---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relates to utilizing technology in cemetery lot sales"
description: "Utilizes the internet for cemetery lot transactions."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ny"
legislature: "New York Legislature"
session: "2019-2020"
identifier: "S 8408"
citation: "New York S 8408 (2019-2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["COMRIE"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 12
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2020-05-22"
last_action: "2020-06-17"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/52f96c25-09c1-487d-89b3-38b1fd8ab5e7"
source_url: "http://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2019/S8408"
source_hash: "17c56b3b928c01d73536bf33ffd5e5c41a55361a6689a376bd154fe1044e7454"
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 8408 (2019-2020) — Relates to utilizing technology in cemetery lot sales

Utilizes the internet for cemetery lot transactions.

## Version chain

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

1. **S8408** (committee substitute) — [source](http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?sh=printbill&bn=S8408&term=2019&Text=Y)

## Votes

- Rules Vote — **19–0** (pass) · upper
- Corporations, Authorities And Commissions Vote — **7–0** (pass) · upper
- Assembly Vote — **142–2** (pass) · lower
- Floor Vote — **62–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- COMRIE — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2020-05-22** REFERRED TO CORPORATIONS, AUTHORITIES AND COMMISSIONS `referral-committee`
- **2020-05-26** REPORTED AND COMMITTED TO RULES `referral-committee`
- **2020-05-27** ORDERED TO THIRD READING CAL.660
- **2020-05-27** PASSED SENATE `passage`
- **2020-05-27** DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY
- **2020-05-27** REFERRED TO CORPORATIONS, AUTHORITIES AND COMMISSIONS `referral-committee`
- **2020-05-27** SUBSTITUTED FOR A7652A
- **2020-05-27** ORDERED TO THIRD READING RULES CAL.24
- **2020-05-27** PASSED ASSEMBLY `passage`
- **2020-05-27** RETURNED TO SENATE
- **2020-06-05** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
- **2020-06-17** SIGNED CHAP.119 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/52f96c25-09c1-487d-89b3-38b1fd8ab5e7`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New York legislature records).