---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relates to the authenticating effect of a party's production of material authored or otherwise created by the party"
description: "Relates to the authenticating effect of a party's production of material authored or otherwise created by the party."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ny"
legislature: "New York Legislature"
session: "2017-2018"
identifier: "A 6048"
citation: "New York A 6048 (2017-2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["ZEBROWSKI O"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 22
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2017-02-22"
last_action: "2018-08-24"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/3c972c52-aa70-40af-a744-c3eb850a0261"
source_url: "http://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2017/A6048"
source_hash: "df6c28ebb80df87a87d7882191cf354dbe8654fa704def5a5847512c8b7fff45"
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 6048 (2017-2018) — Relates to the authenticating effect of a party's production of material authored or otherwise created by the party

Relates to the authenticating effect of a party's production of material authored or otherwise created by the party.

## Version chain

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

1. **A6048 HTML** (committee substitute) — [source](http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?sh=printbill&bn=A6048&term=2017&Text=Y)
2. **A6048 PDF** (committee substitute) — [source](http://legislation.nysenate.gov/pdf/bills/2017/A6048)

## Votes

- Floor Vote — **62–0** (pass) · upper
- Assembly Vote - Vote 2 — **136–0** (pass) · lower
- Assembly Vote — **140–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- ZEBROWSKI O — primary (person)
- BRONSON — cosponsor (person)
- WEINSTEIN — cosponsor (person)
- WEPRIN — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-02-22** REFERRED TO JUDICIARY `referral-committee`
- **2017-03-07** REPORTED
- **2017-03-09** ADVANCED TO THIRD READING CAL.129
- **2017-03-20** PASSED ASSEMBLY `passage`
- **2017-03-20** DELIVERED TO SENATE
- **2017-03-20** REFERRED TO JUDICIARY `referral-committee`
- **2017-06-06** SUBSTITUTED FOR S4869
- **2017-06-06** 3RD READING CAL.631
- **2017-06-21** SUBSTITUTION RECONSIDERED
- **2017-06-21** COMMITTED TO RULES `referral-committee`
- **2018-01-03** DIED IN SENATE
- **2018-01-03** RETURNED TO ASSEMBLY
- **2018-01-03** ORDERED TO THIRD READING CAL.433
- **2018-03-20** PASSED ASSEMBLY `passage`
- **2018-03-20** DELIVERED TO SENATE
- **2018-03-20** REFERRED TO JUDICIARY `referral-committee`
- **2018-06-19** SUBSTITUTED FOR S4869
- **2018-06-19** 3RD READING CAL.321
- **2018-06-19** PASSED SENATE `passage`
- **2018-06-19** RETURNED TO ASSEMBLY
- **2018-08-13** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
- **2018-08-24** SIGNED CHAP.219 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/3c972c52-aa70-40af-a744-c3eb850a0261`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New York legislature records).