---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relates to special elections to fill vacancies in the state senate and assembly"
description: "Relates to special elections to fill vacancies in the state senate and assembly and certain deadlines with regard to such special elections."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ny"
legislature: "New York Legislature"
session: "2021-2022"
identifier: "S 7819"
citation: "New York S 7819 (2021-2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["MYRIE"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 11
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2022-01-12"
last_action: "2022-03-18"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/fb53a152-290f-425b-b3fb-37bce0532915"
source_url: "http://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2021/S7819"
source_hash: "6a4befa6e237192169c3a828f5481aba1e0db9141f9ab7b4fdecdc8d2ba2fbdb"
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 7819 (2021-2022) — Relates to special elections to fill vacancies in the state senate and assembly

Relates to special elections to fill vacancies in the state senate and assembly and certain deadlines with regard to such special elections.

## Version chain

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

1. **S7819** (committee substitute) — [source](http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?sh=printbill&bn=S7819&term=2021&Text=Y)

## Votes

- Assembly Vote — **141–1** (pass) · lower
- Floor Vote — **60–3** (pass) · upper
- Rules Vote — **21–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- MYRIE — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-01-12** REFERRED TO RULES `referral-committee`
- **2022-01-18** ORDERED TO THIRD READING CAL.183
- **2022-01-19** PASSED SENATE `passage`
- **2022-01-19** DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY
- **2022-01-19** REFERRED TO ELECTION LAW `referral-committee`
- **2022-01-20** SUBSTITUTED FOR A8785
- **2022-01-20** ORDERED TO THIRD READING RULES CAL.47
- **2022-01-20** PASSED ASSEMBLY `passage`
- **2022-01-20** RETURNED TO SENATE
- **2022-03-18** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
- **2022-03-18** SIGNED CHAP.164 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/fb53a152-290f-425b-b3fb-37bce0532915`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New York legislature records).