---
type: "Bill"
title: "Requires companies to allow victims of domestic violence to cancel contracts when there is a domestic violence incident report, a police report, an order of protection or a signed affidavit"
description: "Requires companies to allow victims of domestic violence to cancel contracts when there is a domestic violence incident report, a police report, an order of protection or a signed affidavit."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ny"
legislature: "New York Legislature"
session: "2019-2020"
identifier: "A 5318"
citation: "New York A 5318 (2019-2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["ROZIC"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 13
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2019-02-08"
last_action: "2019-08-28"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/00c44cf1-46b1-4dd9-beca-2ede8dea0759"
source_url: "http://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2019/A5318"
source_hash: "4626d0592a9d45e2488ac4ad3e5f7e0c27969ca1155a48241431692d84bdf8e6"
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 5318 (2019-2020) — Requires companies to allow victims of domestic violence to cancel contracts when there is a domestic violence incident report, a police report, an order of protection or a signed affidavit

Requires companies to allow victims of domestic violence to cancel contracts when there is a domestic violence incident report, a police report, an order of protection or a signed affidavit.

## Version chain

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

1. **A5318** (committee substitute) — [source](http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?sh=printbill&bn=A5318&term=2019&Text=Y)

## Votes

- Floor Vote — **59–0** (pass) · upper
- Assembly Vote — **134–7** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- ROZIC — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-02-08** REFERRED TO CORPORATIONS, AUTHORITIES AND COMMISSIONS `referral-committee`
- **2019-03-06** REPORTED REFERRED TO CODES `referral-committee`
- **2019-03-12** REPORTED
- **2019-03-14** ADVANCED TO THIRD READING CAL.144
- **2019-05-14** PASSED ASSEMBLY `passage`
- **2019-05-14** DELIVERED TO SENATE
- **2019-05-14** REFERRED TO ENERGY AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS `referral-committee`
- **2019-05-14** SUBSTITUTED FOR S2356
- **2019-05-14** 3RD READING CAL.119
- **2019-05-14** PASSED SENATE `passage`
- **2019-05-14** RETURNED TO ASSEMBLY
- **2019-08-27** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
- **2019-08-28** SIGNED CHAP.186 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/00c44cf1-46b1-4dd9-beca-2ede8dea0759`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New York legislature records).