---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relates to contracts for publication of official court reports"
description: "Provides that notice for contracts for publication of official court reports shall be provided in the procurement opportunities newsletter."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ny"
legislature: "New York Legislature"
session: "2017-2018"
identifier: "A 6955"
citation: "New York A 6955 (2017-2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["BUCHWALD"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 12
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2017-03-28"
last_action: "2017-07-25"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/833538d8-7de5-441b-99dd-fe133ded3a7a"
source_url: "http://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2017/A6955"
source_hash: "bcaab357601bf7251bbad61d3aaf9ddc45388e2458c48057a7211413bda5562b"
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 6955 (2017-2018) — Relates to contracts for publication of official court reports

Provides that notice for contracts for publication of official court reports shall be provided in the procurement opportunities newsletter.

## Version chain

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

1. **A6955 HTML** (committee substitute) — [source](http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?sh=printbill&bn=A6955&term=2017&Text=Y)
2. **A6955 PDF** (committee substitute) — [source](http://legislation.nysenate.gov/pdf/bills/2017/A6955)

## Votes

- Assembly Vote — **139–0** (pass) · lower
- Floor Vote — **63–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- BUCHWALD — primary (person)
- WEINSTEIN — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-03-28** REFERRED TO JUDICIARY `referral-committee`
- **2017-04-24** REPORTED
- **2017-04-27** ADVANCED TO THIRD READING CAL.238
- **2017-05-08** PASSED ASSEMBLY `passage`
- **2017-05-08** DELIVERED TO SENATE
- **2017-05-08** REFERRED TO JUDICIARY `referral-committee`
- **2017-06-13** SUBSTITUTED FOR S5737
- **2017-06-13** 3RD READING CAL.873
- **2017-06-13** PASSED SENATE `passage`
- **2017-06-13** RETURNED TO ASSEMBLY
- **2017-07-13** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
- **2017-07-25** SIGNED CHAP.116 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/833538d8-7de5-441b-99dd-fe133ded3a7a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New York legislature records).