---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relates to the accessibility of congressional, senatorial, assembly and election district maps"
description: "Relates to the accessibility of congressional, senatorial, assembly and election district maps in downloadable digital file formats compatible with geographic information (GIS) software."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ny"
legislature: "New York Legislature"
session: "2023-2024"
identifier: "S 852"
citation: "New York S 852 (2023-2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["James Skoufis"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 11
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2023-01-06"
last_action: "2023-03-03"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/eda654f5-2f65-4dd2-9edf-6a6a24319eb3"
source_url: "http://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2023/S852"
source_hash: "20da9c610ca259119b2f2eff9a97a4a129fe15b5ff4acb41c0529eba394401e8"
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 852 (2023-2024) — Relates to the accessibility of congressional, senatorial, assembly and election district maps

Relates to the accessibility of congressional, senatorial, assembly and election district maps in downloadable digital file formats compatible with geographic information (GIS) software.

## Version chain

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

1. **S852** (committee substitute) — [source](http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?sh=printbill&bn=S852&term=2023&Text=Y)

## Votes

- Rules Vote — **19–0** (pass) · upper
- Floor Vote — **61–0** (pass) · upper
- Assembly Vote — **139–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- James Skoufis — 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.61
- **2023-02-13** PASSED SENATE `passage`
- **2023-02-13** DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY
- **2023-02-13** REFERRED TO ELECTION LAW `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-01** SUBSTITUTED FOR A605
- **2023-03-01** ORDERED TO THIRD READING RULES CAL.103
- **2023-03-01** PASSED ASSEMBLY `passage`
- **2023-03-01** RETURNED TO SENATE
- **2023-03-03** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
- **2023-03-03** SIGNED CHAP.89 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/eda654f5-2f65-4dd2-9edf-6a6a24319eb3`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New York legislature records).