---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relates to authorizing electronic court appearances in Seneca county"
description: "Permits the electronic appearance of a defendant in Seneca county except at hearings and trials."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ny"
legislature: "New York Legislature"
session: "2021-2022"
identifier: "S 7433"
citation: "New York S 7433 (2021-2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["HELMING"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 13
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2021-10-13"
last_action: "2022-06-30"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d7eac44b-98f2-4a70-8aaf-edd29952c868"
source_url: "http://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2021/S7433"
source_hash: "61af0a0573768e9819e1247034a4f4785aa6f68d0be58b84abb18e1bce9955ff"
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 7433 (2021-2022) — Relates to authorizing electronic court appearances in Seneca county

Permits the electronic appearance of a defendant in Seneca county except at hearings and trials.

## Version chain

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

1. **S7433** (committee substitute) — [source](http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?sh=printbill&bn=S7433&term=2021&Text=Y)

## Votes

- Assembly Vote — **148–1** (pass) · lower
- Rules Vote — **21–0** (pass) · upper
- Floor Vote — **61–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- HELMING — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-10-13** REFERRED TO RULES `referral-committee`
- **2022-01-05** REFERRED TO CODES `referral-committee`
- **2022-05-24** COMMITTEE DISCHARGED AND COMMITTED TO RULES `referral-committee`
- **2022-05-24** ORDERED TO THIRD READING CAL.1510
- **2022-05-24** PASSED SENATE `passage`
- **2022-05-24** DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY
- **2022-05-24** REFERRED TO CODES `referral-committee`
- **2022-05-31** SUBSTITUTED FOR A8326
- **2022-05-31** ORDERED TO THIRD READING RULES CAL.461
- **2022-05-31** PASSED ASSEMBLY `passage`
- **2022-05-31** RETURNED TO SENATE
- **2022-06-23** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
- **2022-06-30** SIGNED CHAP.321 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/d7eac44b-98f2-4a70-8aaf-edd29952c868`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New York legislature records).