---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relates to allowing a tenant to deduct water payments he or she makes for a deficient landlord from his or her rent"
description: "Relates to allowing a residential tenant to deduct water payments he or she makes for a deficient landlord from his or her rent."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ny"
legislature: "New York Legislature"
session: "2019-2020"
identifier: "A 3190"
citation: "New York A 3190 (2019-2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["HUNTER"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 26
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2019-01-28"
last_action: "2020-08-24"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/4824ca69-092f-4b8f-b029-d9eb883d88e6"
source_url: "http://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2019/A3190"
source_hash: "bb10f17a7260be11f7e0e528c6a49ef49fd761be321326a6e4822e69189e9bca"
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 3190 (2019-2020) — Relates to allowing a tenant to deduct water payments he or she makes for a deficient landlord from his or her rent

Relates to allowing a residential tenant to deduct water payments he or she makes for a deficient landlord from his or her rent.

## Version chain

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

1. **A3190** (committee substitute) — [source](http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?sh=printbill&bn=A3190&term=2019&Text=Y)
2. **A3190A** (committee substitute) — [source](http://legislation.nysenate.gov/pdf/bills/2019/A3190A)

## Votes

- Floor Vote - Version: A — **54–6** (pass) · upper
- Assembly Vote - Vote 2 — **143–0** (pass) · lower
- MOTION:HUNTER; To reconsider — **142–0** (pass) · lower
- Assembly Vote — **140–0** (pass) · lower
- Assembly Vote - Vote 3 — **136–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- HUNTER — primary (person)
- BARRON — cosponsor (person)
- JACOBSON — cosponsor (person)
- MOSLEY — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-01-28** REFERRED TO HOUSING `referral-committee`
- **2019-04-30** REPORTED REFERRED TO CODES `referral-committee`
- **2019-05-07** REPORTED
- **2019-05-09** ADVANCED TO THIRD READING CAL.287
- **2019-05-13** PASSED ASSEMBLY `passage`
- **2019-05-13** DELIVERED TO SENATE
- **2019-05-13** REFERRED TO JUDICIARY `referral-committee`
- **2019-05-22** RECALLED FROM SENATE
- **2019-05-22** RETURNED TO ASSEMBLY
- **2019-05-22** VOTE RECONSIDERED - RESTORED TO THIRD READING
- **2019-05-22** AMENDED ON THIRD READING 3190A `amendment-passage`
- **2019-05-30** REPASSED ASSEMBLY `passage`
- **2019-05-30** RETURNED TO SENATE
- **2019-05-30** RECOMMITTED TO JUDICIARY `referral-committee`
- **2020-01-08** DIED IN SENATE
- **2020-01-08** RETURNED TO ASSEMBLY
- **2020-01-08** ORDERED TO THIRD READING CAL.132
- **2020-01-15** PASSED ASSEMBLY `passage`
- **2020-01-15** DELIVERED TO SENATE
- **2020-01-15** REFERRED TO JUDICIARY `referral-committee`
- **2020-07-21** SUBSTITUTED FOR S3942A
- **2020-07-21** 3RD READING CAL.298
- **2020-07-21** PASSED SENATE `passage`
- **2020-07-21** RETURNED TO ASSEMBLY
- **2020-08-12** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
- **2020-08-24** SIGNED CHAP.143 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/4824ca69-092f-4b8f-b029-d9eb883d88e6`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New York legislature records).