---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relates to allowing a court to waive certain surcharges and fees; repealer"
description: "Relates to allowing a court to waive certain surcharges and fees; authorizes a court to waive certain surcharges and fees for a defendant under the age of 21 under certain circumstances."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ny"
legislature: "New York Legislature"
session: "2019-2020"
identifier: "A 5045"
citation: "New York A 5045 (2019-2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["DAVILA"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 16
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2019-02-07"
last_action: "2020-08-24"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/999bf7fa-cd76-44f1-8235-08f4f734a325"
source_url: "http://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2019/A5045"
source_hash: "0a3161733237647015e81178c97f0118a0275708b1d8b9d484786cf4a2a7ec1c"
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 5045 (2019-2020) — Relates to allowing a court to waive certain surcharges and fees; repealer

Relates to allowing a court to waive certain surcharges and fees; authorizes a court to waive certain surcharges and fees for a defendant under the age of 21 under certain circumstances.

## Version chain

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

1. **A5045** (committee substitute) — [source](http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?sh=printbill&bn=A5045&term=2019&Text=Y)

## Votes

- Floor Vote — **41–19** (pass) · upper
- Assembly Vote — **97–44** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- DAVILA — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-02-07** REFERRED TO CODES `referral-committee`
- **2019-04-09** REPORTED REFERRED TO WAYS AND MEANS `referral-committee`
- **2019-06-06** REPORTED REFERRED TO RULES `referral-committee`
- **2019-06-11** REPORTED
- **2019-06-11** RULES REPORT CAL.132
- **2019-06-11** ORDERED TO THIRD READING RULES CAL.132
- **2020-01-08** ORDERED TO THIRD READING CAL.192
- **2020-07-20** PASSED ASSEMBLY `passage`
- **2020-07-20** DELIVERED TO SENATE
- **2020-07-20** REFERRED TO RULES `referral-committee`
- **2020-07-22** SUBSTITUTED FOR S3457
- **2020-07-22** 3RD READING CAL.768
- **2020-07-22** PASSED SENATE `passage`
- **2020-07-22** RETURNED TO ASSEMBLY
- **2020-08-12** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
- **2020-08-24** SIGNED CHAP.144 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/999bf7fa-cd76-44f1-8235-08f4f734a325`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New York legislature records).