---
type: "Bill"
title: "Provides an online absentee ballot tracking system"
description: "Provides an online absentee ballot tracking system to allow a voter who has submitted an application for an absentee ballot to track the status of an absentee application and an absentee ballot on the state board or local board website."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ny"
legislature: "New York Legislature"
session: "2021-2022"
identifier: "A 4186"
citation: "New York A 4186 (2021-2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["DINOWITZ"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 17
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2021-02-01"
last_action: "2021-12-22"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/16b07c26-0419-444c-9a24-bb16f5d260c3"
source_url: "http://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2021/A4186"
source_hash: "b8fe092669cac43e097b911e622783a8885cf17ca0ed8162b7008d801ecc63f5"
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 4186 (2021-2022) — Provides an online absentee ballot tracking system

Provides an online absentee ballot tracking system to allow a voter who has submitted an application for an absentee ballot to track the status of an absentee application and an absentee ballot on the state board or local board website.

## Version chain

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

1. **A4186** (committee substitute) — [source](http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?sh=printbill&bn=A4186&term=2021&Text=Y)
2. **A4186A** (committee substitute) — [source](http://legislation.nysenate.gov/pdf/bills/2021/A4186A)
3. **A4186B** (committee substitute) — [source](http://legislation.nysenate.gov/pdf/bills/2021/A4186B)

## Votes

- Floor Vote - Version: B — **49–14** (pass) · upper
- Assembly Vote — **143–4** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- DINOWITZ — primary (person)
- BARNWELL — cosponsor (person)
- GALEF — cosponsor (person)
- JACOBSON — cosponsor (person)
- OTIS — cosponsor (person)
- SIMON — cosponsor (person)
- THIELE — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-02-01** REFERRED TO ELECTION LAW `referral-committee`
- **2021-04-16** AMEND (T) AND RECOMMIT TO ELECTION LAW `amendment-passage, referral-committee`
- **2021-04-16** PRINT NUMBER 4186A `amendment-passage`
- **2021-04-19** REPORTED REFERRED TO WAYS AND MEANS `referral-committee`
- **2021-04-28** REPORTED
- **2021-04-29** ADVANCED TO THIRD READING CAL.253
- **2021-05-12** AMENDED ON THIRD READING 4186B `amendment-passage`
- **2021-05-26** PASSED ASSEMBLY `passage`
- **2021-05-26** DELIVERED TO SENATE
- **2021-05-26** REFERRED TO RULES `referral-committee`
- **2021-06-09** SUBSTITUTED FOR S6395A
- **2021-06-09** 3RD READING CAL.1353
- **2021-06-09** PASSED SENATE `passage`
- **2021-06-09** RETURNED TO ASSEMBLY
- **2021-12-10** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
- **2021-12-22** SIGNED CHAP.727 `executive-signature`
- **2021-12-22** APPROVAL MEMO.95

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/16b07c26-0419-444c-9a24-bb16f5d260c3`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New York legislature records).