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legislation/us/states/ny/2019-2020/a-5318.md

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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Requires companies to allow victims of domestic violence to cancel contracts when there is a domestic violence incident report, a police report, an order of protection or a signed affidavit"
+description: "Requires companies to allow victims of domestic violence to cancel contracts when there is a domestic violence incident report, a police report, an order of protection or a signed affidavit."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/ny"
+legislature: "New York Legislature"
+session: "2019-2020"
+identifier: "A 5318"
+citation: "New York A 5318 (2019-2020)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["ROZIC"]
+version_count: 1
+action_count: 13
+vote_count: 2
+first_action: "2019-02-08"
+last_action: "2019-08-28"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/00c44cf1-46b1-4dd9-beca-2ede8dea0759"
+source_url: "http://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2019/A5318"
+source_hash: "4626d0592a9d45e2488ac4ad3e5f7e0c27969ca1155a48241431692d84bdf8e6"
+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 5318 (2019-2020) — Requires companies to allow victims of domestic violence to cancel contracts when there is a domestic violence incident report, a police report, an order of protection or a signed affidavit
+
+Requires companies to allow victims of domestic violence to cancel contracts when there is a domestic violence incident report, a police report, an order of protection or a signed affidavit.
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **A5318** (committee substitute) — [source](http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?sh=printbill&bn=A5318&term=2019&Text=Y)
+
+## Votes
+
+- Floor Vote — **59–0** (pass) · upper
+- Assembly Vote — **134–7** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- ROZIC — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2019-02-08** REFERRED TO CORPORATIONS, AUTHORITIES AND COMMISSIONS `referral-committee`
+- **2019-03-06** REPORTED REFERRED TO CODES `referral-committee`
+- **2019-03-12** REPORTED
+- **2019-03-14** ADVANCED TO THIRD READING CAL.144
+- **2019-05-14** PASSED ASSEMBLY `passage`
+- **2019-05-14** DELIVERED TO SENATE
+- **2019-05-14** REFERRED TO ENERGY AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS `referral-committee`
+- **2019-05-14** SUBSTITUTED FOR S2356
+- **2019-05-14** 3RD READING CAL.119
+- **2019-05-14** PASSED SENATE `passage`
+- **2019-05-14** RETURNED TO ASSEMBLY
+- **2019-08-27** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
+- **2019-08-28** SIGNED CHAP.186 `executive-signature`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/00c44cf1-46b1-4dd9-beca-2ede8dea0759`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New York legislature records).
+