---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relates to the automatic voter registration process"
description: "Relates to the automatic voter registration process; amends certain voter registration processes and the agencies to be included as designated agencies."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ny"
legislature: "New York Legislature"
session: "2021-2022"
identifier: "A 2574"
citation: "New York A 2574 (2021-2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["WALKER"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 14
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2021-01-19"
last_action: "2021-02-16"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/cb28e6fa-2d43-41ba-9f34-bd95f2b003bb"
source_url: "http://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2021/A2574"
source_hash: "144ff9857de78c8c48e882c985226c5650615b72284500ec7a8fe36c948f483d"
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 A 2574 (2021-2022) — Relates to the automatic voter registration process

Relates to the automatic voter registration process; amends certain voter registration processes and the agencies to be included as designated agencies.

## Version chain

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

1. **A2574** (committee substitute) — [source](http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?sh=printbill&bn=A2574&term=2021&Text=Y)

## Votes

- Floor Vote — **43–20** (pass) · upper
- Assembly Vote — **99–51** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- WALKER — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-01-19** REFERRED TO ELECTION LAW `referral-committee`
- **2021-01-26** REPORTED REFERRED TO RULES `referral-committee`
- **2021-01-26** REPORTED
- **2021-01-26** RULES REPORT CAL.11
- **2021-01-26** ORDERED TO THIRD READING RULES CAL.11
- **2021-01-26** PASSED ASSEMBLY `passage`
- **2021-01-26** DELIVERED TO SENATE
- **2021-01-26** REFERRED TO RULES `referral-committee`
- **2021-02-02** SUBSTITUTED FOR S2076
- **2021-02-02** 3RD READING CAL.139
- **2021-02-02** PASSED SENATE `passage`
- **2021-02-02** RETURNED TO ASSEMBLY
- **2021-02-12** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
- **2021-02-16** SIGNED CHAP.37 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/cb28e6fa-2d43-41ba-9f34-bd95f2b003bb`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New York legislature records).