---
type: "Bill"
title: "Amends election law to accurately reflect proper cross reference"
description: "Amends election law to accurately reflect proper cross reference relating to the operational failure of a voting machine."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ny"
legislature: "New York Legislature"
session: "2023-2024"
identifier: "S 945"
citation: "New York S 945 (2023-2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Michael Gianaris"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 13
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2023-01-09"
last_action: "2023-09-15"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/3eebc43d-a98a-4a9f-85b1-a5bf8ae64fc1"
source_url: "http://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2023/S945"
source_hash: "daf2143f10a75a9bede958ae18865f2266337c8f1fb9fa3a8744986e0df8189e"
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 945 (2023-2024) — Amends election law to accurately reflect proper cross reference

Amends election law to accurately reflect proper cross reference relating to the operational failure of a voting machine.

## Version chain

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

1. **S945** (committee substitute) — [source](http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?sh=printbill&bn=S945&term=2023&Text=Y)

## Votes

- Assembly Vote — **144–0** (pass) · lower
- Floor Vote — **43–20** (pass) · upper
- Elections Vote — **5–2** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Michael Gianaris — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-01-09** REFERRED TO ELECTIONS `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-08** 1ST REPORT CAL.459
- **2023-03-09** 2ND REPORT CAL.
- **2023-03-13** ADVANCED TO THIRD READING
- **2023-03-31** PASSED SENATE `passage`
- **2023-03-31** DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY
- **2023-03-31** REFERRED TO ELECTION LAW `referral-committee`
- **2023-04-17** SUBSTITUTED FOR A4072
- **2023-04-17** ORDERED TO THIRD READING CAL.109
- **2023-04-17** PASSED ASSEMBLY `passage`
- **2023-04-17** RETURNED TO SENATE
- **2023-09-07** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
- **2023-09-15** SIGNED CHAP.423 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/3eebc43d-a98a-4a9f-85b1-a5bf8ae64fc1`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New York legislature records).