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legislation/us/states/ny/2017-2018/a-9029.md

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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Provides that the attorney - client privilege shall apply to communications between a lawyer referral service and a client"
+description: "Provides that the attorney - client privilege shall apply to communications between a lawyer referral service and a client."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/ny"
+legislature: "New York Legislature"
+session: "2017-2018"
+identifier: "A 9029"
+citation: "New York A 9029 (2017-2018)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["DINOWITZ"]
+version_count: 2
+action_count: 12
+vote_count: 2
+first_action: "2018-01-12"
+last_action: "2018-08-24"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/fe47565c-08df-44ff-98c1-1b13282f9b1a"
+source_url: "http://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2017/A9029"
+source_hash: "9a42e2f69c5f55b100e06080499994ee3fe5b2f9562e0b3a7e68b7108297f925"
+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 9029 (2017-2018) — Provides that the attorney - client privilege shall apply to communications between a lawyer referral service and a client
+
+Provides that the attorney - client privilege shall apply to communications between a lawyer referral service and a client.
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **A9029 HTML** (committee substitute) — [source](http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?sh=printbill&bn=A9029&term=2017&Text=Y)
+2. **A9029 PDF** (committee substitute) — [source](http://legislation.nysenate.gov/pdf/bills/2017/A9029)
+
+## Votes
+
+- Assembly Vote — **121–12** (pass) · lower
+- Floor Vote — **60–0** (pass) · upper
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- DINOWITZ — primary (person)
+- ABINANTI — cosponsor (person)
+- WEPRIN — cosponsor (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2018-01-12** REFERRED TO JUDICIARY `referral-committee`
+- **2018-01-23** REPORTED
+- **2018-01-25** ADVANCED TO THIRD READING CAL.624
+- **2018-01-29** PASSED ASSEMBLY `passage`
+- **2018-01-29** DELIVERED TO SENATE
+- **2018-01-29** REFERRED TO JUDICIARY `referral-committee`
+- **2018-03-06** SUBSTITUTED FOR S5845
+- **2018-03-06** 3RD READING CAL.323
+- **2018-03-06** PASSED SENATE `passage`
+- **2018-03-06** RETURNED TO ASSEMBLY
+- **2018-08-13** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
+- **2018-08-24** SIGNED CHAP.235 `executive-signature`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/fe47565c-08df-44ff-98c1-1b13282f9b1a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New York legislature records).
+