---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relates to voter registration form distribution and assistance"
description: "Relates to voter registration form distribution and assistance."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ny"
legislature: "New York Legislature"
session: "2019-2020"
identifier: "S 1128"
citation: "New York S 1128 (2019-2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["BENJAMIN"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 16
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2019-01-11"
last_action: "2019-12-06"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/8db24fb3-a6dd-4250-88de-8864d820046d"
source_url: "http://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2019/S1128"
source_hash: "6f8ad4a96d9a55552f3ab12f99de1c531d014db4733132eda71d446144c68f53"
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 S 1128 (2019-2020) — Relates to voter registration form distribution and assistance

Relates to voter registration form distribution and assistance.

## Version chain

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

1. **S1128** (committee substitute) — [source](http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?sh=printbill&bn=S1128&term=2019&Text=Y)
2. **S1128A** (committee substitute) — [source](http://legislation.nysenate.gov/pdf/bills/2019/S1128A)

## Votes

- Elections Vote — **5–2** (pass) · upper
- Assembly Vote — **114–33** (pass) · lower
- Rules Vote - Version: A — **15–4** (pass) · upper
- Floor Vote - Version: A — **40–21** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- BENJAMIN — primary (person)
- CARLUCCI — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-01-11** REFERRED TO ELECTIONS `referral-committee`
- **2019-05-21** REPORTED AND COMMITTED TO FINANCE `referral-committee`
- **2019-05-23** AMEND (T) AND RECOMMIT TO FINANCE `referral-committee, amendment-passage`
- **2019-05-23** PRINT NUMBER 1128A `amendment-passage`
- **2019-06-11** COMMITTEE DISCHARGED AND COMMITTED TO RULES `referral-committee`
- **2019-06-11** ORDERED TO THIRD READING CAL.1232
- **2019-06-11** PASSED SENATE `passage`
- **2019-06-11** DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY
- **2019-06-11** REFERRED TO WAYS AND MEANS `referral-committee`
- **2019-06-18** SUBSTITUTED FOR A2599A
- **2019-06-18** ORDERED TO THIRD READING RULES CAL.334
- **2019-06-20** PASSED ASSEMBLY `passage`
- **2019-06-20** RETURNED TO SENATE
- **2019-11-26** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
- **2019-12-06** APPROVAL MEMO.30
- **2019-12-06** SIGNED CHAP.587 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/8db24fb3-a6dd-4250-88de-8864d820046d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New York legislature records).