---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relates to victim compensation for unlawful surveillance crimes"
description: "Limits the awards available to certain victims of unlawful surveillance crimes."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ny"
legislature: "New York Legislature"
session: "2019-2020"
identifier: "A 7079"
citation: "New York A 7079 (2019-2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["MCMAHON"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 16
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2019-04-04"
last_action: "2019-08-21"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/06909bf0-d719-402d-8769-25118babf424"
source_url: "http://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2019/A7079"
source_hash: "e23d563832aaee225524214be3ae1e13880f210279cae542470ba29938cf2511"
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 7079 (2019-2020) — Relates to victim compensation for unlawful surveillance crimes

Limits the awards available to certain victims of unlawful surveillance crimes.

## Version chain

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

1. **A7079** (committee substitute) — [source](http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?sh=printbill&bn=A7079&term=2019&Text=Y)

## Votes

- Floor Vote — **62–0** (pass) · upper
- Assembly Vote — **146–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- MCMAHON — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-04-04** REFERRED TO GOVERNMENTAL OPERATIONS `referral-committee`
- **2019-04-09** REPORTED REFERRED TO CODES `referral-committee`
- **2019-04-09** REPORTED REFERRED TO WAYS AND MEANS `referral-committee`
- **2019-04-09** REPORTED REFERRED TO RULES `referral-committee`
- **2019-04-09** REPORTED
- **2019-04-09** RULES REPORT CAL.59
- **2019-04-09** ORDERED TO THIRD READING RULES CAL.59
- **2019-04-09** PASSED ASSEMBLY `passage`
- **2019-04-09** DELIVERED TO SENATE
- **2019-04-09** REFERRED TO CRIME VICTIMS, CRIME AND CORRECTION `referral-committee`
- **2019-06-04** SUBSTITUTED FOR S6167
- **2019-06-04** 3RD READING CAL.1176
- **2019-06-04** PASSED SENATE `passage`
- **2019-06-04** RETURNED TO ASSEMBLY
- **2019-08-12** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
- **2019-08-21** SIGNED CHAP.179 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/06909bf0-d719-402d-8769-25118babf424`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New York legislature records).