---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relates to the receipt by the board of elections of certain absentee ballots received by a board of elections that do not bear or display a dated postmark"
description: "Relates to the receipt by the board of elections of certain absentee ballots received by a board of elections that do not bear or display a dated postmark."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ny"
legislature: "New York Legislature"
session: "2019-2020"
identifier: "S 8799"
citation: "New York S 8799 (2019-2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["GIANARIS"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 15
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2020-07-16"
last_action: "2020-08-20"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ab27aead-44de-4725-bc35-ccf214573999"
source_url: "http://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2019/S8799"
source_hash: "5509405c4a5f0e9b8a7d6425e75762012115fe82ab086d71be2423e7f27f7dcc"
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 8799 (2019-2020) — Relates to the receipt by the board of elections of certain absentee ballots received by a board of elections that do not bear or display a dated postmark

Relates to the receipt by the board of elections of certain absentee ballots received by a board of elections that do not bear or display a dated postmark.

## Version chain

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

1. **S8799** (committee substitute) — [source](http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?sh=printbill&bn=S8799&term=2019&Text=Y)
2. **S8799A** (committee substitute) — [source](http://legislation.nysenate.gov/pdf/bills/2019/S8799A)

## Votes

- Floor Vote - Version: A — **40–20** (pass) · upper
- Assembly Vote — **101–40** (pass) · lower
- Rules Vote - Version: A — **12–7** (pass) · upper
- Elections Vote - Version: A — **5–2** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- GIANARIS — primary (person)
- BIAGGI — cosponsor (person)
- CARLUCCI — cosponsor (person)
- LIU — cosponsor (person)
- METZGER — 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 8799A `amendment-passage`
- **2020-07-21** REPORTED AND COMMITTED TO RULES `referral-committee`
- **2020-07-22** ORDERED TO THIRD READING CAL.969
- **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 A10808A
- **2020-07-23** ORDERED TO THIRD READING RULES CAL.345
- **2020-07-23** PASSED ASSEMBLY `passage`
- **2020-07-23** RETURNED TO SENATE
- **2020-08-10** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
- **2020-08-20** SIGNED CHAP.140 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/ab27aead-44de-4725-bc35-ccf214573999`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New York legislature records).