---
type: "Bill"
title: "Establishes an electronic personal voter registration process"
description: "Establishes an electronic personal voter registration process integrated within designated agency applications; requires the state board of elections to promulgate necessary rules and regulations; makes related provisions."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ny"
legislature: "New York Legislature"
session: "2019-2020"
identifier: "S 8806"
citation: "New York S 8806 (2019-2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["GIANARIS"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 14
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2020-07-18"
last_action: "2020-12-22"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ff8a51f2-cc24-49d0-93b8-313741cf3276"
source_url: "http://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2019/S8806"
source_hash: "b567fb3878780526c14d31184db89afd62a18d348ee8373f287000ee104e90c2"
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 8806 (2019-2020) — Establishes an electronic personal voter registration process

Establishes an electronic personal voter registration process integrated within designated agency applications; requires the state board of elections to promulgate necessary rules and regulations; makes related provisions.

## Version chain

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

1. **S8806** (committee substitute) — [source](http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?sh=printbill&bn=S8806&term=2019&Text=Y)

## Votes

- Rules Vote — **12–7** (pass) · upper
- Elections Vote — **5–2** (pass) · upper
- Floor Vote — **40–20** (pass) · upper
- Assembly Vote — **86–55** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- GIANARIS — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2020-07-18** REFERRED TO RULES `referral-committee`
- **2020-07-18** COMMITTEE DISCHARGED AND COMMITTED TO ELECTIONS `referral-committee`
- **2020-07-21** REPORTED AND COMMITTED TO RULES `referral-committee`
- **2020-07-22** ORDERED TO THIRD READING CAL.970
- **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 A8280C
- **2020-07-23** ORDERED TO THIRD READING CAL.322
- **2020-07-23** PASSED ASSEMBLY `passage`
- **2020-07-23** RETURNED TO SENATE
- **2020-12-11** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
- **2020-12-22** SIGNED CHAP.350 `executive-signature`
- **2020-12-22** APPROVAL MEMO.54

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/ff8a51f2-cc24-49d0-93b8-313741cf3276`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New York legislature records).