---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relates to driver's license suspension reform; repealer"
description: "Limits the grounds for the suspension of a driver's license; provides for additional notification when a person is required to make an appearance; requires income based payment plans to be available for fines, fees and mandatory surcharges incurred as a result of a violation of the vehicle and traffic law and makes conforming changes."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ny"
legislature: "New York Legislature"
session: "2019-2020"
identifier: "A 7463"
citation: "New York A 7463 (2019-2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["HUNTER"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 23
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2019-05-06"
last_action: "2020-12-31"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/221e740e-2a2e-4f27-88a7-9c644938d13c"
source_url: "http://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2019/A7463"
source_hash: "1ea2d152306cd365954e93adc10ab0e681542e8f1a4eb727359617e90450afb4"
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 7463 (2019-2020) — Relates to driver's license suspension reform; repealer

Limits the grounds for the suspension of a driver's license; provides for additional notification when a person is required to make an appearance; requires income based payment plans to be available for fines, fees and mandatory surcharges incurred as a result of a violation of the vehicle and traffic law and makes conforming changes.

## Version chain

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

1. **A7463** (committee substitute) — [source](http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?sh=printbill&bn=A7463&term=2019&Text=Y)
2. **A7463A** (committee substitute) — [source](http://legislation.nysenate.gov/pdf/bills/2019/A7463A)
3. **A7463B** (committee substitute) — [source](http://legislation.nysenate.gov/pdf/bills/2019/A7463B)

## Votes

- Floor Vote - Version: B — **39–21** (pass) · upper
- Assembly Vote — **91–51** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- HUNTER — primary (person)
- ARROYO — cosponsor (person)
- BARRON — cosponsor (person)
- BLAKE — cosponsor (person)
- BRONSON — cosponsor (person)
- COLTON — cosponsor (person)
- CRESPO — cosponsor (person)
- CRUZ — cosponsor (person)
- D'URSO — cosponsor (person)
- DARLING — cosponsor (person)
- DAVILA — cosponsor (person)
- DICKENS — cosponsor (person)
- EICHENSTEIN — cosponsor (person)
- EPSTEIN — cosponsor (person)
- FAHY — cosponsor (person)
- FRONTUS — cosponsor (person)
- GLICK — cosponsor (person)
- GOTTFRIED R — cosponsor (person)
- HYNDMAN — cosponsor (person)
- JAFFEE — cosponsor (person)
- JEAN-PIERRE — cosponsor (person)
- LAVINE — cosponsor (person)
- LUPARDO — cosponsor (person)
- MAGNARELLI — cosponsor (person)
- MOSLEY — cosponsor (person)
- NIOU — cosponsor (person)
- O'DONNELL — cosponsor (person)
- ORTIZ — cosponsor (person)
- OTIS — cosponsor (person)
- PEOPLES-STOKE — cosponsor (person)
- PERRY — cosponsor (person)
- PICHARDO — cosponsor (person)
- QUART — cosponsor (person)
- REYES — cosponsor (person)
- RODRIGUEZ — cosponsor (person)
- ROSENTHAL L — cosponsor (person)
- SAYEGH — cosponsor (person)
- SEAWRIGHT — cosponsor (person)
- SIMON — cosponsor (person)
- STECK — cosponsor (person)
- TAYLOR — cosponsor (person)
- WALCZYK — cosponsor (person)
- WEPRIN — cosponsor (person)
- WILLIAMS — cosponsor (person)
- ZEBROWSKI — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-05-06** REFERRED TO TRANSPORTATION `referral-committee`
- **2019-06-13** AMEND (T) AND RECOMMIT TO TRANSPORTATION `referral-committee, amendment-passage`
- **2019-06-13** PRINT NUMBER 7463A `amendment-passage`
- **2019-06-19** REFERENCE CHANGED TO CODES `referral-committee`
- **2019-06-19** REPORTED REFERRED TO RULES `referral-committee`
- **2020-01-08** REFERRED TO CODES `referral-committee`
- **2020-01-31** AMEND AND RECOMMIT TO CODES `referral-committee, amendment-passage`
- **2020-01-31** PRINT NUMBER 7463B `amendment-passage`
- **2020-07-17** REPORTED REFERRED TO WAYS AND MEANS `referral-committee`
- **2020-07-17** REPORTED REFERRED TO RULES `referral-committee`
- **2020-07-20** REPORTED
- **2020-07-20** RULES REPORT CAL.170
- **2020-07-20** ORDERED TO THIRD READING RULES CAL.170
- **2020-07-21** PASSED ASSEMBLY `passage`
- **2020-07-21** DELIVERED TO SENATE
- **2020-07-21** REFERRED TO RULES `referral-committee`
- **2020-07-22** SUBSTITUTED FOR S5348B
- **2020-07-22** 3RD READING CAL.782
- **2020-07-22** PASSED SENATE `passage`
- **2020-07-22** RETURNED TO ASSEMBLY
- **2020-12-19** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
- **2020-12-31** SIGNED CHAP.382 `executive-signature`
- **2020-12-31** APPROVAL MEMO.71

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/221e740e-2a2e-4f27-88a7-9c644938d13c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New York legislature records).