---
type: "Bill"
title: "Authorizes the New York state teachers' retirement system to accept alternate methods of postal mail for submittal of forms and applications"
description: "Authorizes the New York state teachers' retirement system to accept alternate methods of postal mail for submittal of forms and applications."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ny"
legislature: "New York Legislature"
session: "2021-2022"
identifier: "A 7181"
citation: "New York A 7181 (2021-2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["CONRAD"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 12
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2021-04-27"
last_action: "2021-08-02"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/6ffe11e3-9bfd-4f88-9a97-242f04517ac5"
source_url: "http://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2021/A7181"
source_hash: "4c2dc82cbf5d58d7a8a8a70f372bcf5f5f69c1b7ae8e9e33db252eba06f131d2"
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 A 7181 (2021-2022) — Authorizes the New York state teachers' retirement system to accept alternate methods of postal mail for submittal of forms and applications

Authorizes the New York state teachers' retirement system to accept alternate methods of postal mail for submittal of forms and applications.

## Version chain

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

1. **A7181** (committee substitute) — [source](http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?sh=printbill&bn=A7181&term=2021&Text=Y)

## Votes

- Floor Vote — **63–0** (pass) · upper
- Assembly Vote — **145–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- CONRAD — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-04-27** REFERRED TO GOVERNMENTAL EMPLOYEES `referral-committee`
- **2021-05-04** REPORTED
- **2021-05-06** ADVANCED TO THIRD READING CAL.337
- **2021-05-10** PASSED ASSEMBLY `passage`
- **2021-05-10** DELIVERED TO SENATE
- **2021-05-10** REFERRED TO CIVIL SERVICE AND PENSIONS `referral-committee`
- **2021-06-01** SUBSTITUTED FOR S6513
- **2021-06-01** 3RD READING CAL.1156
- **2021-06-01** PASSED SENATE `passage`
- **2021-06-01** RETURNED TO ASSEMBLY
- **2021-07-21** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
- **2021-08-02** SIGNED CHAP.329 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/6ffe11e3-9bfd-4f88-9a97-242f04517ac5`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New York legislature records).