---
type: "Bill"
title: "Permits the electronic appearance of a defendant in the county of Jefferson"
description: "Permits the electronic appearance of a defendant in the county of Jefferson."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ny"
legislature: "New York Legislature"
session: "2023-2024"
identifier: "A 4994"
citation: "New York A 4994 (2023-2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Kenneth Blankenbush"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 14
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2023-02-27"
last_action: "2023-09-15"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/cf11f6ce-5494-4470-96a4-bee0a57254bb"
source_url: "http://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2023/A4994"
source_hash: "5e3f4af035c3f7226b1f8646b3920ae78fd97685adbddf7d1e82581acfa686c2"
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 A 4994 (2023-2024) — Permits the electronic appearance of a defendant in the county of Jefferson

Permits the electronic appearance of a defendant in the county of Jefferson.

## Version chain

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

1. **A4994** (committee substitute) — [source](http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?sh=printbill&bn=A4994&term=2023&Text=Y)

## Votes

- Assembly Vote — **142–0** (pass) · lower
- Floor Vote — **58–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Kenneth Blankenbush — primary (person)
- Scott Gray — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-02-27** REFERRED TO CODES `referral-committee`
- **2023-05-23** REPORTED REFERRED TO RULES `referral-committee`
- **2023-05-24** REPORTED
- **2023-05-24** RULES REPORT CAL.234
- **2023-05-24** ORDERED TO THIRD READING RULES CAL.234
- **2023-05-24** PASSED ASSEMBLY `passage`
- **2023-05-24** DELIVERED TO SENATE
- **2023-05-24** REFERRED TO CODES `referral-committee`
- **2023-06-01** SUBSTITUTED FOR S4384
- **2023-06-01** 3RD READING CAL.1133
- **2023-06-01** PASSED SENATE `passage`
- **2023-06-01** RETURNED TO ASSEMBLY
- **2023-09-07** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
- **2023-09-15** SIGNED CHAP.387 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/cf11f6ce-5494-4470-96a4-bee0a57254bb`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New York legislature records).