---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relates to procedures for appointment and reappointment of notaries public"
description: "Relates to procedures for appointment and reappointment of notaries public, certificates of official character, and certification of electronic notarial records."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ny"
legislature: "New York Legislature"
session: "2023-2024"
identifier: "S 7561"
citation: "New York S 7561 (2023-2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Brad Hoylman-Sigal"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 11
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2023-06-06"
last_action: "2023-06-30"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/1374b466-925e-4002-89d1-a2324c26dbd3"
source_url: "http://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2023/S7561"
source_hash: "d00a258b464350223a8c74fc0ed2dc1b06293f949e942e045f1f08bd55d99f83"
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 7561 (2023-2024) — Relates to procedures for appointment and reappointment of notaries public

Relates to procedures for appointment and reappointment of notaries public, certificates of official character, and certification of electronic notarial records.

## Version chain

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

1. **S7561** (committee substitute) — [source](http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?sh=printbill&bn=S7561&term=2023&Text=Y)

## Votes

- Assembly Vote — **146–0** (pass) · lower
- Rules Vote — **20–1** (pass) · upper
- Floor Vote — **61–2** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Brad Hoylman-Sigal — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-06-06** REFERRED TO RULES `referral-committee`
- **2023-06-08** ORDERED TO THIRD READING CAL.1831
- **2023-06-09** PASSED SENATE `passage`
- **2023-06-09** DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY
- **2023-06-09** REFERRED TO WAYS AND MEANS `referral-committee`
- **2023-06-09** SUBSTITUTED FOR A7755
- **2023-06-09** ORDERED TO THIRD READING RULES CAL.746
- **2023-06-09** PASSED ASSEMBLY `passage`
- **2023-06-09** RETURNED TO SENATE
- **2023-06-29** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
- **2023-06-30** SIGNED CHAP.188 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/1374b466-925e-4002-89d1-a2324c26dbd3`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New York legislature records).