---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relates to collision or comprehensive coverage on motor vehicles"
description: "Relates to collision or comprehensive coverage on motor vehicles."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ny"
legislature: "New York Legislature"
session: "2017-2018"
identifier: "S 1859"
citation: "New York S 1859 (2017-2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["DEFRANCISCO"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 12
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2017-01-11"
last_action: "2017-06-21"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/bb9b17ee-c53c-4d24-8620-23db818b44ac"
source_url: "http://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2017/S1859"
source_hash: "18275a3d51cbe228d8f8cb3e44d419f71b3e8aa03fe643fb61c540e4a042677f"
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 S 1859 (2017-2018) — Relates to collision or comprehensive coverage on motor vehicles

Relates to collision or comprehensive coverage on motor vehicles.

## Version chain

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

1. **S1859 HTML** (committee substitute) — [source](http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?sh=printbill&bn=S1859&term=2017&Text=Y)
2. **S1859 PDF** (committee substitute) — [source](http://legislation.nysenate.gov/pdf/bills/2017/S1859)

## Votes

- Rules Vote — **24–0** (pass) · upper
- Assembly Vote — **108–34** (pass) · lower
- Floor Vote — **60–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- DEFRANCISCO — primary (person)
- BRESLIN — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-01-11** REFERRED TO INSURANCE `referral-committee`
- **2017-01-17** COMMITTEE DISCHARGED AND COMMITTED TO RULES `referral-committee`
- **2017-01-17** ORDERED TO THIRD READING CAL.42
- **2017-01-18** PASSED SENATE `passage`
- **2017-01-18** DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY
- **2017-01-18** REFERRED TO INSURANCE `referral-committee`
- **2017-03-13** SUBSTITUTED FOR A578
- **2017-03-13** ORDERED TO THIRD READING CAL.116
- **2017-03-23** PASSED ASSEMBLY `passage`
- **2017-03-23** RETURNED TO SENATE
- **2017-06-09** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
- **2017-06-21** SIGNED CHAP.36 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/bb9b17ee-c53c-4d24-8620-23db818b44ac`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New York legislature records).