---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relates to sentencing and resentencing in domestic violence cases"
description: "Relates to sentencing and resentencing in domestic violence cases."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ny"
legislature: "New York Legislature"
session: "2019-2020"
identifier: "A 3974"
citation: "New York A 3974 (2019-2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["AUBRY"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 12
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2019-01-31"
last_action: "2019-05-14"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/4ba7a488-9772-47cf-821a-6ea47ece255c"
source_url: "http://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2019/A3974"
source_hash: "40a5a6c5ed8c6f892eae2758fb2722feced607b53ba38111dfbbe29744e0d483"
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 3974 (2019-2020) — Relates to sentencing and resentencing in domestic violence cases

Relates to sentencing and resentencing in domestic violence cases.

## Version chain

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

1. **A3974** (committee substitute) — [source](http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?sh=printbill&bn=A3974&term=2019&Text=Y)

## Votes

- Assembly Vote — **103–40** (pass) · lower
- Floor Vote — **54–7** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- AUBRY — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-01-31** REFERRED TO CODES `referral-committee`
- **2019-02-27** REPORTED
- **2019-02-28** ADVANCED TO THIRD READING CAL.79
- **2019-03-04** PASSED ASSEMBLY `passage`
- **2019-03-04** DELIVERED TO SENATE
- **2019-03-04** REFERRED TO CODES `referral-committee`
- **2019-03-12** SUBSTITUTED FOR S1077
- **2019-03-12** 3RD READING CAL.252
- **2019-03-12** PASSED SENATE `passage`
- **2019-03-12** RETURNED TO ASSEMBLY
- **2019-05-14** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
- **2019-05-14** SIGNED CHAP.31 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/4ba7a488-9772-47cf-821a-6ea47ece255c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New York legislature records).