---
type: "Bill"
title: "Allows acknowledgments and proofs by any officer in active service of the armed forces authorized to act as a notary"
description: "Allows acknowledgments and proofs by any officer in active service authorized to act as a notary in any component part of the United States military."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ny"
legislature: "New York Legislature"
session: "2021-2022"
identifier: "S 4784"
citation: "New York S 4784 (2021-2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["MAYER"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 24
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2021-02-12"
last_action: "2022-07-21"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/3bece0ba-db7f-4494-be70-918f8c0a7238"
source_url: "http://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2021/S4784"
source_hash: "5fcf004a2ad8ba04425ea17bc802f8d40c5e9e83207d9fb4d34b4ee805972096"
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 4784 (2021-2022) — Allows acknowledgments and proofs by any officer in active service of the armed forces authorized to act as a notary

Allows acknowledgments and proofs by any officer in active service authorized to act as a notary in any component part of the United States military.

## Version chain

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

1. **S4784** (committee substitute) — [source](http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?sh=printbill&bn=S4784&term=2021&Text=Y)
2. **S4784A** (committee substitute) — [source](http://legislation.nysenate.gov/pdf/bills/2021/S4784A)

## Votes

- Assembly Vote — **146–0** (pass) · lower
- Judiciary Vote - Version: A — **15–0** (pass) · upper
- Judiciary Vote - Version: A — **15–0** (pass) · upper
- Floor Vote - Version: A — **63–0** (pass) · upper
- Floor Vote - Version: A — **63–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- MAYER — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-02-12** REFERRED TO JUDICIARY `referral-committee`
- **2021-04-22** AMEND (T) AND RECOMMIT TO JUDICIARY `amendment-passage, referral-committee`
- **2021-04-22** PRINT NUMBER 4784A `amendment-passage`
- **2021-04-27** 1ST REPORT CAL.839
- **2021-04-28** 2ND REPORT CAL.
- **2021-05-03** ADVANCED TO THIRD READING
- **2021-05-05** PASSED SENATE `passage`
- **2021-05-05** DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY
- **2021-05-05** REFERRED TO WAYS AND MEANS `referral-committee`
- **2022-01-05** DIED IN ASSEMBLY
- **2022-01-05** RETURNED TO SENATE
- **2022-01-05** REFERRED TO JUDICIARY `referral-committee`
- **2022-01-11** 1ST REPORT CAL.106
- **2022-01-12** 2ND REPORT CAL.
- **2022-01-18** ADVANCED TO THIRD READING
- **2022-02-17** PASSED SENATE `passage`
- **2022-02-17** DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY
- **2022-02-17** REFERRED TO JUDICIARY `referral-committee`
- **2022-05-16** SUBSTITUTED FOR A9628
- **2022-05-16** ORDERED TO THIRD READING RULES CAL.236
- **2022-05-16** PASSED ASSEMBLY `passage`
- **2022-05-16** RETURNED TO SENATE
- **2022-07-11** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
- **2022-07-21** SIGNED CHAP.437 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/3bece0ba-db7f-4494-be70-918f8c0a7238`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New York legislature records).