---
type: "Bill"
title: "Permits permitting the electronic appearance of a defendant in the county of Steuben"
description: "Permits the electronic appearance of a defendant in the county of Steuben."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ny"
legislature: "New York Legislature"
session: "2021-2022"
identifier: "A 7648"
citation: "New York A 7648 (2021-2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["PALMESANO"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 13
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2021-05-19"
last_action: "2022-06-30"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/5486df7b-e858-4f74-a69d-39cef3c23802"
source_url: "http://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2021/A7648"
source_hash: "5787168c92c37ff03c2f19d63e9a63d5127b6a9ee99acb2166362a477dd277da"
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 7648 (2021-2022) — Permits permitting the electronic appearance of a defendant in the county of Steuben

Permits the electronic appearance of a defendant in the county of Steuben.

## Version chain

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

1. **A7648** (committee substitute) — [source](http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?sh=printbill&bn=A7648&term=2021&Text=Y)

## Votes

- Assembly Vote — **146–1** (pass) · lower
- Floor Vote — **61–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- PALMESANO — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-05-19** REFERRED TO CODES `referral-committee`
- **2022-01-05** REFERRED TO CODES `referral-committee`
- **2022-05-03** REPORTED
- **2022-05-05** ADVANCED TO THIRD READING CAL.605
- **2022-05-09** PASSED ASSEMBLY `passage`
- **2022-05-09** DELIVERED TO SENATE
- **2022-05-09** REFERRED TO CODES `referral-committee`
- **2022-05-24** SUBSTITUTED FOR S7081
- **2022-05-24** 3RD READING CAL.1436
- **2022-05-24** PASSED SENATE `passage`
- **2022-05-24** RETURNED TO ASSEMBLY
- **2022-06-23** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
- **2022-06-30** SIGNED CHAP.242 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/5486df7b-e858-4f74-a69d-39cef3c23802`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New York legislature records).