---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relates to permitting electronic application for absentee ballots"
description: "Permits electronic application for absentee ballots and removes requirement that such application be signed by the voter; provides for the repeal of such provisions upon expiration."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ny"
legislature: "New York Legislature"
session: "2019-2020"
identifier: "S 8130"
citation: "New York S 8130 (2019-2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["MYRIE"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 20
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2020-03-24"
last_action: "2020-06-07"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e43e5f22-9151-432f-960c-eedb1f56cf0c"
source_url: "http://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2019/S8130"
source_hash: "373c07e68b65a028bd8885397ee5d728390bfa5ed63072307790d5364ed6bbb6"
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 8130 (2019-2020) — Relates to permitting electronic application for absentee ballots

Permits electronic application for absentee ballots and removes requirement that such application be signed by the voter; provides for the repeal of such provisions upon expiration.

## Version chain

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

1. **S8130** (committee substitute) — [source](http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?sh=printbill&bn=S8130&term=2019&Text=Y)
2. **S8130A** (committee substitute) — [source](http://legislation.nysenate.gov/pdf/bills/2019/S8130A)
3. **S8130B** (committee substitute) — [source](http://legislation.nysenate.gov/pdf/bills/2019/S8130B)
4. **S8130C** (committee substitute) — [source](http://legislation.nysenate.gov/pdf/bills/2019/S8130C)
5. **S8130D** (committee substitute) — [source](http://legislation.nysenate.gov/pdf/bills/2019/S8130D)

## Votes

- Rules Vote - Version: D — **13–6** (pass) · upper
- Floor Vote - Version: D — **39–22** (pass) · upper
- Assembly Vote — **102–41** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- MYRIE — primary (person)
- CARLUCCI — cosponsor (person)
- COMRIE — cosponsor (person)
- GOUNARDES — cosponsor (person)
- HOYLMAN — cosponsor (person)
- KENNEDY — cosponsor (person)
- LIU — cosponsor (person)
- MAY — cosponsor (person)
- MAYER — cosponsor (person)
- METZGER — cosponsor (person)
- RIVERA — cosponsor (person)
- SKOUFIS — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2020-03-24** REFERRED TO ELECTIONS `referral-committee`
- **2020-05-19** AMEND AND RECOMMIT TO ELECTIONS `referral-committee, amendment-passage`
- **2020-05-19** PRINT NUMBER 8130A `amendment-passage`
- **2020-05-20** AMEND AND RECOMMIT TO ELECTIONS `referral-committee, amendment-passage`
- **2020-05-20** PRINT NUMBER 8130B `amendment-passage`
- **2020-05-24** AMEND (T) AND RECOMMIT TO ELECTIONS `referral-committee, amendment-passage`
- **2020-05-24** PRINT NUMBER 8130C `amendment-passage`
- **2020-05-25** COMMITTEE DISCHARGED AND COMMITTED TO RULES `referral-committee`
- **2020-05-25** AMEND AND RECOMMIT TO RULES `referral-committee, amendment-passage`
- **2020-05-25** PRINT NUMBER 8130D `amendment-passage`
- **2020-05-27** ORDERED TO THIRD READING CAL.644
- **2020-05-28** PASSED SENATE `passage`
- **2020-05-28** DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY
- **2020-05-28** REFERRED TO WAYS AND MEANS `referral-committee`
- **2020-05-28** SUBSTITUTED FOR A10516A
- **2020-05-28** ORDERED TO THIRD READING RULES CAL.49
- **2020-05-28** PASSED ASSEMBLY `passage`
- **2020-05-28** RETURNED TO SENATE
- **2020-06-05** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
- **2020-06-07** SIGNED CHAP.91 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/e43e5f22-9151-432f-960c-eedb1f56cf0c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New York legislature records).