---
type: "Bill"
title: "Requires an electronic version of a town clerk's sign-board on a town website"
description: "Requires an electronic version of a town clerk's sign-board on a town website and a link to the sign-board to appear on the town website's homepage if the town maintains a regularly and routinely updated website and utilizes a high speed internet connection."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ny"
legislature: "New York Legislature"
session: "2021-2022"
identifier: "S 3984"
citation: "New York S 3984 (2021-2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["REICHLIN-MELNICK"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 13
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2021-02-01"
last_action: "2021-10-25"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/70b59433-ff37-4f0d-a253-f5b8f24e1028"
source_url: "http://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2021/S3984"
source_hash: "d9cc0e11321bcf2283f90f3ee1bb963b2fcab8d7dcc7418241600a8622441cbb"
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 3984 (2021-2022) — Requires an electronic version of a town clerk's sign-board on a town website

Requires an electronic version of a town clerk's sign-board on a town website and a link to the sign-board to appear on the town website's homepage if the town maintains a regularly and routinely updated website and utilizes a high speed internet connection.

## Version chain

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

1. **S3984** (committee substitute) — [source](http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?sh=printbill&bn=S3984&term=2021&Text=Y)

## Votes

- Assembly Vote — **142–5** (pass) · lower
- Local Government Vote — **5–2** (pass) · upper
- Floor Vote — **47–16** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- REICHLIN-MELNICK — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-02-01** REFERRED TO LOCAL GOVERNMENT `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-01** 1ST REPORT CAL.446
- **2021-03-02** 2ND REPORT CAL.
- **2021-03-03** ADVANCED TO THIRD READING
- **2021-03-05** PASSED SENATE `passage`
- **2021-03-05** DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY
- **2021-03-05** REFERRED TO LOCAL GOVERNMENTS `referral-committee`
- **2021-05-05** SUBSTITUTED FOR A6229
- **2021-05-05** ORDERED TO THIRD READING CAL.262
- **2021-05-05** PASSED ASSEMBLY `passage`
- **2021-05-05** RETURNED TO SENATE
- **2021-10-13** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
- **2021-10-25** SIGNED CHAP.508 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/70b59433-ff37-4f0d-a253-f5b8f24e1028`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New York legislature records).