---
type: "Bill"
title: "Authorizes shareholders to attend meetings via remote communication and to be deemed present for voting purposes"
description: "Requires certain corporations to permit shareholders to attend meetings via remote communication and to be deemed present for voting purposes."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ny"
legislature: "New York Legislature"
session: "2019-2020"
identifier: "A 434"
citation: "New York A 434 (2019-2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["PAULIN"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 13
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2019-01-09"
last_action: "2019-10-23"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/0899d2a7-4cf3-4a78-ae1c-74119666e975"
source_url: "http://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2019/A434"
source_hash: "d0f334a4f8a2a70624b94f25ac644d4f7727f5defd3e93873158e2fb675cb9d4"
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 434 (2019-2020) — Authorizes shareholders to attend meetings via remote communication and to be deemed present for voting purposes

Requires certain corporations to permit shareholders to attend meetings via remote communication and to be deemed present for voting purposes.

## Version chain

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

1. **A434** (committee substitute) — [source](http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?sh=printbill&bn=A434&term=2019&Text=Y)

## Votes

- Assembly Vote — **138–0** (pass) · lower
- Floor Vote — **60–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- PAULIN — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-01-09** REFERRED TO CORPORATIONS, AUTHORITIES AND COMMISSIONS `referral-committee`
- **2019-02-12** REPORTED REFERRED TO CODES `referral-committee`
- **2019-03-05** REPORTED
- **2019-03-07** ADVANCED TO THIRD READING CAL.96
- **2019-03-11** PASSED ASSEMBLY `passage`
- **2019-03-11** DELIVERED TO SENATE
- **2019-03-11** REFERRED TO CORPORATIONS, AUTHORITIES AND COMMISSIONS `referral-committee`
- **2019-05-13** SUBSTITUTED FOR S4088
- **2019-05-13** 3RD READING CAL.557
- **2019-05-13** PASSED SENATE `passage`
- **2019-05-13** RETURNED TO ASSEMBLY
- **2019-10-11** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
- **2019-10-23** SIGNED CHAP.384 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/0899d2a7-4cf3-4a78-ae1c-74119666e975`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New York legislature records).