---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relates to the duties of the district attorney in cases in which the final disposition includes convictions of certain felonies"
description: "Relates to the duties of the district attorney in cases in which the final disposition includes convictions of certain felonies."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ny"
legislature: "New York Legislature"
session: "2017-2018"
identifier: "A 7439"
citation: "New York A 7439 (2017-2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["WALKER"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 12
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2017-04-25"
last_action: "2017-08-21"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e2a6f46f-5a89-4924-9608-6caba3899388"
source_url: "http://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2017/A7439"
source_hash: "54eb50cab2d1ec8ae1c4a0cbd1bec21f4eac25ec29db2d0799a59bd35c0b08b7"
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 7439 (2017-2018) — Relates to the duties of the district attorney in cases in which the final disposition includes convictions of certain felonies

Relates to the duties of the district attorney in cases in which the final disposition includes convictions of certain felonies.

## Version chain

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

1. **A7439 HTML** (committee substitute) — [source](http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?sh=printbill&bn=A7439&term=2017&Text=Y)
2. **A7439 PDF** (committee substitute) — [source](http://legislation.nysenate.gov/pdf/bills/2017/A7439)

## Votes

- Assembly Vote — **143–0** (pass) · lower
- Floor Vote — **62–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- WALKER — primary (person)
- BLAKE — cosponsor (person)
- BUCHWALD — cosponsor (person)
- COLTON — cosponsor (person)
- MOSLEY — cosponsor (person)
- MURRAY — cosponsor (person)
- ORTIZ — cosponsor (person)
- SEPULVEDA — cosponsor (person)
- VANEL — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-04-25** REFERRED TO CODES `referral-committee`
- **2017-05-02** REPORTED
- **2017-05-04** ADVANCED TO THIRD READING CAL.305
- **2017-05-15** PASSED ASSEMBLY `passage`
- **2017-05-15** DELIVERED TO SENATE
- **2017-05-15** REFERRED TO CODES `referral-committee`
- **2017-06-19** SUBSTITUTED FOR S6406
- **2017-06-19** 3RD READING CAL.1966
- **2017-06-19** PASSED SENATE `passage`
- **2017-06-19** RETURNED TO ASSEMBLY
- **2017-08-09** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
- **2017-08-21** SIGNED CHAP.193 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/e2a6f46f-5a89-4924-9608-6caba3899388`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New York legislature records).