---
type: "Bill"
title: "Establishes the \"New York Early Mail Voter Act\""
description: "Establishes early mail voting; authorizes registered voters to obtain early mail voting ballots through application to the board of elections; requires the state board of elections to establish and maintain an electronic early mail ballot application transmittal system through which voters may apply for an early mail ballot online."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ny"
legislature: "New York Legislature"
session: "2023-2024"
identifier: "S 7394"
citation: "New York S 7394 (2023-2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Michael Gianaris"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 14
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2023-05-22"
last_action: "2023-09-20"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/4250cfaa-0a95-4044-a7cc-5a5bff8d09d9"
source_url: "http://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2023/S7394"
source_hash: "e04d68d741783292eade62d8d63b028ac427b9fe05ec4b94500a8eb7f42ffce9"
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 7394 (2023-2024) — Establishes the "New York Early Mail Voter Act"

Establishes early mail voting; authorizes registered voters to obtain early mail voting ballots through application to the board of elections; requires the state board of elections to establish and maintain an electronic early mail ballot application transmittal system through which voters may apply for an early mail ballot online.

## Version chain

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

1. **S7394** (committee substitute) — [source](http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?sh=printbill&bn=S7394&term=2023&Text=Y)
2. **S7394A** (committee substitute) — [source](http://legislation.nysenate.gov/pdf/bills/2023/S7394A)

## Votes

- Floor Vote - Version: A — **41–21** (pass) · upper
- Assembly Vote — **94–51** (pass) · lower
- Rules Vote - Version: A — **14–7** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Michael Gianaris — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-05-22** REFERRED TO ELECTIONS `referral-committee`
- **2023-06-01** AMEND AND RECOMMIT TO ELECTIONS `amendment-passage, referral-committee`
- **2023-06-01** PRINT NUMBER 7394A `amendment-passage`
- **2023-06-06** COMMITTEE DISCHARGED AND COMMITTED TO RULES `referral-committee`
- **2023-06-06** ORDERED TO THIRD READING CAL.1658
- **2023-06-06** PASSED SENATE `passage`
- **2023-06-06** DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY
- **2023-06-06** REFERRED TO ELECTION LAW `referral-committee`
- **2023-06-09** SUBSTITUTED FOR A7632A
- **2023-06-09** ORDERED TO THIRD READING RULES CAL.800
- **2023-06-09** PASSED ASSEMBLY `passage`
- **2023-06-09** RETURNED TO SENATE
- **2023-09-19** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
- **2023-09-20** SIGNED CHAP.481 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/4250cfaa-0a95-4044-a7cc-5a5bff8d09d9`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New York legislature records).