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legislation/us/states/ny/2019-2020/s-5859.md

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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Relates to the disclosure of liability of a motor vehicle lessee in the case of a total loss or the vehicle is rendered inoperable"
+description: "Relates to the disclosure of liability of a motor vehicle lessee in the case of a total loss or the vehicle is rendered inoperable; requires disclosure of lessor policies in the case of a total loss or vehicle rendered inoperable."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/ny"
+legislature: "New York Legislature"
+session: "2019-2020"
+identifier: "S 5859"
+citation: "New York S 5859 (2019-2020)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["THOMAS"]
+version_count: 3
+action_count: 16
+vote_count: 3
+first_action: "2019-05-15"
+last_action: "2019-12-06"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/6d995284-9206-4341-ae4b-32e698f86143"
+source_url: "http://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2019/S5859"
+source_hash: "18f228474296141194080e448f64e8520c5ecf3a6635f8c6b48d2b2b6ad04bc3"
+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 S 5859 (2019-2020) — Relates to the disclosure of liability of a motor vehicle lessee in the case of a total loss or the vehicle is rendered inoperable
+
+Relates to the disclosure of liability of a motor vehicle lessee in the case of a total loss or the vehicle is rendered inoperable; requires disclosure of lessor policies in the case of a total loss or vehicle rendered inoperable.
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **S5859** (committee substitute) — [source](http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?sh=printbill&bn=S5859&term=2019&Text=Y)
+2. **S5859A** (committee substitute) — [source](http://legislation.nysenate.gov/pdf/bills/2019/S5859A)
+3. **S5859B** (committee substitute) — [source](http://legislation.nysenate.gov/pdf/bills/2019/S5859B)
+
+## Votes
+
+- Floor Vote - Version: B — **62–0** (pass) · upper
+- Rules Vote - Version: B — **19–0** (pass) · upper
+- Assembly Vote — **147–0** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- THOMAS — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2019-05-15** REFERRED TO CONSUMER PROTECTION `referral-committee`
+- **2019-05-16** AMEND AND RECOMMIT TO CONSUMER PROTECTION `referral-committee, amendment-passage`
+- **2019-05-16** PRINT NUMBER 5859A `amendment-passage`
+- **2019-05-30** AMEND AND RECOMMIT TO CONSUMER PROTECTION `referral-committee, amendment-passage`
+- **2019-05-30** PRINT NUMBER 5859B `amendment-passage`
+- **2019-06-05** COMMITTEE DISCHARGED AND COMMITTED TO RULES `referral-committee`
+- **2019-06-05** ORDERED TO THIRD READING CAL.1201
+- **2019-06-05** PASSED SENATE `passage`
+- **2019-06-05** DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY
+- **2019-06-05** REFERRED TO CONSUMER AFFAIRS AND PROTECTION `referral-committee`
+- **2019-06-18** SUBSTITUTED FOR A6748A
+- **2019-06-18** ORDERED TO THIRD READING RULES CAL.379
+- **2019-06-18** PASSED ASSEMBLY `passage`
+- **2019-06-18** RETURNED TO SENATE
+- **2019-11-26** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
+- **2019-12-06** SIGNED CHAP.607 `executive-signature`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/6d995284-9206-4341-ae4b-32e698f86143`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New York legislature records).
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