---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relates to the dates by which the governor may make proclamation of a special election to fill certain offices"
description: "Relates to the dates by which the governor may make proclamation of a special election to fill certain offices; provides that a special election shall not be held to fill a vacancy in any other office subject to a proclamation by the governor unless the vacancy occurs before the first day of April of the last year of the term of office."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ny"
legislature: "New York Legislature"
session: "2021-2022"
identifier: "S 7227"
citation: "New York S 7227 (2021-2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["MYRIE"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 12
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2021-06-07"
last_action: "2021-08-02"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/606dc932-9818-4046-bfc2-34a635be3a99"
source_url: "http://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2021/S7227"
source_hash: "79a3e11ec1083e5810458c4e86f57b59fd31e28984b7a166f7810fa9b11b25a5"
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 7227 (2021-2022) — Relates to the dates by which the governor may make proclamation of a special election to fill certain offices

Relates to the dates by which the governor may make proclamation of a special election to fill certain offices; provides that a special election shall not be held to fill a vacancy in any other office subject to a proclamation by the governor unless the vacancy occurs before the first day of April of the last year of the term of office.

## Version chain

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

1. **S7227** (committee substitute) — [source](http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?sh=printbill&bn=S7227&term=2021&Text=Y)

## Votes

- Assembly Vote — **149–0** (pass) · lower
- Rules Vote — **21–0** (pass) · upper
- Floor Vote — **63–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- MYRIE — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-06-07** REFERRED TO RULES `referral-committee`
- **2021-06-09** ORDERED TO THIRD READING CAL.1720
- **2021-06-10** PASSED SENATE `passage`
- **2021-06-10** DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY
- **2021-06-10** REFERRED TO ELECTION LAW `referral-committee`
- **2021-06-10** SUBSTITUTED FOR A8028
- **2021-06-10** ORDERED TO THIRD READING RULES CAL.742
- **2021-06-10** PASSED ASSEMBLY `passage`
- **2021-06-10** RETURNED TO SENATE
- **2021-07-30** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
- **2021-07-30** SIGNED CHAP.320 `executive-signature`
- **2021-08-02** APPROVAL MEMO.14

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/606dc932-9818-4046-bfc2-34a635be3a99`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New York legislature records).