---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relates to mailing special ballots to victims of domestic violence"
description: "Provides that the board of elections will mail special ballots to victims of domestic violence with sufficient time to cast such ballot prior to the close of polls."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ny"
legislature: "New York Legislature"
session: "2019-2020"
identifier: "A 219"
citation: "New York A 219 (2019-2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["PAULIN"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 13
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2019-01-09"
last_action: "2019-08-08"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/7c4ff8d2-5e52-43e6-8bbc-0aea728c28c3"
source_url: "http://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2019/A219"
source_hash: "9d2e4c7e44ca58cbc805b253bb4535f6423f7261ba8b788ed4c49fa8a6fda026"
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 219 (2019-2020) — Relates to mailing special ballots to victims of domestic violence

Provides that the board of elections will mail special ballots to victims of domestic violence with sufficient time to cast such ballot prior to the close of polls.

## Version chain

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

1. **A219** (committee substitute) — [source](http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?sh=printbill&bn=A219&term=2019&Text=Y)
2. **A219A** (committee substitute) — [source](http://legislation.nysenate.gov/pdf/bills/2019/A219A)

## Votes

- Assembly Vote — **141–0** (pass) · lower
- Floor Vote - Version: A — **59–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- PAULIN — primary (person)
- BLAKE — cosponsor (person)
- CROUCH — cosponsor (person)
- D'URSO — cosponsor (person)
- DINOWITZ — cosponsor (person)
- GALEF — cosponsor (person)
- GRIFFIN — cosponsor (person)
- JACOBSON — cosponsor (person)
- JAFFEE — cosponsor (person)
- MILLER MG — cosponsor (person)
- ORTIZ — cosponsor (person)
- OTIS — cosponsor (person)
- RAIA — cosponsor (person)
- RAMOS — cosponsor (person)
- REYES — cosponsor (person)
- ROSENTHAL L — cosponsor (person)
- SCHMITT — cosponsor (person)
- SEAWRIGHT — cosponsor (person)
- WALCZYK — cosponsor (person)
- ZEBROWSKI — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-01-09** REFERRED TO ELECTION LAW `referral-committee`
- **2019-02-27** REPORTED
- **2019-02-28** ADVANCED TO THIRD READING CAL.67
- **2019-03-13** AMENDED ON THIRD READING 219A `amendment-passage`
- **2019-05-14** PASSED ASSEMBLY `passage`
- **2019-05-14** DELIVERED TO SENATE
- **2019-05-14** REFERRED TO ELECTIONS `referral-committee`
- **2019-05-14** SUBSTITUTED FOR S3232A
- **2019-05-14** 3RD READING CAL.615
- **2019-05-14** PASSED SENATE `passage`
- **2019-05-14** RETURNED TO ASSEMBLY
- **2019-08-05** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
- **2019-08-08** SIGNED CHAP.150 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/7c4ff8d2-5e52-43e6-8bbc-0aea728c28c3`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New York legislature records).