---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relates to the use of an electronic signature on tax documents; repealer"
description: "Relates to the use of an electronic signature on tax documents collected by tax preparers."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ny"
legislature: "New York Legislature"
session: "2019-2020"
identifier: "S 8832"
citation: "New York S 8832 (2019-2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["LIU"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 11
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2020-07-20"
last_action: "2020-08-24"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/7792c3a0-509b-420e-8b1a-f03e9b1ecb98"
source_url: "http://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2019/S8832"
source_hash: "d56b04f9224f11ed53235c99242785b9e93450fcac4c3f1cd1146138fb08068b"
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 8832 (2019-2020) — Relates to the use of an electronic signature on tax documents; repealer

Relates to the use of an electronic signature on tax documents collected by tax preparers.

## Version chain

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

1. **S8832** (committee substitute) — [source](http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?sh=printbill&bn=S8832&term=2019&Text=Y)

## Votes

- Assembly Vote — **141–0** (pass) · lower
- Rules Vote — **18–1** (pass) · upper
- Floor Vote — **57–3** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- LIU — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2020-07-20** REFERRED TO RULES `referral-committee`
- **2020-07-23** ORDERED TO THIRD READING CAL.1030
- **2020-07-23** PASSED SENATE `passage`
- **2020-07-23** DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY
- **2020-07-23** REFERRED TO WAYS AND MEANS `referral-committee`
- **2020-07-23** SUBSTITUTED FOR A7765A
- **2020-07-23** ORDERED TO THIRD READING RULES CAL.308
- **2020-07-23** PASSED ASSEMBLY `passage`
- **2020-07-23** RETURNED TO SENATE
- **2020-08-12** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
- **2020-08-24** SIGNED CHAP.167 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/7792c3a0-509b-420e-8b1a-f03e9b1ecb98`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New York legislature records).