---
type: "Bill"
title: "Directs the office of information technology services to conduct a study on the use of legal material in an electronic format and access to such legal materials"
description: "Directs the office of information technology services to conduct a study on the use of legal material in an electronic format that guarantees the authenticity of and access to such legal materials."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ny"
legislature: "New York Legislature"
session: "2019-2020"
identifier: "S 7164"
citation: "New York S 7164 (2019-2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["MAYER"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 11
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2020-01-10"
last_action: "2020-02-03"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/310f4b25-c19e-4ee9-9999-c27e8e54a669"
source_url: "http://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2019/S7164"
source_hash: "b918161b191b84ab1a337090250874dc919763c4505ee0d2bbd52c86fb259017"
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 7164 (2019-2020) — Directs the office of information technology services to conduct a study on the use of legal material in an electronic format and access to such legal materials

Directs the office of information technology services to conduct a study on the use of legal material in an electronic format that guarantees the authenticity of and access to such legal materials.

## Version chain

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

1. **S7164** (committee substitute) — [source](http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?sh=printbill&bn=S7164&term=2019&Text=Y)

## Votes

- Assembly Vote — **140–4** (pass) · lower
- Floor Vote — **60–1** (pass) · upper
- Rules Vote — **19–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- MAYER — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2020-01-10** REFERRED TO RULES `referral-committee`
- **2020-01-13** ORDERED TO THIRD READING CAL.88
- **2020-01-22** PASSED SENATE `passage`
- **2020-01-22** DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY
- **2020-01-22** REFERRED TO GOVERNMENTAL OPERATIONS `referral-committee`
- **2020-01-28** SUBSTITUTED FOR A8989
- **2020-01-28** ORDERED TO THIRD READING CAL.344
- **2020-01-28** PASSED ASSEMBLY `passage`
- **2020-01-28** RETURNED TO SENATE
- **2020-01-30** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
- **2020-02-03** SIGNED CHAP.15 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/310f4b25-c19e-4ee9-9999-c27e8e54a669`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New York legislature records).