---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relates to absentee voting"
description: "Authorizes absentee voting; defines the term \"illness\" for the purposes of absentee voting to include instances where a voter is unable to appear personally at the polling place of the election district in which they are a qualified voter because there is a risk of contracting or spreading a disease causing illness to the voter or to other members of the public."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ny"
legislature: "New York Legislature"
session: "2019-2020"
identifier: "S 8015"
citation: "New York S 8015 (2019-2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["BIAGGI"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 21
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2020-03-09"
last_action: "2020-08-20"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/5abd7b0c-2f80-4ad0-93be-a34bd5378238"
source_url: "http://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2019/S8015"
source_hash: "28c51e46d6f74280da37708ee0681a169b93a4d2a6c96f09b4c63b242cd1e629"
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 8015 (2019-2020) — Relates to absentee voting

Authorizes absentee voting; defines the term "illness" for the purposes of absentee voting to include instances where a voter is unable to appear personally at the polling place of the election district in which they are a qualified voter because there is a risk of contracting or spreading a disease causing illness to the voter or to other members of the public.

## Version chain

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

1. **S8015** (committee substitute) — [source](http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?sh=printbill&bn=S8015&term=2019&Text=Y)
2. **S8015A** (committee substitute) — [source](http://legislation.nysenate.gov/pdf/bills/2019/S8015A)
3. **S8015B** (committee substitute) — [source](http://legislation.nysenate.gov/pdf/bills/2019/S8015B)
4. **S8015C** (committee substitute) — [source](http://legislation.nysenate.gov/pdf/bills/2019/S8015C)
5. **S8015D** (committee substitute) — [source](http://legislation.nysenate.gov/pdf/bills/2019/S8015D)

## Votes

- Rules Vote - Version: D — **13–6** (pass) · upper
- Elections Vote - Version: D — **5–2** (pass) · upper
- Assembly Vote — **118–23** (pass) · lower
- Floor Vote - Version: D — **42–18** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- BIAGGI — primary (person)
- ADDABBO — cosponsor (person)
- BENJAMIN — cosponsor (person)
- BROOKS — cosponsor (person)
- CARLUCCI — cosponsor (person)
- COMRIE — cosponsor (person)
- GAUGHRAN — cosponsor (person)
- GIANARIS — cosponsor (person)
- GOUNARDES — cosponsor (person)
- HARCKHAM — cosponsor (person)
- HOYLMAN — cosponsor (person)
- JACKSON — cosponsor (person)
- KAMINSKY — cosponsor (person)
- KAPLAN — cosponsor (person)
- KENNEDY — cosponsor (person)
- KRUEGER — cosponsor (person)
- LIU — cosponsor (person)
- MAY — cosponsor (person)
- MAYER — cosponsor (person)
- METZGER — cosponsor (person)
- MYRIE — cosponsor (person)
- PERSAUD — cosponsor (person)
- RAMOS — cosponsor (person)
- RIVERA — cosponsor (person)
- SAVINO — cosponsor (person)
- SEPULVEDA — cosponsor (person)
- SERRANO — cosponsor (person)
- STAVISKY — cosponsor (person)
- THOMAS — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2020-03-09** REFERRED TO ELECTIONS `referral-committee`
- **2020-03-24** AMEND (T) AND RECOMMIT TO ELECTIONS `referral-committee, amendment-passage`
- **2020-03-24** PRINT NUMBER 8015A `amendment-passage`
- **2020-05-21** AMEND AND RECOMMIT TO ELECTIONS `referral-committee, amendment-passage`
- **2020-05-21** PRINT NUMBER 8015B `amendment-passage`
- **2020-07-15** AMEND AND RECOMMIT TO ELECTIONS `referral-committee, amendment-passage`
- **2020-07-15** PRINT NUMBER 8015C `amendment-passage`
- **2020-07-16** AMEND (T) AND RECOMMIT TO ELECTIONS `referral-committee, amendment-passage`
- **2020-07-16** PRINT NUMBER 8015D `amendment-passage`
- **2020-07-21** REPORTED AND COMMITTED TO RULES `referral-committee`
- **2020-07-22** ORDERED TO THIRD READING CAL.894
- **2020-07-22** PASSED SENATE `passage`
- **2020-07-22** DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY
- **2020-07-22** REFERRED TO WAYS AND MEANS `referral-committee`
- **2020-07-23** SUBSTITUTED FOR A10833
- **2020-07-23** ORDERED TO THIRD READING RULES CAL.350
- **2020-07-23** PASSED ASSEMBLY `passage`
- **2020-07-23** RETURNED TO SENATE
- **2020-08-10** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
- **2020-08-20** SIGNED CHAP.139 `executive-signature`
- **2020-08-20** APPROVAL MEMO.4

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/5abd7b0c-2f80-4ad0-93be-a34bd5378238`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New York legislature records).