---
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, filing and storage; requires the chief administrator of the courts to adopt rules necessary and appropriate for electronic wills."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ny"
legislature: "New York Legislature"
session: "2025-2026"
identifier: "S 8887"
citation: "New York S 8887 (2025-2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Luis R. Sepúlveda"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 11
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2026-01-13"
last_action: "2026-02-13"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/733009d5-430f-4dd9-8b28-3c3330b7366f"
source_url: "http://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2025/S8887"
source_hash: "de62db1c65ffb57b8e0e70e1fb3ffcd3a2392f2b79c294aa0c04da238c76f20c"
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 8887 (2025-2026) — Relates to enacting provisions for the execution of electronic wills

Enacts provisions for the execution of electronic wills including attestation, revocation, filing and storage; requires the chief administrator of the courts to adopt rules necessary and appropriate for electronic wills.

## Version chain

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

1. **S8887** (committee substitute) — [source](http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?sh=printbill&bn=S8887&term=2025&Text=Y)

## Votes

- Rules Vote — **13–6** (pass) · upper
- Floor Vote — **39–20** (pass) · upper
- Assembly Vote — **106–38** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Luis R. Sepúlveda — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2026-01-13** REFERRED TO RULES `referral-committee`
- **2026-01-20** ORDERED TO THIRD READING CAL.99
- **2026-01-28** PASSED SENATE `passage`
- **2026-01-28** DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY
- **2026-01-28** REFERRED TO JUDICIARY `referral-committee`
- **2026-02-10** SUBSTITUTED FOR A9497
- **2026-02-10** ORDERED TO THIRD READING RULES CAL.67
- **2026-02-10** PASSED ASSEMBLY `passage`
- **2026-02-10** RETURNED TO SENATE
- **2026-02-13** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
- **2026-02-13** SIGNED CHAP.89 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/733009d5-430f-4dd9-8b28-3c3330b7366f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New York legislature records).