---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relates to ballots for absentee voters"
description: "Relates to ballots for absentee voters."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ny"
legislature: "New York Legislature"
session: "2019-2020"
identifier: "A 2687"
citation: "New York A 2687 (2019-2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["THIELE"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 12
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2019-01-24"
last_action: "2019-12-10"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/8494445d-52e4-4f39-82e2-023d946f8d39"
source_url: "http://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2019/A2687"
source_hash: "9ffb478002084d679bdc766b0c222b3b3443c01cf5a9c5ef23c9bffc52c9751d"
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 2687 (2019-2020) — Relates to ballots for absentee voters

Relates to ballots for absentee voters.

## Version chain

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

1. **A2687** (committee substitute) — [source](http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?sh=printbill&bn=A2687&term=2019&Text=Y)

## Votes

- Assembly Vote — **143–0** (pass) · lower
- Floor Vote — **62–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- THIELE — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-01-24** REFERRED TO ELECTION LAW `referral-committee`
- **2019-01-28** REPORTED
- **2019-01-31** ADVANCED TO THIRD READING CAL.34
- **2019-02-11** PASSED ASSEMBLY `passage`
- **2019-02-11** DELIVERED TO SENATE
- **2019-02-11** REFERRED TO ELECTIONS `referral-committee`
- **2019-06-05** SUBSTITUTED FOR S3135
- **2019-06-05** 3RD READING CAL.1183
- **2019-06-05** PASSED SENATE `passage`
- **2019-06-05** RETURNED TO ASSEMBLY
- **2019-12-06** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
- **2019-12-10** SIGNED CHAP.615 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/8494445d-52e4-4f39-82e2-023d946f8d39`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New York legislature records).