---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relates to electronic meetings conducted partially or solely by means of electronic communication; repealer"
description: "Relates to electronic meetings conducted partially or solely by means of electronic communication."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ny"
legislature: "New York Legislature"
session: "2021-2022"
identifier: "A 9409"
citation: "New York A 9409 (2021-2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["PAULIN"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 12
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2022-03-02"
last_action: "2022-08-17"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b1846dc1-fa26-4961-8623-c0fff52e0ecc"
source_url: "http://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2021/A9409"
source_hash: "0e10c92c64b5ed70c0141397a27063f5feb479b26354a090b4e905f9c987dae8"
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 9409 (2021-2022) — Relates to electronic meetings conducted partially or solely by means of electronic communication; repealer

Relates to electronic meetings conducted partially or solely by means of electronic communication.

## Version chain

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

1. **A9409** (committee substitute) — [source](http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?sh=printbill&bn=A9409&term=2021&Text=Y)

## Votes

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

## Sponsors

- PAULIN — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-03-02** REFERRED TO CORPORATIONS, AUTHORITIES AND COMMISSIONS `referral-committee`
- **2022-03-08** REPORTED
- **2022-03-10** ADVANCED TO THIRD READING CAL.491
- **2022-03-15** PASSED ASSEMBLY `passage`
- **2022-03-15** DELIVERED TO SENATE
- **2022-03-15** REFERRED TO CORPORATIONS, AUTHORITIES AND COMMISSIONS `referral-committee`
- **2022-05-23** SUBSTITUTED FOR S8663
- **2022-05-23** 3RD READING CAL.1193
- **2022-05-23** PASSED SENATE `passage`
- **2022-05-23** RETURNED TO ASSEMBLY
- **2022-08-05** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
- **2022-08-17** SIGNED CHAP.518 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/b1846dc1-fa26-4961-8623-c0fff52e0ecc`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New York legislature records).