---
type: "Bill"
title: "Expands eligibility for crime victims' compensation to include domestic partners"
description: "Expands eligibility for those who receive awards under crime victims' compensation to include a domestic partner; defines domestic partner; further provides for out-of-pocket loss to include the cost of counseling for surviving family members of homicide victims."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ny"
legislature: "New York Legislature"
session: "2019-2020"
identifier: "A 2566"
citation: "New York A 2566 (2019-2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["GLICK"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 16
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2019-01-23"
last_action: "2019-12-20"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/4fd6c234-3e6e-40de-8b88-53b75a7aa146"
source_url: "http://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2019/A2566"
source_hash: "dd43aaa51afb1cc28288217278c00f9bb95d71bce2dafa5594567862ce579060"
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 2566 (2019-2020) — Expands eligibility for crime victims' compensation to include domestic partners

Expands eligibility for those who receive awards under crime victims' compensation to include a domestic partner; defines domestic partner; further provides for out-of-pocket loss to include the cost of counseling for surviving family members of homicide victims.

## Version chain

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

1. **A2566** (committee substitute) — [source](http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?sh=printbill&bn=A2566&term=2019&Text=Y)

## Votes

- Assembly Vote — **122–24** (pass) · lower
- Floor Vote — **59–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- GLICK — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-01-23** REFERRED TO GOVERNMENTAL OPERATIONS `referral-committee`
- **2019-02-05** REPORTED REFERRED TO CODES `referral-committee`
- **2019-02-11** REPORTED REFERRED TO WAYS AND MEANS `referral-committee`
- **2019-04-09** REPORTED REFERRED TO RULES `referral-committee`
- **2019-04-09** REPORTED
- **2019-04-09** RULES REPORT CAL.56
- **2019-04-09** ORDERED TO THIRD READING RULES CAL.56
- **2019-04-09** PASSED ASSEMBLY `passage`
- **2019-04-09** DELIVERED TO SENATE
- **2019-04-09** REFERRED TO CRIME VICTIMS, CRIME AND CORRECTION `referral-committee`
- **2019-05-14** SUBSTITUTED FOR S4958
- **2019-05-14** 3RD READING CAL.681
- **2019-05-14** PASSED SENATE `passage`
- **2019-05-14** RETURNED TO ASSEMBLY
- **2019-12-17** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
- **2019-12-20** SIGNED CHAP.690 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/4fd6c234-3e6e-40de-8b88-53b75a7aa146`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New York legislature records).