---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relates to the collection and reporting of sexual offense evidence on the statewide electronic tracking system"
description: "Requires the collection and reporting of sexual offense evidence on the statewide electronic tracking system within ten days of permission to release the evidence by the alleged sexual offense victim; relates to the effectiveness thereof."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ny"
legislature: "New York Legislature"
session: "2025-2026"
identifier: "S 8765"
citation: "New York S 8765 (2025-2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Andrew Gounardes"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 11
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2026-01-08"
last_action: "2026-02-13"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/53aa2129-314d-4dce-be7a-c939f3c22667"
source_url: "http://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2025/S8765"
source_hash: "93882b43215a2e134d08c2724dbf5e7d2826b17c8c09c528ada4a222daae471a"
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 8765 (2025-2026) — Relates to the collection and reporting of sexual offense evidence on the statewide electronic tracking system

Requires the collection and reporting of sexual offense evidence on the statewide electronic tracking system within ten days of permission to release the evidence by the alleged sexual offense victim; relates to the effectiveness thereof.

## Version chain

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

1. **S8765** (committee substitute) — [source](http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?sh=printbill&bn=S8765&term=2025&Text=Y)

## Votes

- Floor Vote — **56–0** (pass) · upper
- Rules Vote — **19–0** (pass) · upper
- Assembly Vote — **142–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Andrew Gounardes — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2026-01-08** REFERRED TO RULES `referral-committee`
- **2026-01-20** ORDERED TO THIRD READING CAL.63
- **2026-01-29** PASSED SENATE `passage`
- **2026-01-29** DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY
- **2026-01-29** REFERRED TO HEALTH `referral-committee`
- **2026-02-05** SUBSTITUTED FOR A9480
- **2026-02-05** ORDERED TO THIRD READING RULES CAL.76
- **2026-02-05** PASSED ASSEMBLY `passage`
- **2026-02-05** RETURNED TO SENATE
- **2026-02-13** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
- **2026-02-13** SIGNED CHAP.47 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/53aa2129-314d-4dce-be7a-c939f3c22667`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New York legislature records).