---
type: "Bill"
title: "Reduces the time for mailing and receipt of registration application to constitutional minimum"
description: "Reduces the time for mailing and receipt of registration application to constitutional minimum."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ny"
legislature: "New York Legislature"
session: "2021-2022"
identifier: "S 2951"
citation: "New York S 2951 (2021-2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["KAVANAGH"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 29
vote_count: 8
first_action: "2021-01-26"
last_action: "2022-12-23"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c62ec8ec-78c1-4d16-ae83-6d8b68105cef"
source_url: "http://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2021/S2951"
source_hash: "49cfd3ebdd36d4716d125259fcaeda4084da892572f1b686af3e672003389536"
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 2951 (2021-2022) — Reduces the time for mailing and receipt of registration application to constitutional minimum

Reduces the time for mailing and receipt of registration application to constitutional minimum.

## Version chain

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

1. **S2951** (committee substitute) — [source](http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?sh=printbill&bn=S2951&term=2021&Text=Y)
2. **S2951A** (committee substitute) — [source](http://legislation.nysenate.gov/pdf/bills/2021/S2951A)

## Votes

- Assembly Vote — **102–42** (pass) · lower
- Floor Vote - Version: A — **44–19** (pass) · upper
- Floor Vote — **45–18** (pass) · upper
- Elections Vote — **5–2** (pass) · upper
- Elections Vote — **5–2** (pass) · upper
- Floor Vote — **43–20** (pass) · upper
- Rules Vote — **13–7** (pass) · upper
- Rules Vote — **13–7** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- KAVANAGH — primary (person)
- BIAGGI — cosponsor (person)
- GAUGHRAN — cosponsor (person)
- LIU — cosponsor (person)
- MAY — cosponsor (person)
- SKOUFIS — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-01-26** REFERRED TO ELECTIONS `referral-committee`
- **2021-05-11** 1ST REPORT CAL.1053
- **2021-05-12** 2ND REPORT CAL.
- **2021-05-19** 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.7
- **2022-01-10** PASSED SENATE `passage`
- **2022-01-10** DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY
- **2022-01-10** REFERRED TO ELECTION LAW `referral-committee`
- **2022-05-23** RECALLED FROM ASSEMBLY
- **2022-05-23** RETURNED TO SENATE
- **2022-05-23** VOTE RECONSIDERED - RESTORED TO THIRD READING
- **2022-05-23** AMENDED ON THIRD READING 2951A `amendment-passage`
- **2022-05-31** REPASSED SENATE `passage`
- **2022-05-31** RETURNED TO ASSEMBLY
- **2022-05-31** REFERRED TO ELECTION LAW `referral-committee`
- **2022-06-03** SUBSTITUTED FOR A8858A
- **2022-06-03** ORDERED TO THIRD READING RULES CAL.415
- **2022-06-03** PASSED ASSEMBLY `passage`
- **2022-06-03** RETURNED TO SENATE
- **2022-12-12** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
- **2022-12-23** SIGNED CHAP.765 `executive-signature`
- **2022-12-23** APPROVAL MEMO.67

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/c62ec8ec-78c1-4d16-ae83-6d8b68105cef`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New York legislature records).