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type: "Bill"
title: "Relates to primary elections and the timely transmission of ballots to military voters stationed overseas"
description: "Relates to primary elections and amends certain deadlines to facilitate the timely transmission of ballots to military voters stationed overseas; relates to filling vacancies in elective offices; relates to the date of primary elections."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ny"
legislature: "New York Legislature"
session: "2019-2020"
identifier: "A 779"
citation: "New York A 779 (2019-2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["LAVINE"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 18
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2019-01-10"
last_action: "2019-01-24"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d5e1cdd5-8765-4d74-8b98-1c859e80c1ab"
source_url: "http://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2019/A779"
source_hash: "904e952c2c9206a915a6825196d7d801931cdcd2127c0f68aa8544d0f4967313"
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 A 779 (2019-2020) — Relates to primary elections and the timely transmission of ballots to military voters stationed overseas
Relates to primary elections and amends certain deadlines to facilitate the timely transmission of ballots to military voters stationed overseas; relates to filling vacancies in elective offices; relates to the date of primary elections.
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **A779** (committee substitute) — [source](http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?sh=printbill&bn=A779&term=2019&Text=Y)
## Votes
- MOTION:Norris; To appeal decision of the chair — **9054** (pass) · lower
- Assembly Vote — **12024** (pass) · lower
- Floor Vote — **529** (pass) · upper
- MOTION:Norris; To amend - Vote 2 — **4599** (fail) · lower
- MOTION:Norris; To amend — **42102** (fail) · lower
- Floor Vote — **529** (pass) · upper
## Sponsors
- LAVINE — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2019-01-10** REFERRED TO ELECTION LAW `referral-committee`
- **2019-01-14** REPORTED REFERRED TO WAYS AND MEANS `referral-committee`
- **2019-01-14** REPORTED REFERRED TO RULES `referral-committee`
- **2019-01-14** REPORTED
- **2019-01-14** RULES REPORT CAL.8
- **2019-01-14** ORDERED TO THIRD READING RULES CAL.8
- **2019-01-14** MOTION TO AMEND LOST
- **2019-01-14** MOTION TO AMEND LOST
- **2019-01-14** RULING OF CHAIR ON POINT OF ORDER
- **2019-01-14** PASSED ASSEMBLY `passage`
- **2019-01-14** DELIVERED TO SENATE
- **2019-01-14** REFERRED TO RULES `referral-committee`
- **2019-01-14** SUBSTITUTED FOR S1103
- **2019-01-14** 3RD READING CAL.9
- **2019-01-14** PASSED SENATE `passage`
- **2019-01-14** RETURNED TO ASSEMBLY
- **2019-01-14** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
- **2019-01-24** SIGNED CHAP.5 `executive-signature`
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/d5e1cdd5-8765-4d74-8b98-1c859e80c1ab`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New York legislature records).