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+---
+type: "Bill"
+title: "Allows an affirmation by any person, wherever made, in a civil action"
+description: "Allows an affirmation by any person, wherever made, subscribed and affirmed by that person to be true under the penalties of perjury, to be used in a civil action in New York in lieu of and with the same force and effect as an affidavit."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/ny"
+legislature: "New York Legislature"
+session: "2023-2024"
+identifier: "A 5772"
+citation: "New York A 5772 (2023-2024)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Charles Lavine"]
+version_count: 1
+action_count: 12
+vote_count: 2
+first_action: "2023-03-23"
+last_action: "2023-10-25"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/441afc5f-e138-4f7e-92f9-c1715fb5a645"
+source_url: "http://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2023/A5772"
+source_hash: "442700a41488af61129deb0d9d1c5750fe77b3a096fbe6772328c6fc67d6cb1d"
+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 5772 (2023-2024) — Allows an affirmation by any person, wherever made, in a civil action
+
+Allows an affirmation by any person, wherever made, subscribed and affirmed by that person to be true under the penalties of perjury, to be used in a civil action in New York in lieu of and with the same force and effect as an affidavit.
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **A5772** (committee substitute) — [source](http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?sh=printbill&bn=A5772&term=2023&Text=Y)
+
+## Votes
+
+- Assembly Vote — **100–48** (pass) · lower
+- Floor Vote — **43–15** (pass) · upper
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Charles Lavine — primary (person)
+- Jo Anne Simon — cosponsor (person)
+- Monica P. Wallace — cosponsor (person)
+- Tony Simone — cosponsor (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2023-03-23** REFERRED TO JUDICIARY `referral-committee`
+- **2023-04-25** REPORTED
+- **2023-04-27** ADVANCED TO THIRD READING CAL.176
+- **2023-05-23** PASSED ASSEMBLY `passage`
+- **2023-05-23** DELIVERED TO SENATE
+- **2023-05-23** REFERRED TO JUDICIARY `referral-committee`
+- **2023-05-31** SUBSTITUTED FOR S5162
+- **2023-05-31** 3RD READING CAL.504
+- **2023-05-31** PASSED SENATE `passage`
+- **2023-05-31** RETURNED TO ASSEMBLY
+- **2023-10-13** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
+- **2023-10-25** SIGNED CHAP.559 `executive-signature`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/441afc5f-e138-4f7e-92f9-c1715fb5a645`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New York legislature records).
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