---
type: "Bill"
title: "Allows corporations to conduct business and meetings electronically for a certain period of time"
description: "Allows corporations to conduct business and meetings electronically either for the duration of the state disaster emergency or until December 31, 2021, whichever is later."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ny"
legislature: "New York Legislature"
session: "2021-2022"
identifier: "S 3917"
citation: "New York S 3917 (2021-2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["BENJAMIN"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 14
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2021-02-01"
last_action: "2021-04-06"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/92414e32-48be-40cc-86e1-f078cd491fab"
source_url: "http://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2021/S3917"
source_hash: "fb7ab243068cfc72c60cde8b127a2dc1fcb489d19581c10dbbacb9a02bcd16b8"
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 3917 (2021-2022) — Allows corporations to conduct business and meetings electronically for a certain period of time

Allows corporations to conduct business and meetings electronically either for the duration of the state disaster emergency or until December 31, 2021, whichever is later.

## Version chain

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

1. **S3917** (committee substitute) — [source](http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?sh=printbill&bn=S3917&term=2021&Text=Y)
2. **S3917A** (committee substitute) — [source](http://legislation.nysenate.gov/pdf/bills/2021/S3917A)

## Votes

- Corporations, Authorities And Commissions Vote — **7–0** (pass) · upper
- Assembly Vote — **148–0** (pass) · lower
- Floor Vote - Version: A — **63–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- BENJAMIN — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-02-01** REFERRED TO CORPORATIONS, AUTHORITIES AND COMMISSIONS `referral-committee`
- **2021-02-09** 1ST REPORT CAL.327
- **2021-02-10** 2ND REPORT CAL.
- **2021-02-22** AMENDED (T) 3917A
- **2021-02-22** ADVANCED TO THIRD READING
- **2021-03-05** PASSED SENATE `passage`
- **2021-03-05** DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY
- **2021-03-05** REFERRED TO CODES `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-17** SUBSTITUTED FOR A1025
- **2021-03-17** ORDERED TO THIRD READING CAL.162
- **2021-03-17** PASSED ASSEMBLY `passage`
- **2021-03-17** RETURNED TO SENATE
- **2021-04-01** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
- **2021-04-06** SIGNED CHAP.98 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/92414e32-48be-40cc-86e1-f078cd491fab`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New York legislature records).