---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relates to providing for the remote conduct of certain practices and procedures relating to board meetings"
description: "Provides for the remote conduct of certain practices and procedures relating to board meetings utilizing electronic and/or audio-visual technologies."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ny"
legislature: "New York Legislature"
session: "2019-2020"
identifier: "S 8412"
citation: "New York S 8412 (2019-2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["BENJAMIN"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 12
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2020-05-24"
last_action: "2020-06-17"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/96b89856-c8b3-4482-ae15-975b28d8d5ff"
source_url: "http://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2019/S8412"
source_hash: "f82cdebaa1aa3d8f1e08966247d4b3c968a1626d40b9ca8d66dceaf503155e74"
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 8412 (2019-2020) — Relates to providing for the remote conduct of certain practices and procedures relating to board meetings

Provides for the remote conduct of certain practices and procedures relating to board meetings utilizing electronic and/or audio-visual technologies.

## Version chain

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

1. **S8412** (committee substitute) — [source](http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?sh=printbill&bn=S8412&term=2019&Text=Y)

## Votes

- Assembly Vote — **143–0** (pass) · lower
- Floor Vote — **62–0** (pass) · upper
- Rules Vote — **19–0** (pass) · upper
- Corporations, Authorities And Commissions Vote — **7–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- BENJAMIN — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2020-05-24** REFERRED TO CORPORATIONS, AUTHORITIES AND COMMISSIONS `referral-committee`
- **2020-05-26** REPORTED AND COMMITTED TO RULES `referral-committee`
- **2020-05-27** ORDERED TO THIRD READING CAL.663
- **2020-05-27** PASSED SENATE `passage`
- **2020-05-27** DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY
- **2020-05-27** REFERRED TO CORPORATIONS, AUTHORITIES AND COMMISSIONS `referral-committee`
- **2020-05-27** SUBSTITUTED FOR A10498A
- **2020-05-27** ORDERED TO THIRD READING RULES CAL.46
- **2020-05-27** PASSED ASSEMBLY `passage`
- **2020-05-27** RETURNED TO SENATE
- **2020-06-05** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
- **2020-06-17** SIGNED CHAP.122 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/96b89856-c8b3-4482-ae15-975b28d8d5ff`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New York legislature records).