---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relates to the statutory short form and other powers of attorney for purposes of financial and estate planning"
description: "Relates to the statutory short form and other powers of attorney for purposes of financial and estate planning."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ny"
legislature: "New York Legislature"
session: "2021-2022"
identifier: "S 888"
citation: "New York S 888 (2021-2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["HOYLMAN"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 11
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2021-01-06"
last_action: "2021-03-25"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e52d0122-c0e5-424a-b2fc-3b7222d0bcf0"
source_url: "http://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2021/S888"
source_hash: "4d8cc227bb8b825c0ef84b1a6733d8c08f57a059140b79d366b07bdf63858e6c"
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 888 (2021-2022) — Relates to the statutory short form and other powers of attorney for purposes of financial and estate planning

Relates to the statutory short form and other powers of attorney for purposes of financial and estate planning.

## Version chain

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

1. **S888** (committee substitute) — [source](http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?sh=printbill&bn=S888&term=2021&Text=Y)

## Votes

- Assembly Vote — **102–47** (pass) · lower
- Floor Vote — **45–18** (pass) · upper
- Rules Vote — **16–5** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- HOYLMAN — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-01-06** REFERRED TO RULES `referral-committee`
- **2021-01-11** ORDERED TO THIRD READING CAL.41
- **2021-01-20** PASSED SENATE `passage`
- **2021-01-20** DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY
- **2021-01-20** REFERRED TO JUDICIARY `referral-committee`
- **2021-02-23** SUBSTITUTED FOR A2353
- **2021-02-23** ORDERED TO THIRD READING CAL.103
- **2021-03-10** PASSED ASSEMBLY `passage`
- **2021-03-10** RETURNED TO SENATE
- **2021-03-12** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
- **2021-03-25** SIGNED CHAP.84 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/e52d0122-c0e5-424a-b2fc-3b7222d0bcf0`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New York legislature records).