---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relates to the canvassing of ballots for certain voters"
description: "Provides that if the board of elections determines that a person was entitled to vote it shall cast and canvass such ballot if such board finds that the voter substantially complied with the requirements of the election law; failure to provide previous address not deemed a fatal defect and ballot cast and counted."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ny"
legislature: "New York Legislature"
session: "2019-2020"
identifier: "A 1320"
citation: "New York A 1320 (2019-2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["CAHILL"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 17
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2019-01-14"
last_action: "2019-12-20"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/594e4c49-fbfa-4d1d-af43-d1eb314a68b2"
source_url: "http://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2019/A1320"
source_hash: "2ad9f14a75da1ce758cead0a49f1aa486d628fa4524825eabdccde3f46c8d0ad"
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 1320 (2019-2020) — Relates to the canvassing of ballots for certain voters

Provides that if the board of elections determines that a person was entitled to vote it shall cast and canvass such ballot if such board finds that the voter substantially complied with the requirements of the election law; failure to provide previous address not deemed a fatal defect and ballot cast and counted.

## Version chain

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

1. **A1320** (committee substitute) — [source](http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?sh=printbill&bn=A1320&term=2019&Text=Y)
2. **A1320A** (committee substitute) — [source](http://legislation.nysenate.gov/pdf/bills/2019/A1320A)

## Votes

- Floor Vote - Version: A — **40–22** (pass) · upper
- Assembly Vote — **143–4** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- CAHILL — primary (person)
- D'URSO — cosponsor (person)
- JACOBSON — cosponsor (person)
- ROSENTHAL L — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-01-14** REFERRED TO ELECTION LAW `referral-committee`
- **2019-05-31** AMEND (T) AND RECOMMIT TO ELECTION LAW `referral-committee, amendment-passage`
- **2019-05-31** PRINT NUMBER 1320A `amendment-passage`
- **2019-06-05** REPORTED REFERRED TO RULES `referral-committee`
- **2019-06-11** REPORTED
- **2019-06-11** RULES REPORT CAL.95
- **2019-06-11** ORDERED TO THIRD READING RULES CAL.95
- **2019-06-12** PASSED ASSEMBLY `passage`
- **2019-06-12** DELIVERED TO SENATE
- **2019-06-12** REFERRED TO RULES `referral-committee`
- **2019-06-13** SUBSTITUTED FOR S3045B
- **2019-06-13** 3RD READING CAL.711
- **2019-06-13** PASSED SENATE `passage`
- **2019-06-13** RETURNED TO ASSEMBLY
- **2019-12-19** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
- **2019-12-20** SIGNED CHAP.717 `executive-signature`
- **2019-12-20** APPROVAL MEMO.64

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/594e4c49-fbfa-4d1d-af43-d1eb314a68b2`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New York legislature records).