---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relates to waiver of pre-sentence reports"
description: "Relates to waiver of pre-sentence reports."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ny"
legislature: "New York Legislature"
session: "2017-2018"
identifier: "A 7442"
citation: "New York A 7442 (2017-2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["BUCHWALD"]
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/21b37e37-e188-4f2d-a5a5-efc1ea3dc047"
source_url: "http://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2017/A7442"
source_hash: "a992758fa4a1bf46b2ab516ded4e4eb1cac3d52811f0e7817b5eeb69ef24b28c"
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 7442 (2017-2018) — Relates to waiver of pre-sentence reports

Relates to waiver of pre-sentence reports.

## Version chain

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

1. **A7442 HTML** (committee substitute) — [source](http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?sh=printbill&bn=A7442&term=2017&Text=Y)
2. **A7442 PDF** (committee substitute) — [source](http://legislation.nysenate.gov/pdf/bills/2017/A7442)

## Votes

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

## Sponsors

- BUCHWALD — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-04-25** REFERRED TO CODES `referral-committee`
- **2017-05-16** REPORTED
- **2017-05-18** ADVANCED TO THIRD READING CAL.465
- **2017-06-05** PASSED ASSEMBLY `passage`
- **2017-06-05** DELIVERED TO SENATE
- **2017-06-05** REFERRED TO RULES `referral-committee`
- **2017-06-19** SUBSTITUTED FOR S5071
- **2017-06-19** 3RD READING CAL.1316
- **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.194 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/21b37e37-e188-4f2d-a5a5-efc1ea3dc047`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New York legislature records).