---
type: "Bill"
title: "Provides that the attorney - client privilege shall apply to communications between a lawyer referral service and a client"
description: "Provides that the attorney - client privilege shall apply to communications between a lawyer referral service and a client."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ny"
legislature: "New York Legislature"
session: "2017-2018"
identifier: "A 9029"
citation: "New York A 9029 (2017-2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["DINOWITZ"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 12
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2018-01-12"
last_action: "2018-08-24"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/fe47565c-08df-44ff-98c1-1b13282f9b1a"
source_url: "http://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2017/A9029"
source_hash: "9a42e2f69c5f55b100e06080499994ee3fe5b2f9562e0b3a7e68b7108297f925"
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 9029 (2017-2018) — Provides that the attorney - client privilege shall apply to communications between a lawyer referral service and a client

Provides that the attorney - client privilege shall apply to communications between a lawyer referral service and a client.

## Version chain

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

1. **A9029 HTML** (committee substitute) — [source](http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?sh=printbill&bn=A9029&term=2017&Text=Y)
2. **A9029 PDF** (committee substitute) — [source](http://legislation.nysenate.gov/pdf/bills/2017/A9029)

## Votes

- Assembly Vote — **121–12** (pass) · lower
- Floor Vote — **60–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- DINOWITZ — primary (person)
- ABINANTI — cosponsor (person)
- WEPRIN — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-01-12** REFERRED TO JUDICIARY `referral-committee`
- **2018-01-23** REPORTED
- **2018-01-25** ADVANCED TO THIRD READING CAL.624
- **2018-01-29** PASSED ASSEMBLY `passage`
- **2018-01-29** DELIVERED TO SENATE
- **2018-01-29** REFERRED TO JUDICIARY `referral-committee`
- **2018-03-06** SUBSTITUTED FOR S5845
- **2018-03-06** 3RD READING CAL.323
- **2018-03-06** PASSED SENATE `passage`
- **2018-03-06** RETURNED TO ASSEMBLY
- **2018-08-13** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
- **2018-08-24** SIGNED CHAP.235 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/fe47565c-08df-44ff-98c1-1b13282f9b1a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New York legislature records).