---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relates to enacting provisions for the execution of electronic wills"
description: "Enacts provisions for the execution of electronic wills including attestation, revocation and filing."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ny"
legislature: "New York Legislature"
session: "2025-2026"
identifier: "S 7416"
citation: "New York S 7416 (2025-2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Brad Hoylman-Sigal"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 15
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2025-04-15"
last_action: "2025-12-12"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/97a99184-409d-4204-baa1-00e76a70d8da"
source_url: "http://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2025/S7416"
source_hash: "f5f7354d8c16d289533fdb193230585c660275caa33b0ae68ac0edddde7464bd"
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 7416 (2025-2026) — Relates to enacting provisions for the execution of electronic wills

Enacts provisions for the execution of electronic wills including attestation, revocation and filing.

## Version chain

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

1. **S7416** (committee substitute) — [source](http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?sh=printbill&bn=S7416&term=2025&Text=Y)
2. **S7416A** (committee substitute) — [source](http://legislation.nysenate.gov/pdf/bills/2025/S7416A)

## Votes

- Judiciary Vote — **16–3** (pass) · upper
- Floor Vote - Version: A — **39–21** (pass) · upper
- Assembly Vote — **94–41** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Brad Hoylman-Sigal — primary (person)
- Andrew Gounardes — cosponsor (person)
- James Skoufis — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-04-15** REFERRED TO JUDICIARY `referral-committee`
- **2025-04-29** 1ST REPORT CAL.776
- **2025-04-30** 2ND REPORT CAL.
- **2025-05-01** ADVANCED TO THIRD READING
- **2025-05-13** AMENDED ON THIRD READING 7416A `amendment-passage`
- **2025-06-05** PASSED SENATE `passage`
- **2025-06-05** DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY
- **2025-06-05** REFERRED TO JUDICIARY `referral-committee`
- **2025-06-06** SUBSTITUTED FOR A7856A
- **2025-06-06** ORDERED TO THIRD READING RULES CAL.456
- **2025-06-17** PASSED ASSEMBLY `passage`
- **2025-06-17** RETURNED TO SENATE
- **2025-12-08** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
- **2025-12-12** SIGNED CHAP.637 `executive-signature`
- **2025-12-12** APPROVAL MEMO.24

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/97a99184-409d-4204-baa1-00e76a70d8da`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New York legislature records).