---
type: "Bill"
title: "Defines necessary court appearance for purposes of determination of crime victim's award"
description: "Defines the term \"necessary court appearance\" for purposes of the determination of a crime victim's award to include any part of a proceeding from arraignment through sentencing, pre and post trial hearings and hearings before the parole board."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ny"
legislature: "New York Legislature"
session: "2017-2018"
identifier: "A 6857"
citation: "New York A 6857 (2017-2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["ORTIZ"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 14
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2017-03-22"
last_action: "2017-11-29"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/8a9a89f8-fb52-45a0-9547-dcf3deabdd7d"
source_url: "http://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2017/A6857"
source_hash: "55989e34be5a63f360f1d87ff09c68d4a7e039b205b1f681cf0d3c630772bd98"
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 6857 (2017-2018) — Defines necessary court appearance for purposes of determination of crime victim's award

Defines the term "necessary court appearance" for purposes of the determination of a crime victim's award to include any part of a proceeding from arraignment through sentencing, pre and post trial hearings and hearings before the parole board.

## Version chain

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

1. **A6857 HTML** (committee substitute) — [source](http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?sh=printbill&bn=A6857&term=2017&Text=Y)
2. **A6857 PDF** (committee substitute) — [source](http://legislation.nysenate.gov/pdf/bills/2017/A6857)

## Votes

- Floor Vote — **61–0** (pass) · upper
- Assembly Vote — **124–15** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- ORTIZ — primary (person)
- PERRY — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-03-22** REFERRED TO GOVERNMENTAL OPERATIONS `referral-committee`
- **2017-04-25** REPORTED REFERRED TO CODES `referral-committee`
- **2017-04-25** REPORTED REFERRED TO WAYS AND MEANS `referral-committee`
- **2017-04-25** REPORTED
- **2017-04-27** ADVANCED TO THIRD READING CAL.236
- **2017-05-02** PASSED ASSEMBLY `passage`
- **2017-05-02** DELIVERED TO SENATE
- **2017-05-02** REFERRED TO FINANCE `referral-committee`
- **2017-06-08** SUBSTITUTED FOR S3338
- **2017-06-08** 3RD READING CAL.1522
- **2017-06-08** PASSED SENATE `passage`
- **2017-06-08** RETURNED TO ASSEMBLY
- **2017-11-17** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
- **2017-11-29** SIGNED CHAP.416 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/8a9a89f8-fb52-45a0-9547-dcf3deabdd7d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New York legislature records).