---
type: "Bill"
title: "Clarifies requirements for acknowledgments, proofs, oaths and affirmations without the state"
description: "Clarifies requirements for acknowledgements, proofs, oaths and affirmations without the state."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ny"
legislature: "New York Legislature"
session: "2023-2024"
identifier: "S 2271"
citation: "New York S 2271 (2023-2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["John Liu"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 22
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2023-01-19"
last_action: "2024-11-22"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/26c69652-3802-4c8f-9130-40c0f4389105"
source_url: "http://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2023/S2271"
source_hash: "9b122c54e6921910912ff13cd27ed0c1dac15d6eb2d242bf024ec3f1e894ab7b"
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 2271 (2023-2024) — Clarifies requirements for acknowledgments, proofs, oaths and affirmations without the state

Clarifies requirements for acknowledgements, proofs, oaths and affirmations without the state.

## Version chain

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

1. **S2271** (committee substitute) — [source](http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?sh=printbill&bn=S2271&term=2023&Text=Y)

## Votes

- Floor Vote — **42–19** (pass) · upper
- Judiciary Vote — **14–5** (pass) · upper
- Floor Vote — **41–17** (pass) · upper
- Judiciary Vote — **16–3** (pass) · upper
- Assembly Vote — **148–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- John Liu — primary (person)
- James Skoufis — cosponsor (person)
- Lea Webb — cosponsor (person)
- Luis R. Sepúlveda — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-01-19** REFERRED TO JUDICIARY `referral-committee`
- **2023-05-23** 1ST REPORT CAL.1240
- **2023-05-24** 2ND REPORT CAL.
- **2023-05-30** ADVANCED TO THIRD READING
- **2023-06-01** PASSED SENATE `passage`
- **2023-06-01** DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY
- **2023-06-01** REFERRED TO JUDICIARY `referral-committee`
- **2024-01-03** DIED IN ASSEMBLY
- **2024-01-03** RETURNED TO SENATE
- **2024-01-03** REFERRED TO JUDICIARY `referral-committee`
- **2024-01-16** 1ST REPORT CAL.137
- **2024-01-17** 2ND REPORT CAL.
- **2024-01-22** ADVANCED TO THIRD READING
- **2024-03-04** PASSED SENATE `passage`
- **2024-03-04** DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY
- **2024-03-04** REFERRED TO JUDICIARY `referral-committee`
- **2024-03-25** SUBSTITUTED FOR A3225
- **2024-03-25** ORDERED TO THIRD READING CAL.366
- **2024-03-25** PASSED ASSEMBLY `passage`
- **2024-03-25** RETURNED TO SENATE
- **2024-11-15** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
- **2024-11-22** SIGNED CHAP.502 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/26c69652-3802-4c8f-9130-40c0f4389105`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New York legislature records).