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Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.8 <noreply@anthropic.com>
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type: "Bill"
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title: "Relates to enacting provisions for the execution of electronic wills"
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description: "Enacts provisions for the execution of electronic wills including attestation, revocation, filing and storage; requires the chief administrator of the courts to adopt rules necessary and appropriate for electronic wills."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/ny"
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legislature: "New York Legislature"
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session: "2025-2026"
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identifier: "S 8887"
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citation: "New York S 8887 (2025-2026)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Luis R. Sepúlveda"]
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version_count: 1
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action_count: 11
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vote_count: 3
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first_action: "2026-01-13"
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last_action: "2026-02-13"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/733009d5-430f-4dd9-8b28-3c3330b7366f"
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source_url: "http://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2025/S8887"
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source_hash: "de62db1c65ffb57b8e0e70e1fb3ffcd3a2392f2b79c294aa0c04da238c76f20c"
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vintage: "2026-07-01"
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source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
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retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
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confidence: "reported"
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tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-ny"]
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---
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# New York S 8887 (2025-2026) — Relates to enacting provisions for the execution of electronic wills
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Enacts provisions for the execution of electronic wills including attestation, revocation, filing and storage; requires the chief administrator of the courts to adopt rules necessary and appropriate for electronic wills.
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## Version chain
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The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
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1. **S8887** (committee substitute) — [source](http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?sh=printbill&bn=S8887&term=2025&Text=Y)
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## Votes
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- Rules Vote — **13–6** (pass) · upper
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- Floor Vote — **39–20** (pass) · upper
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- Assembly Vote — **106–38** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- Luis R. Sepúlveda — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2026-01-13** REFERRED TO RULES `referral-committee`
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- **2026-01-20** ORDERED TO THIRD READING CAL.99
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- **2026-01-28** PASSED SENATE `passage`
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- **2026-01-28** DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY
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- **2026-01-28** REFERRED TO JUDICIARY `referral-committee`
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- **2026-02-10** SUBSTITUTED FOR A9497
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- **2026-02-10** ORDERED TO THIRD READING RULES CAL.67
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- **2026-02-10** PASSED ASSEMBLY `passage`
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- **2026-02-10** RETURNED TO SENATE
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- **2026-02-13** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
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- **2026-02-13** SIGNED CHAP.89 `executive-signature`
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## Source
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OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/733009d5-430f-4dd9-8b28-3c3330b7366f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New York legislature records).
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