---
type: "Bill"
title: "Allows certain methods for service of process"
description: "Allows certain methods for service of process including by electronic means."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ny"
legislature: "New York Legislature"
session: "2025-2026"
identifier: "S 8175"
citation: "New York S 8175 (2025-2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Luis R. Sepúlveda"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 13
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2025-05-19"
last_action: "2025-11-21"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d409818b-4f58-485a-9dc6-d55240f18c6f"
source_url: "http://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2025/S8175"
source_hash: "de2f8b9bb988d647a4a0a4c1b91d4fa270f0bc2a43d1314038db113ae00df8b4"
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 8175 (2025-2026) — Allows certain methods for service of process

Allows certain methods for service of process including by electronic means.

## Version chain

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

1. **S8175** (committee substitute) — [source](http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?sh=printbill&bn=S8175&term=2025&Text=Y)

## Votes

- Judiciary Vote — **17–0** (pass) · upper
- Assembly Vote — **143–1** (pass) · lower
- Floor Vote — **61–1** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Luis R. Sepúlveda — primary (person)
- Robert Jackson — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-05-19** REFERRED TO JUDICIARY `referral-committee`
- **2025-05-28** 1ST REPORT CAL.1423
- **2025-05-29** 2ND REPORT CAL.
- **2025-06-04** ADVANCED TO THIRD READING
- **2025-06-09** PASSED SENATE `passage`
- **2025-06-09** DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY
- **2025-06-09** REFERRED TO JUDICIARY `referral-committee`
- **2025-06-16** SUBSTITUTED FOR A8408
- **2025-06-16** ORDERED TO THIRD READING RULES CAL.830
- **2025-06-16** PASSED ASSEMBLY `passage`
- **2025-06-16** RETURNED TO SENATE
- **2025-11-17** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
- **2025-11-21** SIGNED CHAP.563 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/d409818b-4f58-485a-9dc6-d55240f18c6f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New York legislature records).