republic-os/legislation/us/states/ny/2019-2020/s-8015.md

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Bill	Relates to absentee voting	Authorizes absentee voting; defines the term "illness" for the purposes of absentee voting to include instances where a voter is unable to appear personally at the polling place of the election district in which they are a qualified voter because there is a risk of contracting or spreading a disease causing illness to the voter or to other members of the public.	us/states/ny	New York Legislature	2019-2020	S 8015	New York S 8015 (2019-2020)	bill		enacted	BIAGGI	5	21	4	2020-03-09	2020-08-20	openstates	ocd-bill/5abd7b0c-2f80-4ad0-93be-a34bd5378238	http://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2019/S8015	28c51e46d6f74280da37708ee0681a169b93a4d2a6c96f09b4c63b242cd1e629	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ny

New York S 8015 (2019-2020) — Relates to absentee voting

Authorizes absentee voting; defines the term "illness" for the purposes of absentee voting to include instances where a voter is unable to appear personally at the polling place of the election district in which they are a qualified voter because there is a risk of contracting or spreading a disease causing illness to the voter or to other members of the public.

Version chain

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

1. S8015 (committee substitute) — source
2. S8015A (committee substitute) — source
3. S8015B (committee substitute) — source
4. S8015C (committee substitute) — source
5. S8015D (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• Rules Vote - Version: D — 13–6 (pass) · upper
• Elections Vote - Version: D — 5–2 (pass) · upper
• Assembly Vote — 118–23 (pass) · lower
• Floor Vote - Version: D — 42–18 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• BIAGGI — primary (person)
• ADDABBO — cosponsor (person)
• BENJAMIN — cosponsor (person)
• BROOKS — cosponsor (person)
• CARLUCCI — cosponsor (person)
• COMRIE — cosponsor (person)
• GAUGHRAN — cosponsor (person)
• GIANARIS — cosponsor (person)
• GOUNARDES — cosponsor (person)
• HARCKHAM — cosponsor (person)
• HOYLMAN — cosponsor (person)
• JACKSON — cosponsor (person)
• KAMINSKY — cosponsor (person)
• KAPLAN — cosponsor (person)
• KENNEDY — cosponsor (person)
• KRUEGER — cosponsor (person)
• LIU — cosponsor (person)
• MAY — cosponsor (person)
• MAYER — cosponsor (person)
• METZGER — cosponsor (person)
• MYRIE — cosponsor (person)
• PERSAUD — cosponsor (person)
• RAMOS — cosponsor (person)
• RIVERA — cosponsor (person)
• SAVINO — cosponsor (person)
• SEPULVEDA — cosponsor (person)
• SERRANO — cosponsor (person)
• STAVISKY — cosponsor (person)
• THOMAS — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2020-03-09 REFERRED TO ELECTIONS referral-committee
• 2020-03-24 AMEND (T) AND RECOMMIT TO ELECTIONS referral-committee, amendment-passage
• 2020-03-24 PRINT NUMBER 8015A amendment-passage
• 2020-05-21 AMEND AND RECOMMIT TO ELECTIONS referral-committee, amendment-passage
• 2020-05-21 PRINT NUMBER 8015B amendment-passage
• 2020-07-15 AMEND AND RECOMMIT TO ELECTIONS referral-committee, amendment-passage
• 2020-07-15 PRINT NUMBER 8015C amendment-passage
• 2020-07-16 AMEND (T) AND RECOMMIT TO ELECTIONS referral-committee, amendment-passage
• 2020-07-16 PRINT NUMBER 8015D amendment-passage
• 2020-07-21 REPORTED AND COMMITTED TO RULES referral-committee
• 2020-07-22 ORDERED TO THIRD READING CAL.894
• 2020-07-22 PASSED SENATE passage
• 2020-07-22 DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY
• 2020-07-22 REFERRED TO WAYS AND MEANS referral-committee
• 2020-07-23 SUBSTITUTED FOR A10833
• 2020-07-23 ORDERED TO THIRD READING RULES CAL.350
• 2020-07-23 PASSED ASSEMBLY passage
• 2020-07-23 RETURNED TO SENATE
• 2020-08-10 DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR executive-receipt
• 2020-08-20 SIGNED CHAP.139 executive-signature
• 2020-08-20 APPROVAL MEMO.4

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/5abd7b0c-2f80-4ad0-93be-a34bd5378238. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New York legislature records).