---
type: "Bill"
title: "Provides for absentee voting in village elections and extends provisions relating to absentee voting"
description: "Permits voting by absentee ballot where there is a risk of contracting or spreading a disease that may cause illness to the voter or to other members of the public."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ny"
legislature: "New York Legislature"
session: "2021-2022"
identifier: "S 7565"
citation: "New York S 7565 (2021-2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["BIAGGI"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 17
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2021-12-03"
last_action: "2022-01-21"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/888ccd45-c793-4753-ae15-0b7160fcfdfe"
source_url: "http://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2021/S7565"
source_hash: "51af664aaa12ca1d4fa1cdfe2a611583d968d7fc350341b2f9582c7bf760c3af"
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 7565 (2021-2022) — Provides for absentee voting in village elections and extends provisions relating to absentee voting

Permits voting by absentee ballot where there is a risk of contracting or spreading a disease that may cause illness to the voter or to other members of the public.

## Version chain

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

1. **S7565** (committee substitute) — [source](http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?sh=printbill&bn=S7565&term=2021&Text=Y)
2. **S7565A** (committee substitute) — [source](http://legislation.nysenate.gov/pdf/bills/2021/S7565A)
3. **S7565B** (committee substitute) — [source](http://legislation.nysenate.gov/pdf/bills/2021/S7565B)

## Votes

- Rules Vote - Version: B — **13–7** (pass) · upper
- Floor Vote - Version: B — **42–21** (pass) · upper
- Assembly Vote — **100–45** (pass) · lower
- Elections Vote - Version: B — **5–2** (pass) · upper
- Rules Vote - Version: B — **13–7** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- BIAGGI — primary (person)
- BROUK — cosponsor (person)
- LIU — cosponsor (person)
- MAY — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-12-03** REFERRED TO RULES `referral-committee`
- **2022-01-04** AMEND AND RECOMMIT TO RULES `amendment-passage, referral-committee`
- **2022-01-04** PRINT NUMBER 7565A `amendment-passage`
- **2022-01-05** REFERRED TO ELECTIONS `referral-committee`
- **2022-01-06** AMEND AND RECOMMIT TO ELECTIONS `amendment-passage, referral-committee`
- **2022-01-06** PRINT NUMBER 7565B `amendment-passage`
- **2022-01-10** REPORTED AND COMMITTED TO RULES `referral-committee`
- **2022-01-10** ORDERED TO THIRD READING CAL.10
- **2022-01-10** PASSED SENATE `passage`
- **2022-01-10** DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY
- **2022-01-10** REFERRED TO ELECTION LAW `referral-committee`
- **2022-01-19** SUBSTITUTED FOR A8432A
- **2022-01-19** ORDERED TO THIRD READING RULES CAL.6
- **2022-01-19** PASSED ASSEMBLY `passage`
- **2022-01-19** RETURNED TO SENATE
- **2022-01-21** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
- **2022-01-21** SIGNED CHAP.2 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/888ccd45-c793-4753-ae15-0b7160fcfdfe`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New York legislature records).