---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relates to ballots where the express intent of the voter is unambiguous"
description: "Relates to ballots where the express intent of the voter is unambiguous."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ny"
legislature: "New York Legislature"
session: "2021-2022"
identifier: "S 253"
citation: "New York S 253 (2021-2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["MYRIE"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 27
vote_count: 9
first_action: "2021-01-06"
last_action: "2022-06-24"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/677778c0-0466-4ff2-aa03-f57aa9245718"
source_url: "http://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2021/S253"
source_hash: "ea9f6119a32cda305c726e4128434facf8ab1320319747e6ad179992cb9b5569"
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 253 (2021-2022) — Relates to ballots where the express intent of the voter is unambiguous

Relates to ballots where the express intent of the voter is unambiguous.

## Version chain

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

1. **S253** (committee substitute) — [source](http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?sh=printbill&bn=S253&term=2021&Text=Y)
2. **S253A** (committee substitute) — [source](http://legislation.nysenate.gov/pdf/bills/2021/S253A)

## Votes

- Elections Vote — **5–2** (pass) · upper
- Floor Vote - Version: A — **42–20** (pass) · upper
- Floor Vote — **43–20** (pass) · upper
- Assembly Vote — **104–42** (pass) · lower
- Rules Vote — **13–7** (pass) · upper
- Elections Vote — **5–2** (pass) · upper
- Rules Vote — **13–7** (pass) · upper
- Floor Vote — **43–20** (pass) · upper
- Rules Vote — **15–6** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- MYRIE — primary (person)
- BAILEY — cosponsor (person)
- BIAGGI — cosponsor (person)
- BRESLIN — cosponsor (person)
- BROUK — cosponsor (person)
- COMRIE — cosponsor (person)
- COONEY — cosponsor (person)
- GAUGHRAN — cosponsor (person)
- GOUNARDES — cosponsor (person)
- HINCHEY — cosponsor (person)
- HOYLMAN — cosponsor (person)
- JACKSON — cosponsor (person)
- KAPLAN — cosponsor (person)
- KENNEDY — cosponsor (person)
- LIU — cosponsor (person)
- MANNION — cosponsor (person)
- MAY — cosponsor (person)
- PARKER — cosponsor (person)
- REICHLIN-MELNICK — cosponsor (person)
- SANDERS — cosponsor (person)
- SERRANO — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-01-06** REFERRED TO ELECTIONS `referral-committee`
- **2021-01-11** REPORTED AND COMMITTED TO RULES `referral-committee`
- **2021-01-11** ORDERED TO THIRD READING CAL.1
- **2021-01-11** PASSED SENATE `passage`
- **2021-01-11** DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY
- **2021-01-11** REFERRED TO ELECTION LAW `referral-committee`
- **2022-01-05** DIED IN ASSEMBLY
- **2022-01-05** RETURNED TO SENATE
- **2022-01-05** REFERRED TO ELECTIONS `referral-committee`
- **2022-01-10** REPORTED AND COMMITTED TO RULES `referral-committee`
- **2022-01-10** ORDERED TO THIRD READING CAL.1
- **2022-01-10** PASSED SENATE `passage`
- **2022-01-10** DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY
- **2022-01-10** REFERRED TO ELECTION LAW `referral-committee`
- **2022-04-25** RECALLED FROM ASSEMBLY
- **2022-04-25** RETURNED TO SENATE
- **2022-04-25** VOTE RECONSIDERED - RESTORED TO THIRD READING
- **2022-04-25** AMENDED ON THIRD READING 253A `amendment-passage`
- **2022-05-02** REPASSED SENATE `passage`
- **2022-05-02** RETURNED TO ASSEMBLY
- **2022-05-02** REFERRED TO ELECTION LAW `referral-committee`
- **2022-05-04** SUBSTITUTED FOR A1144A
- **2022-05-04** ORDERED TO THIRD READING CAL.420
- **2022-05-04** PASSED ASSEMBLY `passage`
- **2022-05-04** RETURNED TO SENATE
- **2022-06-22** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
- **2022-06-24** SIGNED CHAP.228 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/677778c0-0466-4ff2-aa03-f57aa9245718`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New York legislature records).