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Bill	Permits the electronic appearance of a defendant in the county of Sullivan	Permits the electronic appearance of a defendant in the county of Sullivan, provided that the chief administrator of the courts has authorized the use of electronic appearance and the defendant, after consultation with counsel, consents on the record.	us/states/ny	New York Legislature	2021-2022	A 8578	New York A 8578 (2021-2022)	bill		enacted	GUNTHER	1	13	2	2021-12-13	2022-06-30	openstates	ocd-bill/d051fe50-ee05-4bfb-b46f-a179ceccfa72	http://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2021/A8578	b808006379f7addbcfaa684dcda4ffcb8cb12d4f5faba3355a2736b8c1ab511e	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ny

New York A 8578 (2021-2022) — Permits the electronic appearance of a defendant in the county of Sullivan

Permits the electronic appearance of a defendant in the county of Sullivan, provided that the chief administrator of the courts has authorized the use of electronic appearance and the defendant, after consultation with counsel, consents on the record.

Version chain

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

1. A8578 (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• Floor Vote — 63–0 (pass) · upper
• Assembly Vote — 146–1 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• GUNTHER — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2021-12-13 REFERRED TO CODES referral-committee
• 2022-01-05 REFERRED TO CODES referral-committee
• 2022-05-03 REPORTED
• 2022-05-05 ADVANCED TO THIRD READING CAL.615
• 2022-05-09 PASSED ASSEMBLY passage
• 2022-05-09 DELIVERED TO SENATE
• 2022-05-09 REFERRED TO CODES referral-committee
• 2022-06-01 SUBSTITUTED FOR S7900
• 2022-06-01 3RD READING CAL.1549
• 2022-06-01 PASSED SENATE passage
• 2022-06-01 RETURNED TO ASSEMBLY
• 2022-06-23 DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR executive-receipt
• 2022-06-30 SIGNED CHAP.254 executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/d051fe50-ee05-4bfb-b46f-a179ceccfa72. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New York legislature records).