---
type: "Bill"
title: "Directs the department of state to conduct a study on the use of legal material in an electronic format and access to such legal materials"
description: "Directs the department of state to conduct a study on the use of legal material in an electronic format that guarantees the authenticity of and access to such legal materials."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ny"
legislature: "New York Legislature"
session: "2019-2020"
identifier: "A 382"
citation: "New York A 382 (2019-2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["LIFTON"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 13
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2019-01-09"
last_action: "2019-12-06"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f30fb9c1-261c-4a1a-8fd5-0568679de97f"
source_url: "http://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2019/A382"
source_hash: "8bbb86f29eeb6f6e370d3510c2afe835c8ff95e49ce9b971c31e67204d0314f9"
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 A 382 (2019-2020) — Directs the department of state to conduct a study on the use of legal material in an electronic format and access to such legal materials

Directs the department of state to conduct a study on the use of legal material in an electronic format that guarantees the authenticity of and access to such legal materials.

## Version chain

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

1. **A382** (committee substitute) — [source](http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?sh=printbill&bn=A382&term=2019&Text=Y)

## Votes

- Floor Vote — **61–1** (pass) · upper
- Assembly Vote — **141–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- LIFTON — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-01-09** REFERRED TO GOVERNMENTAL OPERATIONS `referral-committee`
- **2019-05-21** REPORTED
- **2019-05-23** ADVANCED TO THIRD READING CAL.371
- **2019-05-29** PASSED ASSEMBLY `passage`
- **2019-05-29** DELIVERED TO SENATE
- **2019-05-29** REFERRED TO FINANCE `referral-committee`
- **2019-06-19** SUBSTITUTED FOR S6030
- **2019-06-19** 3RD READING CAL.1700
- **2019-06-19** PASSED SENATE `passage`
- **2019-06-19** RETURNED TO ASSEMBLY
- **2019-11-26** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
- **2019-12-06** SIGNED CHAP.575 `executive-signature`
- **2019-12-06** APPROVAL MEMO.24

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/f30fb9c1-261c-4a1a-8fd5-0568679de97f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New York legislature records).