---
type: "Bill"
title: "Defines the term property/casualty insurance and provides for the electronic delivery of a policy notice or document by an insurer to a party who consents to such delivery"
description: "Defines the term property/casualty insurance; provides for the electronic delivery of a policy notice or document by an insurer to a party who consents to such delivery."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ny"
legislature: "New York Legislature"
session: "2021-2022"
identifier: "S 7797"
citation: "New York S 7797 (2021-2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["SANDERS"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 11
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2022-01-11"
last_action: "2022-03-18"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/302cec97-9058-488b-839d-0a7e1bf25c05"
source_url: "http://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2021/S7797"
source_hash: "24fc82d095a462ea212f2ff92e4b24b1cb5c6f98c7a57cc749dd6ada6503fd82"
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 7797 (2021-2022) — Defines the term property/casualty insurance and provides for the electronic delivery of a policy notice or document by an insurer to a party who consents to such delivery

Defines the term property/casualty insurance; provides for the electronic delivery of a policy notice or document by an insurer to a party who consents to such delivery.

## Version chain

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

1. **S7797** (committee substitute) — [source](http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?sh=printbill&bn=S7797&term=2021&Text=Y)

## Votes

- Assembly Vote — **137–1** (pass) · lower
- Rules Vote — **21–0** (pass) · upper
- Floor Vote — **62–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- SANDERS — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-01-11** REFERRED TO RULES `referral-committee`
- **2022-01-18** ORDERED TO THIRD READING CAL.163
- **2022-01-25** PASSED SENATE `passage`
- **2022-01-25** DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY
- **2022-01-25** REFERRED TO HOUSING `referral-committee`
- **2022-02-28** SUBSTITUTED FOR A8725
- **2022-02-28** ORDERED TO THIRD READING CAL.443
- **2022-02-28** PASSED ASSEMBLY `passage`
- **2022-02-28** RETURNED TO SENATE
- **2022-03-18** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
- **2022-03-18** SIGNED CHAP.161 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/302cec97-9058-488b-839d-0a7e1bf25c05`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New York legislature records).