---
type: "Bill"
title: "Extends the effectiveness of provisions relating to absentee ballots for school district elections during a declared disaster emergency"
description: "Extends the effectiveness of provisions relating to absentee ballots for school district elections during a declared disaster emergency to January 1, 2023."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ny"
legislature: "New York Legislature"
session: "2021-2022"
identifier: "S 7619"
citation: "New York S 7619 (2021-2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["MAYER"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 13
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2021-12-22"
last_action: "2022-03-26"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/aa77341d-5f4d-45dd-b091-6ff95a75f77e"
source_url: "http://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2021/S7619"
source_hash: "335e890155d6d878b7eeffcd76eb919d3d9bf109d9e5d04df741b2f08e1a98e5"
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 7619 (2021-2022) — Extends the effectiveness of provisions relating to absentee ballots for school district elections during a declared disaster emergency

Extends the effectiveness of provisions relating to absentee ballots for school district elections during a declared disaster emergency to January 1, 2023.

## Version chain

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

1. **S7619** (committee substitute) — [source](http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?sh=printbill&bn=S7619&term=2021&Text=Y)

## Votes

- Education Vote — **13–2** (pass) · upper
- Rules Vote — **15–5** (pass) · upper
- Rules Vote — **15–5** (pass) · upper
- Floor Vote — **45–18** (pass) · upper
- Assembly Vote — **102–39** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- MAYER — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-12-22** REFERRED TO RULES `referral-committee`
- **2022-01-05** REFERRED TO EDUCATION `referral-committee`
- **2022-01-10** REPORTED AND COMMITTED TO RULES `referral-committee`
- **2022-01-10** ORDERED TO THIRD READING CAL.11
- **2022-01-10** PASSED SENATE `passage`
- **2022-01-10** DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY
- **2022-01-10** REFERRED TO ELECTION LAW `referral-committee`
- **2022-02-14** SUBSTITUTED FOR A9025
- **2022-02-14** ORDERED TO THIRD READING CAL.410
- **2022-03-07** PASSED ASSEMBLY `passage`
- **2022-03-07** RETURNED TO SENATE
- **2022-03-26** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
- **2022-03-26** SIGNED CHAP.172 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/aa77341d-5f4d-45dd-b091-6ff95a75f77e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New York legislature records).