---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relates to curing ballots"
description: "Requires the board of elections to provide a domestic postage paid return envelope which a voter may use to return a cure affirmation in paper form by mail; provides that a cure affirmation may be delivered in person, by mail or in electronic form as an attachment to an email."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ny"
legislature: "New York Legislature"
session: "2023-2024"
identifier: "S 9837"
citation: "New York S 9837 (2023-2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Zellnor Myrie"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 11
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2024-06-03"
last_action: "2024-08-06"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f5253b6b-491f-4570-956f-151a4d18aec7"
source_url: "http://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2023/S9837"
source_hash: "74fae183e5b3ef2c5bb87430143353f7464c1327b059d922a1b982e3bc7719d9"
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 9837 (2023-2024) — Relates to curing ballots

Requires the board of elections to provide a domestic postage paid return envelope which a voter may use to return a cure affirmation in paper form by mail; provides that a cure affirmation may be delivered in person, by mail or in electronic form as an attachment to an email.

## Version chain

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

1. **S9837** (committee substitute) — [source](http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?sh=printbill&bn=S9837&term=2023&Text=Y)

## Votes

- Floor Vote — **44–17** (pass) · upper
- Rules Vote — **17–3** (pass) · upper
- Assembly Vote — **92–49** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Zellnor Myrie — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-06-03** REFERRED TO RULES `referral-committee`
- **2024-06-06** ORDERED TO THIRD READING CAL.1876
- **2024-06-06** PASSED SENATE `passage`
- **2024-06-06** DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY
- **2024-06-06** REFERRED TO WAYS AND MEANS `referral-committee`
- **2024-06-06** SUBSTITUTED FOR A10541
- **2024-06-06** ORDERED TO THIRD READING RULES CAL.522
- **2024-06-07** PASSED ASSEMBLY `passage`
- **2024-06-07** RETURNED TO SENATE
- **2024-08-06** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
- **2024-08-06** SIGNED CHAP.220 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/f5253b6b-491f-4570-956f-151a4d18aec7`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New York legislature records).