---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relates to electronic delivery of property/casualty insurance notices"
description: "Relates to electronic delivery of property/casualty insurance notices and posting property/casualty insurance policies on the internet; authorizes electronic delivery of insurance notices with consent and the posting of policies on the internet if certain conditions are met; requires notice in the subject line and body of an email to be clear and conspicuous."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ny"
legislature: "New York Legislature"
session: "2021-2022"
identifier: "S 653"
citation: "New York S 653 (2021-2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["SANDERS"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 15
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2021-01-06"
last_action: "2021-12-22"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/2bf43abd-aaaa-44dc-bc67-39376d72fca5"
source_url: "http://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2021/S653"
source_hash: "910abeff4bef7c31b044b2ba687436edead76bf7986ec66c831125c4c9893331"
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 653 (2021-2022) — Relates to electronic delivery of property/casualty insurance notices

Relates to electronic delivery of property/casualty insurance notices and posting property/casualty insurance policies on the internet; authorizes electronic delivery of insurance notices with consent and the posting of policies on the internet if certain conditions are met; requires notice in the subject line and body of an email to be clear and conspicuous.

## Version chain

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

1. **S653** (committee substitute) — [source](http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?sh=printbill&bn=S653&term=2021&Text=Y)
2. **S653A** (committee substitute) — [source](http://legislation.nysenate.gov/pdf/bills/2021/S653A)

## Votes

- Assembly Vote — **148–1** (pass) · lower
- Floor Vote - Version: A — **63–0** (pass) · upper
- Insurance Vote — **11–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- SANDERS — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-01-06** REFERRED TO INSURANCE `referral-committee`
- **2021-05-18** 1ST REPORT CAL.1159
- **2021-05-20** 2ND REPORT CAL.
- **2021-05-24** ADVANCED TO THIRD READING
- **2021-06-01** AMENDED ON THIRD READING 653A `amendment-passage`
- **2021-06-07** PASSED SENATE `passage`
- **2021-06-07** DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY
- **2021-06-07** REFERRED TO CODES `referral-committee`
- **2021-06-07** SUBSTITUTED FOR A651A
- **2021-06-07** ORDERED TO THIRD READING RULES CAL.410
- **2021-06-07** PASSED ASSEMBLY `passage`
- **2021-06-07** RETURNED TO SENATE
- **2021-12-10** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
- **2021-12-22** SIGNED CHAP.761 `executive-signature`
- **2021-12-22** APPROVAL MEMO.122

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/2bf43abd-aaaa-44dc-bc67-39376d72fca5`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New York legislature records).