---
type: "Bill"
title: "Allows certain party designations and nominations to be made via video teleconference upon notice to the members of the respective committee"
description: "Allows certain party designations and nominations to be made via video teleconference upon notice to the members of the respective committee; and provides for the repeal of such provisions upon the expiration thereof."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ny"
legislature: "New York Legislature"
session: "2019-2020"
identifier: "S 8796"
citation: "New York S 8796 (2019-2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["STAVISKY"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 16
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2020-07-16"
last_action: "2020-08-21"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/3b38108f-f6d6-4967-8cb3-09010c1e62a2"
source_url: "http://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2019/S8796"
source_hash: "966000078a8dd3aab05f54ec0197ca7f306d2b5ad17a13f064a0eeb0fbccf467"
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 8796 (2019-2020) — Allows certain party designations and nominations to be made via video teleconference upon notice to the members of the respective committee

Allows certain party designations and nominations to be made via video teleconference upon notice to the members of the respective committee; and provides for the repeal of such provisions upon the expiration thereof.

## Version chain

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

1. **S8796** (committee substitute) — [source](http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?sh=printbill&bn=S8796&term=2019&Text=Y)
2. **S8796A** (committee substitute) — [source](http://legislation.nysenate.gov/pdf/bills/2019/S8796A)

## Votes

- Assembly Vote — **141–0** (pass) · lower
- Floor Vote - Version: A — **59–1** (pass) · upper
- Rules Vote - Version: A — **19–0** (pass) · upper
- Elections Vote - Version: A — **7–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- STAVISKY — primary (person)
- BIAGGI — cosponsor (person)
- CARLUCCI — cosponsor (person)
- LIU — cosponsor (person)
- MAY — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2020-07-16** REFERRED TO RULES `referral-committee`
- **2020-07-16** COMMITTEE DISCHARGED AND COMMITTED TO ELECTIONS `referral-committee`
- **2020-07-17** AMEND (T) AND RECOMMIT TO ELECTIONS `referral-committee, amendment-passage`
- **2020-07-17** PRINT NUMBER 8796A `amendment-passage`
- **2020-07-21** REPORTED AND COMMITTED TO RULES `referral-committee`
- **2020-07-22** ORDERED TO THIRD READING CAL.968
- **2020-07-22** PASSED SENATE `passage`
- **2020-07-22** DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY
- **2020-07-22** REFERRED TO WAYS AND MEANS `referral-committee`
- **2020-07-23** SUBSTITUTED FOR A10733A
- **2020-07-23** ORDERED TO THIRD READING RULES CAL.341
- **2020-07-23** PASSED ASSEMBLY `passage`
- **2020-07-23** RETURNED TO SENATE
- **2020-08-10** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
- **2020-08-21** SIGNED CHAP.142 `executive-signature`
- **2020-08-21** APPROVAL MEMO.6

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/3b38108f-f6d6-4967-8cb3-09010c1e62a2`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New York legislature records).