---
type: "Bill"
title: "Requires counting affidavit ballots of eligible voters if a voter appears at a polling place in the correct county but in the incorrect election district"
description: "Requires the counting of an affidavit ballot of an eligible voter if such voter appeared at a polling place in the correct county but in the incorrect election district; provides that such vote shall not be cast and canvassed for such contests for which the person was not entitled to vote at such election."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ny"
legislature: "New York Legislature"
session: "2021-2022"
identifier: "S 284"
citation: "New York S 284 (2021-2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["MYRIE"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 37
vote_count: 9
first_action: "2021-01-06"
last_action: "2022-12-06"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c48af3e3-b0e8-4a5d-b409-ea225ef705a7"
source_url: "http://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2021/S284"
source_hash: "5b1592d123e4fff1474b4a27a4ef69a7d8895ea2e97aca6da5091bfa14064425"
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 284 (2021-2022) — Requires counting affidavit ballots of eligible voters if a voter appears at a polling place in the correct county but in the incorrect election district

Requires the counting of an affidavit ballot of an eligible voter if such voter appeared at a polling place in the correct county but in the incorrect election district; provides that such vote shall not be cast and canvassed for such contests for which the person was not entitled to vote at such election.

## Version chain

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

1. **S284** (committee substitute) — [source](http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?sh=printbill&bn=S284&term=2021&Text=Y)
2. **S284A** (committee substitute) — [source](http://legislation.nysenate.gov/pdf/bills/2021/S284A)
3. **S284B** (committee substitute) — [source](http://legislation.nysenate.gov/pdf/bills/2021/S284B)
4. **S284C** (committee substitute) — [source](http://legislation.nysenate.gov/pdf/bills/2021/S284C)

## Votes

- Floor Vote - Version: B — **43–20** (pass) · upper
- Assembly Vote — **99–45** (pass) · lower
- Rules Vote - Version: A — **13–7** (pass) · upper
- Floor Vote - Version: C — **41–20** (pass) · upper
- Elections Vote - Version: A — **5–2** (pass) · upper
- Elections Vote - Version: A — **5–2** (pass) · upper
- Floor Vote - Version: A — **43–20** (pass) · upper
- Rules Vote - Version: A — **13–7** (pass) · upper
- Floor Vote - Version: A — **43–20** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- MYRIE — primary (person)
- BIAGGI — cosponsor (person)
- BROUK — cosponsor (person)
- GOUNARDES — cosponsor (person)
- JACKSON — cosponsor (person)
- LIU — cosponsor (person)
- MAY — cosponsor (person)
- REICHLIN-MELNICK — cosponsor (person)
- SALAZAR — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-01-06** REFERRED TO ELECTIONS `referral-committee`
- **2021-04-28** AMEND AND RECOMMIT TO ELECTIONS `amendment-passage, referral-committee`
- **2021-04-28** PRINT NUMBER 284A `amendment-passage`
- **2021-05-03** 1ST REPORT CAL.869
- **2021-05-04** 2ND REPORT CAL.
- **2021-05-05** ADVANCED TO THIRD READING
- **2021-05-20** PASSED SENATE `passage`
- **2021-05-20** DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY
- **2021-05-20** 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.2
- **2022-01-10** PASSED SENATE `passage`
- **2022-01-10** DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY
- **2022-01-10** REFERRED TO ELECTION LAW `referral-committee`
- **2022-01-25** RECALLED FROM ASSEMBLY
- **2022-01-25** RETURNED TO SENATE
- **2022-01-25** VOTE RECONSIDERED - RESTORED TO THIRD READING
- **2022-01-25** AMENDED ON THIRD READING 284B `amendment-passage`
- **2022-02-07** REPASSED SENATE `passage`
- **2022-02-07** RETURNED TO ASSEMBLY
- **2022-02-07** REFERRED TO ELECTION LAW `referral-committee`
- **2022-05-10** RECALLED FROM ASSEMBLY
- **2022-05-10** RETURNED TO SENATE
- **2022-05-10** VOTE RECONSIDERED - RESTORED TO THIRD READING
- **2022-05-10** AMENDED ON THIRD READING 284C `amendment-passage`
- **2022-05-16** REPASSED SENATE `passage`
- **2022-05-16** RETURNED TO ASSEMBLY
- **2022-05-16** REFERRED TO ELECTION LAW `referral-committee`
- **2022-05-17** SUBSTITUTED FOR A642C
- **2022-05-17** ORDERED TO THIRD READING RULES CAL.171
- **2022-05-17** PASSED ASSEMBLY `passage`
- **2022-05-17** RETURNED TO SENATE
- **2022-12-02** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
- **2022-12-06** SIGNED CHAP.661 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/c48af3e3-b0e8-4a5d-b409-ea225ef705a7`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New York legislature records).