---
type: "Bill"
title: "Requires the board of elections to mail notice of ensuing primary and general elections and registration information to active voters between the third Tuesday in April and the second Friday in May each year"
description: "Requires the board of elections to mail notice of ensuing primary and general elections, registration status, polling place location and other information to active voters between the third Tuesday in April and the second Friday in May each year."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ny"
legislature: "New York Legislature"
session: "2021-2022"
identifier: "A 9508"
citation: "New York A 9508 (2021-2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["WALKER"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 12
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2022-03-15"
last_action: "2022-04-26"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/52c408d4-a88d-467d-b440-24a5c9c1e479"
source_url: "http://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2021/A9508"
source_hash: "14f3dd01b91dd1bd592154e1a53a8de52b6343a00dfaff0fd38bb8bd6e406eed"
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 9508 (2021-2022) — Requires the board of elections to mail notice of ensuing primary and general elections and registration information to active voters between the third Tuesday in April and the second Friday in May each year

Requires the board of elections to mail notice of ensuing primary and general elections, registration status, polling place location and other information to active voters between the third Tuesday in April and the second Friday in May each year.

## Version chain

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

1. **A9508** (committee substitute) — [source](http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?sh=printbill&bn=A9508&term=2021&Text=Y)

## Votes

- Floor Vote — **63–0** (pass) · upper
- Assembly Vote — **147–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- WALKER — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-03-15** REFERRED TO ELECTION LAW `referral-committee`
- **2022-03-23** REPORTED
- **2022-03-25** ADVANCED TO THIRD READING CAL.506
- **2022-03-28** PASSED ASSEMBLY `passage`
- **2022-03-28** DELIVERED TO SENATE
- **2022-03-28** REFERRED TO ELECTIONS `referral-committee`
- **2022-03-31** SUBSTITUTED FOR S8552
- **2022-03-31** 3RD READING CAL.742
- **2022-03-31** PASSED SENATE `passage`
- **2022-03-31** RETURNED TO ASSEMBLY
- **2022-04-20** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
- **2022-04-26** SIGNED CHAP.175 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/52c408d4-a88d-467d-b440-24a5c9c1e479`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New York legislature records).