---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relates to the termination of a residential lease by a victim of domestic violence; repealer"
description: "Provides for the termination of a residential lease by a victim of domestic violence; further provides for the lease termination procedure; allows the tenants to pay rent, pro-rata, up to the lease termination date; imposes a civil penalty; makes related provisions."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ny"
legislature: "New York Legislature"
session: "2019-2020"
identifier: "A 4267"
citation: "New York A 4267 (2019-2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["HEVESI"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 20
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2019-02-01"
last_action: "2019-12-20"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/11fe501e-4732-4068-bdb2-f67910be4e24"
source_url: "http://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2019/A4267"
source_hash: "0a4d1b120f02d5177d6852d62541049a8c914ef6e0f71b4fe5b88945b4f82370"
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 4267 (2019-2020) — Relates to the termination of a residential lease by a victim of domestic violence; repealer

Provides for the termination of a residential lease by a victim of domestic violence; further provides for the lease termination procedure; allows the tenants to pay rent, pro-rata, up to the lease termination date; imposes a civil penalty; makes related provisions.

## Version chain

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

1. **A4267** (committee substitute) — [source](http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?sh=printbill&bn=A4267&term=2019&Text=Y)
2. **A4267A** (committee substitute) — [source](http://legislation.nysenate.gov/pdf/bills/2019/A4267A)

## Votes

- MOTION:HEVESI; To reconsider — **140–0** (pass) · lower
- Floor Vote - Version: A — **62–0** (pass) · upper
- Assembly Vote — **136–5** (pass) · lower
- Assembly Vote - Vote 2 — **141–6** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- HEVESI — primary (person)
- ARROYO — cosponsor (person)
- BARRON — cosponsor (person)
- BICHOTTE — cosponsor (person)
- BLAKE — cosponsor (person)
- BUTTENSCHON — cosponsor (person)
- CRUZ — cosponsor (person)
- D'URSO — cosponsor (person)
- ENGLEBRIGHT — cosponsor (person)
- EPSTEIN — cosponsor (person)
- GALEF — cosponsor (person)
- GIGLIO — cosponsor (person)
- GOTTFRIED R — cosponsor (person)
- GUNTHER — cosponsor (person)
- HUNTER — cosponsor (person)
- JOYNER — cosponsor (person)
- LAVINE — cosponsor (person)
- MCDONALD — cosponsor (person)
- MOSLEY — cosponsor (person)
- NIOU — cosponsor (person)
- ORTIZ — cosponsor (person)
- OTIS — cosponsor (person)
- REYES — cosponsor (person)
- RICHARDSON — cosponsor (person)
- RIVERA — cosponsor (person)
- ROSENTHAL L — cosponsor (person)
- ROZIC — cosponsor (person)
- SEAWRIGHT — cosponsor (person)
- SIMON — cosponsor (person)
- TAYLOR — cosponsor (person)
- WALCZYK — cosponsor (person)
- WALLACE — cosponsor (person)
- WILLIAMS — cosponsor (person)
- WRIGHT — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-02-01** 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.293
- **2019-05-14** PASSED ASSEMBLY `passage`
- **2019-05-14** DELIVERED TO SENATE
- **2019-05-14** REFERRED TO JUDICIARY `referral-committee`
- **2019-06-13** RECALLED FROM SENATE
- **2019-06-13** RETURNED TO ASSEMBLY
- **2019-06-13** VOTE RECONSIDERED - RESTORED TO THIRD READING
- **2019-06-13** AMENDED ON THIRD READING 4267A `amendment-passage`
- **2019-06-17** REPASSED ASSEMBLY `passage`
- **2019-06-17** RETURNED TO SENATE
- **2019-06-17** COMMITTED TO RULES `referral-committee`
- **2019-06-19** SUBSTITUTED FOR S4281A
- **2019-06-19** 3RD READING CAL.1063
- **2019-06-19** PASSED SENATE `passage`
- **2019-06-19** RETURNED TO ASSEMBLY
- **2019-12-17** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
- **2019-12-20** SIGNED CHAP.694 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/11fe501e-4732-4068-bdb2-f67910be4e24`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New York legislature records).