---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relates to absentee voting application deadlines"
description: "Relates to absentee voting application deadlines; provides all applications requesting an absentee ballot by mail must be received by the board of elections no later than the fifteenth day before the election for a ballot is first requested; provides applications delivered in person shall be received no later than the day before such election."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ny"
legislature: "New York Legislature"
session: "2021-2022"
identifier: "S 264"
citation: "New York S 264 (2021-2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["MYRIE"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 12
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2021-01-06"
last_action: "2021-07-16"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/6783d732-dc12-4702-a036-b091baf72208"
source_url: "http://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2021/S264"
source_hash: "74ba74204ab953b5f612a08ed72d0b25baa576102130f11bdadd7bcd77148379"
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 264 (2021-2022) — Relates to absentee voting application deadlines

Relates to absentee voting application deadlines; provides all applications requesting an absentee ballot by mail must be received by the board of elections no later than the fifteenth day before the election for a ballot is first requested; provides applications delivered in person shall be received no later than the day before such election.

## Version chain

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

1. **S264** (committee substitute) — [source](http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?sh=printbill&bn=S264&term=2021&Text=Y)

## Votes

- Elections Vote — **7–0** (pass) · upper
- Assembly Vote — **142–7** (pass) · lower
- Rules Vote — **21–0** (pass) · upper
- Floor Vote — **63–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- MYRIE — primary (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.2
- **2021-01-11** PASSED SENATE `passage`
- **2021-01-11** DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY
- **2021-01-11** REFERRED TO ELECTION LAW `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-10** SUBSTITUTED FOR A5783
- **2021-03-10** ORDERED TO THIRD READING CAL.151
- **2021-03-10** PASSED ASSEMBLY `passage`
- **2021-03-10** RETURNED TO SENATE
- **2021-07-12** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
- **2021-07-16** SIGNED CHAP.273 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/6783d732-dc12-4702-a036-b091baf72208`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New York legislature records).