---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relates to the John R. Lewis Voting Rights Act of New York"
description: "Relates to the John R. Lewis Voting Rights Act of New York; establishes rights of actions for denying or abridging the right of any member of a protected class to vote; provides assistance to language-minority groups; provides for preclearance of certain voting policies; makes related provisions."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ny"
legislature: "New York Legislature"
session: "2021-2022"
identifier: "S 1046"
citation: "New York S 1046 (2021-2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["MYRIE"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 25
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2021-01-06"
last_action: "2022-06-20"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/112da22a-a9ca-4d55-90ca-0dce350e6021"
source_url: "http://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2021/S1046"
source_hash: "aff724813a53a6d06fa968dfdaac066e9cbc7b52a6f36b34111bcea53550d3df"
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 S 1046 (2021-2022) — Relates to the John R. Lewis Voting Rights Act of New York

Relates to the John R. Lewis Voting Rights Act of New York; establishes rights of actions for denying or abridging the right of any member of a protected class to vote; provides assistance to language-minority groups; provides for preclearance of certain voting policies; makes related provisions.

## Version chain

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

1. **S1046** (committee substitute) — [source](http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?sh=printbill&bn=S1046&term=2021&Text=Y)
2. **S1046A** (committee substitute) — [source](http://legislation.nysenate.gov/pdf/bills/2021/S1046A)
3. **S1046B** (committee substitute) — [source](http://legislation.nysenate.gov/pdf/bills/2021/S1046B)
4. **S1046C** (committee substitute) — [source](http://legislation.nysenate.gov/pdf/bills/2021/S1046C)
5. **S1046D** (committee substitute) — [source](http://legislation.nysenate.gov/pdf/bills/2021/S1046D)
6. **S1046E** (committee substitute) — [source](http://legislation.nysenate.gov/pdf/bills/2021/S1046E)

## Votes

- Floor Vote - Version: E — **43–20** (pass) · upper
- Rules Vote - Version: E — **14–6** (pass) · upper
- Assembly Vote — **106–43** (pass) · lower
- Elections Vote - Version: B — **4–2** (pass) · upper
- Finance Vote - Version: C — **16–6** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- MYRIE — primary (person)
- BAILEY — cosponsor (person)
- BIAGGI — cosponsor (person)
- BRESLIN — cosponsor (person)
- BRISPORT — cosponsor (person)
- BROUK — cosponsor (person)
- CLEARE — cosponsor (person)
- COMRIE — cosponsor (person)
- COONEY — cosponsor (person)
- FELDER — cosponsor (person)
- GAUGHRAN — cosponsor (person)
- GIANARIS — cosponsor (person)
- GOUNARDES — cosponsor (person)
- HINCHEY — cosponsor (person)
- HOYLMAN — cosponsor (person)
- JACKSON — cosponsor (person)
- KAPLAN — cosponsor (person)
- KAVANAGH — cosponsor (person)
- KENNEDY — cosponsor (person)
- KRUEGER — cosponsor (person)
- LIU — cosponsor (person)
- MANNION — cosponsor (person)
- MAY — cosponsor (person)
- MAYER — cosponsor (person)
- PARKER — cosponsor (person)
- RAMOS — cosponsor (person)
- REICHLIN-MELNICK — cosponsor (person)
- RIVERA — cosponsor (person)
- SALAZAR — cosponsor (person)
- SANDERS — cosponsor (person)
- SEPULVEDA — cosponsor (person)
- SERRANO — cosponsor (person)
- STAVISKY — cosponsor (person)
- THOMAS — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-01-06** REFERRED TO ELECTIONS `referral-committee`
- **2021-04-12** AMEND AND RECOMMIT TO ELECTIONS `amendment-passage, referral-committee`
- **2021-04-12** PRINT NUMBER 1046A `amendment-passage`
- **2022-01-05** REFERRED TO ELECTIONS `referral-committee`
- **2022-05-04** AMEND AND RECOMMIT TO ELECTIONS `amendment-passage, referral-committee`
- **2022-05-04** PRINT NUMBER 1046B `amendment-passage`
- **2022-05-11** REPORTED AND COMMITTED TO FINANCE `referral-committee`
- **2022-05-11** AMEND (T) AND RECOMMIT TO FINANCE `amendment-passage, referral-committee`
- **2022-05-11** PRINT NUMBER 1046C `amendment-passage`
- **2022-05-17** REPORTED AND COMMITTED TO RULES `referral-committee`
- **2022-05-19** AMEND AND RECOMMIT TO RULES `amendment-passage, referral-committee`
- **2022-05-19** PRINT NUMBER 1046D `amendment-passage`
- **2022-05-28** AMEND AND RECOMMIT TO RULES `amendment-passage, referral-committee`
- **2022-05-28** PRINT NUMBER 1046E `amendment-passage`
- **2022-05-31** ORDERED TO THIRD READING CAL.1621
- **2022-05-31** PASSED SENATE `passage`
- **2022-05-31** DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY
- **2022-05-31** REFERRED TO ELECTION LAW `referral-committee`
- **2022-06-02** SUBSTITUTED FOR A6678E
- **2022-06-02** ORDERED TO THIRD READING RULES CAL.607
- **2022-06-02** PASSED ASSEMBLY `passage`
- **2022-06-02** RETURNED TO SENATE
- **2022-06-17** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
- **2022-06-20** SIGNED CHAP.226 `executive-signature`
- **2022-06-20** APPROVAL MEMO.8

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/112da22a-a9ca-4d55-90ca-0dce350e6021`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New York legislature records).