---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relates to providing for electronic notarization"
description: "Relates to providing for electronic notarization; authorizes the use of video and audio conference technology in identifying individuals for electronic notarization."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ny"
legislature: "New York Legislature"
session: "2021-2022"
identifier: "S 1780"
citation: "New York S 1780 (2021-2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["SKOUFIS"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 23
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2021-01-15"
last_action: "2021-12-22"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/9ef54294-8bcf-45fa-8690-0eb72783a1a3"
source_url: "http://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2021/S1780"
source_hash: "120eeb1b8ae2fe87c29e81de441d0dbb536ef99d26374ed48970d57b75062317"
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 1780 (2021-2022) — Relates to providing for electronic notarization

Relates to providing for electronic notarization; authorizes the use of video and audio conference technology in identifying individuals for electronic notarization.

## Version chain

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

1. **S1780** (committee substitute) — [source](http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?sh=printbill&bn=S1780&term=2021&Text=Y)
2. **S1780A** (committee substitute) — [source](http://legislation.nysenate.gov/pdf/bills/2021/S1780A)
3. **S1780B** (committee substitute) — [source](http://legislation.nysenate.gov/pdf/bills/2021/S1780B)
4. **S1780C** (committee substitute) — [source](http://legislation.nysenate.gov/pdf/bills/2021/S1780C)

## Votes

- Floor Vote - Version: B — **62–1** (pass) · upper
- Finance Vote — **22–1** (pass) · upper
- Assembly Vote — **144–4** (pass) · lower
- Floor Vote - Version: C — **61–2** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- SKOUFIS — primary (person)
- GOUNARDES — cosponsor (person)
- MAY — cosponsor (person)
- REICHLIN-MELNICK — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-01-15** REFERRED TO FINANCE `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-01** 1ST REPORT CAL.458
- **2021-03-02** 2ND REPORT CAL.
- **2021-03-03** AMENDED 1780A `amendment-passage`
- **2021-03-03** ADVANCED TO THIRD READING
- **2021-03-10** AMENDED ON THIRD READING 1780B `amendment-passage`
- **2021-03-24** PASSED SENATE `passage`
- **2021-03-24** DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY
- **2021-03-24** REFERRED TO GOVERNMENTAL OPERATIONS `referral-committee`
- **2021-05-20** RECALLED FROM ASSEMBLY
- **2021-05-20** RETURNED TO SENATE
- **2021-05-24** VOTE RECONSIDERED - RESTORED TO THIRD READING
- **2021-05-24** AMENDED ON THIRD READING 1780C `amendment-passage`
- **2021-06-01** REPASSED SENATE `passage`
- **2021-06-01** RETURNED TO ASSEMBLY
- **2021-06-01** REFERRED TO GOVERNMENTAL OPERATIONS `referral-committee`
- **2021-06-09** SUBSTITUTED FOR A399B
- **2021-06-09** ORDERED TO THIRD READING RULES CAL.654
- **2021-06-09** PASSED ASSEMBLY `passage`
- **2021-06-09** RETURNED TO SENATE
- **2021-12-10** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
- **2021-12-22** SIGNED CHAP.767 `executive-signature`
- **2021-12-22** APPROVAL MEMO.128

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/9ef54294-8bcf-45fa-8690-0eb72783a1a3`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New York legislature records).