---
type: "Bill"
title: "Requires a system to allow the posting of candidate and contest information contained on each ballot style on the board of elections website"
description: "Requires the state board of elections to create a system to allow a copy of the candidate and contest information contained on each ballot style submitted by each county board of elections to be accessible to the public via web."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ny"
legislature: "New York Legislature"
session: "2019-2020"
identifier: "A 163"
citation: "New York A 163 (2019-2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["ROSENTHAL L"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 12
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2019-01-09"
last_action: "2019-10-24"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/81a71852-fdb7-40e4-aaff-e063b1560c2d"
source_url: "http://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2019/A163"
source_hash: "6d5df8a4f1efab28fcccc26f7918341c1d90756d42008e5d8dd0510211944788"
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 163 (2019-2020) — Requires a system to allow the posting of candidate and contest information contained on each ballot style on the board of elections website

Requires the state board of elections to create a system to allow a copy of the candidate and contest information contained on each ballot style submitted by each county board of elections to be accessible to the public via web.

## Version chain

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

1. **A163** (committee substitute) — [source](http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?sh=printbill&bn=A163&term=2019&Text=Y)

## Votes

- Assembly Vote — **138–3** (pass) · lower
- Floor Vote — **41–21** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- ROSENTHAL L — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-01-09** REFERRED TO ELECTION LAW `referral-committee`
- **2019-05-01** REPORTED
- **2019-05-02** ADVANCED TO THIRD READING CAL.213
- **2019-05-29** PASSED ASSEMBLY `passage`
- **2019-05-29** DELIVERED TO SENATE
- **2019-05-29** REFERRED TO FINANCE `referral-committee`
- **2019-06-03** SUBSTITUTED FOR S1590
- **2019-06-03** 3RD READING CAL.1125
- **2019-06-03** PASSED SENATE `passage`
- **2019-06-03** RETURNED TO ASSEMBLY
- **2019-10-21** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
- **2019-10-24** SIGNED CHAP.410 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/81a71852-fdb7-40e4-aaff-e063b1560c2d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New York legislature records).