---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relates to the accessibility of congressional, senatorial, assembly and election district maps"
description: "Requires congressional, senatorial, assembly and election district maps be made available on applicable board of elections' websites and in a downloadable Shapefile format."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ny"
legislature: "New York Legislature"
session: "2021-2022"
identifier: "A 831"
citation: "New York A 831 (2021-2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["PAULIN"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 23
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2021-01-06"
last_action: "2022-11-23"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/8543a75c-b786-41e7-9b10-c466225659b1"
source_url: "http://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2021/A831"
source_hash: "54343c391b495c9fc1aa69b6dcff66bf31a0bfb7cecfdbb8881ec213f030c012"
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 831 (2021-2022) — Relates to the accessibility of congressional, senatorial, assembly and election district maps

Requires congressional, senatorial, assembly and election district maps be made available on applicable board of elections' websites and in a downloadable Shapefile format.

## Version chain

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

1. **A831** (committee substitute) — [source](http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?sh=printbill&bn=A831&term=2021&Text=Y)
2. **A831A** (committee substitute) — [source](http://legislation.nysenate.gov/pdf/bills/2021/A831A)

## Votes

- Floor Vote - Version: A — **60–1** (pass) · upper
- Assembly Vote — **147–0** (pass) · lower
- Assembly Vote - Vote 2 — **145–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- PAULIN — primary (person)
- ABINANTI — cosponsor (person)
- BRABENEC — cosponsor (person)
- SIMON — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-01-06** REFERRED TO ELECTION LAW `referral-committee`
- **2021-05-07** AMEND AND RECOMMIT TO ELECTION LAW `amendment-passage, referral-committee`
- **2021-05-07** PRINT NUMBER 831A `amendment-passage`
- **2021-05-19** REPORTED REFERRED TO RULES `referral-committee`
- **2021-05-24** REPORTED
- **2021-05-24** RULES REPORT CAL.72
- **2021-05-24** ORDERED TO THIRD READING RULES CAL.72
- **2021-05-24** PASSED ASSEMBLY `passage`
- **2021-05-24** DELIVERED TO SENATE
- **2021-05-24** REFERRED TO ELECTIONS `referral-committee`
- **2022-01-05** DIED IN SENATE
- **2022-01-05** RETURNED TO ASSEMBLY
- **2022-01-05** ORDERED TO THIRD READING CAL.53
- **2022-01-12** PASSED ASSEMBLY `passage`
- **2022-01-12** DELIVERED TO SENATE
- **2022-01-12** REFERRED TO ELECTIONS `referral-committee`
- **2022-05-25** SUBSTITUTED FOR S4591A
- **2022-05-25** 3RD READING CAL.1317
- **2022-05-25** PASSED SENATE `passage`
- **2022-05-25** RETURNED TO ASSEMBLY
- **2022-11-22** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
- **2022-11-23** SIGNED CHAP.644 `executive-signature`
- **2022-11-23** APPROVAL MEMO.28

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/8543a75c-b786-41e7-9b10-c466225659b1`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New York legislature records).