---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relates to the assignment of counsel"
description: "Relates to the assignment of counsel."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ny"
legislature: "New York Legislature"
session: "2019-2020"
identifier: "A 748"
citation: "New York A 748 (2019-2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["COOK"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 12
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2019-01-10"
last_action: "2019-11-08"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/2a418b2a-9850-4426-bc09-8dc1603b5287"
source_url: "http://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2019/A748"
source_hash: "ee167dbe2954c2b7e75b20b5b70aadde127400ef3dbabae18bdc091ece3cb39f"
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 748 (2019-2020) — Relates to the assignment of counsel

Relates to the assignment of counsel.

## Version chain

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

1. **A748** (committee substitute) — [source](http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?sh=printbill&bn=A748&term=2019&Text=Y)

## Votes

- Floor Vote — **62–0** (pass) · upper
- Assembly Vote — **143–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- COOK — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-01-10** REFERRED TO CODES `referral-committee`
- **2019-01-28** REPORTED
- **2019-01-31** ADVANCED TO THIRD READING CAL.16
- **2019-02-04** PASSED ASSEMBLY `passage`
- **2019-02-04** DELIVERED TO SENATE
- **2019-02-04** REFERRED TO CODES `referral-committee`
- **2019-06-13** SUBSTITUTED FOR S3672
- **2019-06-13** 3RD READING CAL.1005
- **2019-06-13** PASSED SENATE `passage`
- **2019-06-13** RETURNED TO ASSEMBLY
- **2019-10-28** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
- **2019-11-08** SIGNED CHAP.446 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/2a418b2a-9850-4426-bc09-8dc1603b5287`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New York legislature records).