED REFERRED TO WAYS AND MEANS `referral-committee`
- **2017-06-13** REPORTED REFERRED TO RULES `referral-committee`
- **2017-06-14** REPORTED
- **2017-06-14** RULES REPORT CAL.311
- **2017-06-14** ORDERED TO THIRD READING RULES CAL.311
- **2017-06-15** PASSED ASSEMBLY `passage`
- **2017-06-15** DELIVERED TO SENATE
- **2017-06-15** REFERRED TO RULES `referral-committee`
- **2017-06-19** SUBSTITUTED FOR S6086
- **2017-06-19** 3RD READING CAL.1909
- **2017-06-19** PASSED SENATE `passage`
- **2017-06-19** RETURNED TO ASSEMBLY
- **2017-10-11** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
- **2017-10-23** SIGNED CHAP.367 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/3afa69df-359f-4f7e-9e75-b181a75a4119`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New York legislature records).