---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relates to registration of voters during early voting"
description: "Provides for conditional registration of voters during early voting."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ny"
legislature: "New York Legislature"
session: "2023-2024"
identifier: "S 5984"
citation: "New York S 5984 (2023-2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Brian Kavanagh"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 14
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2023-03-24"
last_action: "2023-09-20"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a7ff8f01-c261-4d75-af4a-a5018a3b85eb"
source_url: "http://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2023/S5984"
source_hash: "166e30e9507ca576e6a9d2900369132c585e7e3c87f8080aee89317a05268864"
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 5984 (2023-2024) — Relates to registration of voters during early voting

Provides for conditional registration of voters during early voting.

## Version chain

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

1. **S5984** (committee substitute) — [source](http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?sh=printbill&bn=S5984&term=2023&Text=Y)
2. **S5984A** (committee substitute) — [source](http://legislation.nysenate.gov/pdf/bills/2023/S5984A)

## Votes

- Assembly Vote — **95–45** (pass) · lower
- Elections Vote — **5–2** (pass) · upper
- Floor Vote - Version: A — **40–18** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Brian Kavanagh — primary (person)
- Rachel May — cosponsor (person)
- Samra Brouk — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-03-24** REFERRED TO ELECTIONS `referral-committee`
- **2023-05-09** 1ST REPORT CAL.782
- **2023-05-10** 2ND REPORT CAL.
- **2023-05-15** ADVANCED TO THIRD READING
- **2023-05-23** AMENDED ON THIRD READING 5984A `amendment-passage`
- **2023-05-31** PASSED SENATE `passage`
- **2023-05-31** DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY
- **2023-05-31** REFERRED TO WAYS AND MEANS `referral-committee`
- **2023-06-08** SUBSTITUTED FOR A6132A
- **2023-06-08** ORDERED TO THIRD READING RULES CAL.714
- **2023-06-10** PASSED ASSEMBLY `passage`
- **2023-06-10** RETURNED TO SENATE
- **2023-09-19** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
- **2023-09-20** SIGNED CHAP.479 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/a7ff8f01-c261-4d75-af4a-a5018a3b85eb`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New York legislature records).