---
type: "Bill"
title: "Authorizes boards of elections to establish absentee ballot drop-off locations"
description: "Authorizes boards of elections to establish absentee ballot drop-off locations."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ny"
legislature: "New York Legislature"
session: "2023-2024"
identifier: "S 610"
citation: "New York S 610 (2023-2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Brad Hoylman-Sigal"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 21
vote_count: 7
first_action: "2023-01-05"
last_action: "2024-11-22"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d119c1d6-187a-4cbd-8f40-0c24ace37280"
source_url: "http://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2023/S610"
source_hash: "7127c5ca0dc98ebaa3df6ed634c06b8fa062b242a7991795ca7de61ac9e38b11"
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 610 (2023-2024) — Authorizes boards of elections to establish absentee ballot drop-off locations

Authorizes boards of elections to establish absentee ballot drop-off locations.

## Version chain

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

1. **S610** (committee substitute) — [source](http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?sh=printbill&bn=S610&term=2023&Text=Y)

## Votes

- Assembly Vote — **89–52** (pass) · lower
- Floor Vote — **41–21** (pass) · upper
- Rules Vote — **14–5** (pass) · upper
- Elections Vote — **5–2** (pass) · upper
- Rules Vote — **14–7** (pass) · upper
- Elections Vote — **5–2** (pass) · upper
- Floor Vote — **42–18** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Brad Hoylman-Sigal — primary (person)
- Andrew Gounardes — cosponsor (person)
- Gustavo Rivera — cosponsor (person)
- Jamaal Bailey — cosponsor (person)
- James Sanders Jr. — cosponsor (person)
- James Skoufis — cosponsor (person)
- Jeremy Cooney — cosponsor (person)
- John Liu — cosponsor (person)
- John Mannion — cosponsor (person)
- José M. Serrano — cosponsor (person)
- Julia Salazar — cosponsor (person)
- Kevin S. Parker — cosponsor (person)
- Kevin Thomas — cosponsor (person)
- Lea Webb — cosponsor (person)
- Liz Krueger — cosponsor (person)
- Michelle Hinchey — cosponsor (person)
- Neil D. Breslin — cosponsor (person)
- Rachel May — cosponsor (person)
- Robert Jackson — cosponsor (person)
- Samra Brouk — cosponsor (person)
- Shelley Mayer — cosponsor (person)
- Timothy M. Kennedy — cosponsor (person)
- Toby Ann Stavisky — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-01-05** REFERRED TO ELECTIONS `referral-committee`
- **2023-01-09** REPORTED AND COMMITTED TO RULES `referral-committee`
- **2023-01-09** ORDERED TO THIRD READING CAL.9
- **2023-01-09** PASSED SENATE `passage`
- **2023-01-09** DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY
- **2023-01-10** REFERRED TO ELECTION LAW `referral-committee`
- **2024-01-03** DIED IN ASSEMBLY
- **2024-01-03** RETURNED TO SENATE
- **2024-01-03** REFERRED TO ELECTIONS `referral-committee`
- **2024-01-08** REPORTED AND COMMITTED TO RULES `referral-committee`
- **2024-01-08** ORDERED TO THIRD READING CAL.4
- **2024-01-08** PASSED SENATE `passage`
- **2024-01-08** DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY
- **2024-01-08** REFERRED TO ELECTION LAW `referral-committee`
- **2024-06-07** SUBSTITUTED FOR A7243
- **2024-06-07** ORDERED TO THIRD READING RULES CAL.528
- **2024-06-07** PASSED ASSEMBLY `passage`
- **2024-06-07** RETURNED TO SENATE
- **2024-11-15** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
- **2024-11-22** SIGNED CHAP.500 `executive-signature`
- **2024-11-22** APPROVAL MEMO.17

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/d119c1d6-187a-4cbd-8f40-0c24ace37280`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New York legislature records).