---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relates to the John R. Lewis Voting Rights Act of New York"
description: "Adjusts the effective date of the John R. Lewis Voting Rights Act of New York to July 1, 2023."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ny"
legislature: "New York Legislature"
session: "2023-2024"
identifier: "S 818"
citation: "New York S 818 (2023-2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Zellnor Myrie"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 11
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2023-01-06"
last_action: "2023-06-30"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/74307590-6f7d-4b0d-a820-6bba2ae26bc8"
source_url: "http://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2023/S818"
source_hash: "aa03bec8be6ce7fe483ee1e388e934a70d9d5b2565171aa7f923a2e22d98221f"
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 818 (2023-2024) — Relates to the John R. Lewis Voting Rights Act of New York

Adjusts the effective date of the John R. Lewis Voting Rights Act of New York to July 1, 2023.

## Version chain

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

1. **S818** (committee substitute) — [source](http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?sh=printbill&bn=S818&term=2023&Text=Y)

## Votes

- Floor Vote — **41–21** (pass) · upper
- Assembly Vote — **95–45** (pass) · lower
- Rules Vote — **14–5** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Zellnor Myrie — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-01-06** REFERRED TO RULES `referral-committee`
- **2023-01-09** ORDERED TO THIRD READING CAL.27
- **2023-02-08** PASSED SENATE `passage`
- **2023-02-08** DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY
- **2023-02-08** REFERRED TO ELECTION LAW `referral-committee`
- **2023-05-31** SUBSTITUTED FOR A7431
- **2023-05-31** ORDERED TO THIRD READING RULES CAL.422
- **2023-06-10** PASSED ASSEMBLY `passage`
- **2023-06-10** RETURNED TO SENATE
- **2023-06-27** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
- **2023-06-30** SIGNED CHAP.169 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/74307590-6f7d-4b0d-a820-6bba2ae26bc8`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New York legislature records).