---
type: "Bill"
title: "Reforms the statutory short form and other powers of attorney for purposes of financial and estate planning; repealer"
description: "Reforms the statutory short form and other powers of attorney for purposes of financial and estate planning."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ny"
legislature: "New York Legislature"
session: "2019-2020"
identifier: "A 5630"
citation: "New York A 5630 (2019-2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["WEINSTEIN"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 23
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2019-02-14"
last_action: "2020-12-15"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c760460f-0117-49fe-b301-2eb8f4ddb96e"
source_url: "http://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2019/A5630"
source_hash: "c8398860b60fd28290d0f6969bb7080f15e0f8ff3cc1bd3bd5d8f197acdc5d6c"
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 5630 (2019-2020) — Reforms the statutory short form and other powers of attorney for purposes of financial and estate planning; repealer

Reforms the statutory short form and other powers of attorney for purposes of financial and estate planning.

## Version chain

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

1. **A5630** (committee substitute) — [source](http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?sh=printbill&bn=A5630&term=2019&Text=Y)
2. **A5630A** (committee substitute) — [source](http://legislation.nysenate.gov/pdf/bills/2019/A5630A)

## Votes

- Assembly Vote - Vote 2 — **95–47** (pass) · lower
- Floor Vote - Version: A — **43–17** (pass) · upper
- Assembly Vote — **100–47** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- WEINSTEIN — primary (person)
- BRONSON — cosponsor (person)
- LUPARDO — cosponsor (person)
- TAYLOR — cosponsor (person)
- ZEBROWSKI — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-02-14** REFERRED TO JUDICIARY `referral-committee`
- **2019-06-04** REPORTED REFERRED TO CODES `referral-committee`
- **2019-06-11** REPORTED REFERRED TO RULES `referral-committee`
- **2019-06-13** REPORTED
- **2019-06-13** RULES REPORT CAL.269
- **2019-06-13** ORDERED TO THIRD READING RULES CAL.269
- **2019-06-20** PASSED ASSEMBLY `passage`
- **2019-06-20** DELIVERED TO SENATE
- **2019-06-20** REFERRED TO RULES `referral-committee`
- **2020-01-08** DIED IN SENATE
- **2020-01-08** RETURNED TO ASSEMBLY
- **2020-01-08** ORDERED TO THIRD READING CAL.216
- **2020-06-10** AMENDED ON THIRD READING 5630A `amendment-passage`
- **2020-07-21** PASSED ASSEMBLY `passage`
- **2020-07-21** DELIVERED TO SENATE
- **2020-07-21** REFERRED TO RULES `referral-committee`
- **2020-07-21** SUBSTITUTED FOR S3923A
- **2020-07-21** 3RD READING CAL.589
- **2020-07-21** PASSED SENATE `passage`
- **2020-07-21** RETURNED TO ASSEMBLY
- **2020-12-03** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
- **2020-12-15** SIGNED CHAP.323 `executive-signature`
- **2020-12-15** APPROVAL MEMO.32

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/c760460f-0117-49fe-b301-2eb8f4ddb96e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New York legislature records).