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legislation/us/states/ny/2021-2022/a-459.md

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+---
+type: "Bill"
+title: "Relates to confidentiality of records in proceedings to vacate convictions for offenses resulting from sex trafficking, labor trafficking and compelling prostitution"
+description: "Relates to proceedings to vacate convictions for offenses resulting from sex trafficking, labor trafficking and compelling prostitution and provides for confidentiality of records of such proceedings."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/ny"
+legislature: "New York Legislature"
+session: "2021-2022"
+identifier: "A 459"
+citation: "New York A 459 (2021-2022)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["GOTTFRIED"]
+version_count: 1
+action_count: 12
+vote_count: 2
+first_action: "2021-01-06"
+last_action: "2021-11-16"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/badf72cb-1c71-4514-91f3-6ae9ae97bc1c"
+source_url: "http://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2021/A459"
+source_hash: "2e59c14840251d20aec53300a4345c07dbe59a3780bb9b9cc86eb3aad16dc24e"
+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 459 (2021-2022) — Relates to confidentiality of records in proceedings to vacate convictions for offenses resulting from sex trafficking, labor trafficking and compelling prostitution
+
+Relates to proceedings to vacate convictions for offenses resulting from sex trafficking, labor trafficking and compelling prostitution and provides for confidentiality of records of such proceedings.
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **A459** (committee substitute) — [source](http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?sh=printbill&bn=A459&term=2021&Text=Y)
+
+## Votes
+
+- Floor Vote — **43–20** (pass) · upper
+- Assembly Vote — **111–36** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- GOTTFRIED — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2021-01-06** REFERRED TO CODES `referral-committee`
+- **2021-01-20** REPORTED
+- **2021-01-21** ADVANCED TO THIRD READING CAL.35
+- **2021-05-05** PASSED ASSEMBLY `passage`
+- **2021-05-05** DELIVERED TO SENATE
+- **2021-05-05** REFERRED TO CODES `referral-committee`
+- **2021-05-25** SUBSTITUTED FOR S674
+- **2021-05-25** 3RD READING CAL.385
+- **2021-05-25** PASSED SENATE `passage`
+- **2021-05-25** RETURNED TO ASSEMBLY
+- **2021-11-16** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
+- **2021-11-16** SIGNED CHAP.629 `executive-signature`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/badf72cb-1c71-4514-91f3-6ae9ae97bc1c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New York legislature records).
+