---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relates to a referee's compensation"
description: "Relates to a referee's compensation; increases a referee's compensation generally to three hundred fifty dollars and upon a sale of real property pursuant to a judgment to seven hundred fifty dollars."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ny"
legislature: "New York Legislature"
session: "2017-2018"
identifier: "A 5837"
citation: "New York A 5837 (2017-2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["LENTOL"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 13
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2017-02-16"
last_action: "2018-12-21"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/bd47dfca-7864-4afb-a6f6-20be5f987ea6"
source_url: "http://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2017/A5837"
source_hash: "3737dd9fbb204fec2e6b9aca84ef1a4f303e6c3b7c7ac2de71dae073f64939a7"
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 5837 (2017-2018) — Relates to a referee's compensation

Relates to a referee's compensation; increases a referee's compensation generally to three hundred fifty dollars and upon a sale of real property pursuant to a judgment to seven hundred fifty dollars.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **A5837 HTML** (committee substitute) — [source](http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?sh=printbill&bn=A5837&term=2017&Text=Y)
2. **A5837 PDF** (committee substitute) — [source](http://legislation.nysenate.gov/pdf/bills/2017/A5837)

## Votes

- Assembly Vote — **134–0** (pass) · lower
- Floor Vote — **61–1** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- LENTOL — primary (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2017-02-16** REFERRED TO JUDICIARY `referral-committee`
- **2018-01-03** REFERRED TO JUDICIARY `referral-committee`
- **2018-04-24** REPORTED
- **2018-04-26** ADVANCED TO THIRD READING CAL.790
- **2018-05-02** PASSED ASSEMBLY `passage`
- **2018-05-02** DELIVERED TO SENATE
- **2018-05-02** REFERRED TO JUDICIARY `referral-committee`
- **2018-06-19** SUBSTITUTED FOR S8351
- **2018-06-19** 3RD READING CAL.1961
- **2018-06-19** PASSED SENATE `passage`
- **2018-06-19** RETURNED TO ASSEMBLY
- **2018-12-11** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
- **2018-12-21** SIGNED CHAP.376 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/bd47dfca-7864-4afb-a6f6-20be5f987ea6`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New York legislature records).