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S 8887 NY
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Relates to enacting provisions for the execution of electronic wills

NY · session 2025-2026 · Senate · bill

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Introduced Jan 13, 2026

Latest action (Feb 13, 2026) SIGNED CHAP.89

Summary

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.

Sponsor (1)

Action history (11)
  1. Jan 13, 2026 REFERRED TO RULES · upper
  2. Jan 20, 2026 ORDERED TO THIRD READING CAL.99 · upper
  3. Jan 28, 2026 PASSED SENATE · upper
  4. Jan 28, 2026 DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY · upper
  5. Jan 28, 2026 REFERRED TO JUDICIARY · lower
  6. Feb 10, 2026 SUBSTITUTED FOR A9497 · lower
  7. Feb 10, 2026 ORDERED TO THIRD READING RULES CAL.67 · lower
  8. Feb 10, 2026 PASSED ASSEMBLY · lower
  9. Feb 10, 2026 RETURNED TO SENATE · lower
  10. Feb 13, 2026 DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR · upper
  11. Feb 13, 2026 SIGNED CHAP.89 · upper

Text versions (2)

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  • S8887 · HTML
  • S8887 · PDF

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