---
type: "Bill"
title: "Authorizes venue in the county in which a substantial part of the events or omissions giving rise to the claim occurred"
description: "Authorizes venue in the county in which a substantial part of the events or omission giving rise to the claim occurred."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ny"
legislature: "New York Legislature"
session: "2017-2018"
identifier: "A 8032"
citation: "New York A 8032 (2017-2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["ROSENTHAL L"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 14
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2017-05-25"
last_action: "2017-10-23"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/76f105c3-6cc3-4b8f-88b9-db3ebb178419"
source_url: "http://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2017/A8032"
source_hash: "03abd3360ebe3e794153febf49e1bafca78323f6696c0151c77b8023ecae6187"
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 8032 (2017-2018) — Authorizes venue in the county in which a substantial part of the events or omissions giving rise to the claim occurred

Authorizes venue in the county in which a substantial part of the events or omission giving rise to the claim occurred.

## Version chain

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

1. **A8032 HTML** (committee substitute) — [source](http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?sh=printbill&bn=A8032&term=2017&Text=Y)
2. **A8032 PDF** (committee substitute) — [source](http://legislation.nysenate.gov/pdf/bills/2017/A8032)

## Votes

- Floor Vote — **62–0** (pass) · upper
- Assembly Vote — **136–1** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- ROSENTHAL L — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-05-25** REFERRED TO JUDICIARY `referral-committee`
- **2017-06-19** REPORTED REFERRED TO RULES `referral-committee`
- **2017-06-20** REPORTED
- **2017-06-20** RULES REPORT CAL.559
- **2017-06-20** ORDERED TO THIRD READING RULES CAL.559
- **2017-06-21** PASSED ASSEMBLY `passage`
- **2017-06-21** DELIVERED TO SENATE
- **2017-06-21** REFERRED TO RULES `referral-committee`
- **2017-06-21** SUBSTITUTED FOR S6031
- **2017-06-21** 3RD READING CAL.2217
- **2017-06-21** PASSED SENATE `passage`
- **2017-06-21** RETURNED TO ASSEMBLY
- **2017-10-11** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
- **2017-10-23** SIGNED CHAP.366 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/76f105c3-6cc3-4b8f-88b9-db3ebb178419`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New York legislature records).