---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relates to providing notice of voting rights to persons released from local jails"
description: "Relates to providing notice of voting rights to persons released from local jails."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ny"
legislature: "New York Legislature"
session: "2023-2024"
identifier: "A 4009"
citation: "New York A 4009 (2023-2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Eddie Gibbs"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 19
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2023-02-08"
last_action: "2023-09-20"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/5b1c7dfc-08ce-48a2-811a-adb9f457c390"
source_url: "http://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2023/A4009"
source_hash: "abf48b7982f1f6586e6af2ea5bbf025befccc5dc8bcd4362346dfecc4c37914e"
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 A 4009 (2023-2024) — Relates to providing notice of voting rights to persons released from local jails

Relates to providing notice of voting rights to persons released from local jails.

## Version chain

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

1. **A4009** (committee substitute) — [source](http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?sh=printbill&bn=A4009&term=2023&Text=Y)
2. **A4009A** (committee substitute) — [source](http://legislation.nysenate.gov/pdf/bills/2023/A4009A)

## Votes

- MOTION:GIBBS; To reconsider — **146–0** (pass) · lower
- Assembly Vote — **102–46** (pass) · lower
- Assembly Vote - Vote 2 — **98–46** (pass) · lower
- Floor Vote - Version: A — **41–21** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Eddie Gibbs — primary (person)
- Al Taylor — cosponsor (person)
- Alex Bores — cosponsor (person)
- Alicia Hyndman — cosponsor (person)
- Andrew Hevesi — cosponsor (person)
- Anna Kelles — cosponsor (person)
- Brian Cunningham — cosponsor (person)
- Charles Fall — cosponsor (person)
- Chris Burdick — cosponsor (person)
- Crystal Peoples-Stokes — cosponsor (person)
- Dana Levenberg — cosponsor (person)
- David Weprin — cosponsor (person)
- Grace Lee — cosponsor (person)
- Harvey Epstein — cosponsor (person)
- Inez E. Dickens — cosponsor (person)
- J. Gary Pretlow — cosponsor (person)
- Jo Anne Simon — cosponsor (person)
- John Zaccaro Jr. — cosponsor (person)
- Jonathan Jacobson — cosponsor (person)
- Juan Ardila — cosponsor (person)
- Karines Reyes — cosponsor (person)
- Kenny Burgos — cosponsor (person)
- Kimberly Jean-Pierre — cosponsor (person)
- Manny De Los Santos — cosponsor (person)
- Monica P. Wallace — cosponsor (person)
- Monique Chandler-Waterman — cosponsor (person)
- Nikki Lucas — cosponsor (person)
- Pamela J. Hunter — cosponsor (person)
- Rodneyse Bichotte Hermelyn — cosponsor (person)
- Tony Simone — cosponsor (person)
- William Colton — cosponsor (person)
- Yudelka Tapia — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-02-08** REFERRED TO CORRECTION `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-22** REPORTED
- **2023-03-23** ADVANCED TO THIRD READING CAL.79
- **2023-05-16** PASSED ASSEMBLY `passage`
- **2023-05-16** DELIVERED TO SENATE
- **2023-05-16** REFERRED TO CRIME VICTIMS, CRIME AND CORRECTION `referral-committee`
- **2023-06-06** RECALLED FROM SENATE
- **2023-06-06** RETURNED TO ASSEMBLY
- **2023-06-06** VOTE RECONSIDERED - RESTORED TO THIRD READING
- **2023-06-06** AMENDED ON THIRD READING 4009A `amendment-passage`
- **2023-06-09** REPASSED ASSEMBLY `passage`
- **2023-06-09** RETURNED TO SENATE
- **2023-06-09** COMMITTED TO RULES `referral-committee`
- **2023-06-09** SUBSTITUTED FOR S5965A
- **2023-06-09** 3RD READING CAL.1225
- **2023-06-10** PASSED SENATE `passage`
- **2023-06-10** RETURNED TO ASSEMBLY
- **2023-09-19** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
- **2023-09-20** SIGNED CHAP.473 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/5b1c7dfc-08ce-48a2-811a-adb9f457c390`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New York legislature records).