---
type: "Bill"
title: "Reduces the number of signatures for designating petitions"
description: "Reduces the number of signatures for designating petitions; provides dates for the signing and filing of designating petitions in 2021."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ny"
legislature: "New York Legislature"
session: "2021-2022"
identifier: "S 2733"
citation: "New York S 2733 (2021-2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["MAY"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 12
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2021-01-23"
last_action: "2021-01-28"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/61e5105a-5024-4381-b7c1-fd6709ba706b"
source_url: "http://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2021/S2733"
source_hash: "fe0d0f74377772501e8397c427ff46d6a582d01078d097deb4f5a05e5d36db53"
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 2733 (2021-2022) — Reduces the number of signatures for designating petitions

Reduces the number of signatures for designating petitions; provides dates for the signing and filing of designating petitions in 2021.

## Version chain

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

1. **S2733** (committee substitute) — [source](http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?sh=printbill&bn=S2733&term=2021&Text=Y)

## Votes

- Rules Vote — **21–0** (pass) · upper
- Assembly Vote — **147–3** (pass) · lower
- Floor Vote — **63–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- MAY — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-01-23** REFERRED TO ELECTIONS `referral-committee`
- **2021-01-25** COMMITTEE DISCHARGED AND COMMITTED TO RULES `referral-committee`
- **2021-01-25** ORDERED TO THIRD READING CAL.143
- **2021-01-26** PASSED SENATE `passage`
- **2021-01-26** DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY
- **2021-01-26** REFERRED TO ELECTION LAW `referral-committee`
- **2021-01-26** SUBSTITUTED FOR A3356
- **2021-01-26** ORDERED TO THIRD READING RULES CAL.15
- **2021-01-26** PASSED ASSEMBLY `passage`
- **2021-01-26** RETURNED TO SENATE
- **2021-01-27** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
- **2021-01-28** SIGNED CHAP.22 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/61e5105a-5024-4381-b7c1-fd6709ba706b`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New York legislature records).