---
type: "Bill"
title: "Requires the office of court administration to collect and maintain data on limited English proficient litigants in the state"
description: "Requires the office of court administration to collect and maintain data on limited English proficient litigants in the state; requires such information be publicly available."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ny"
legislature: "New York Legislature"
session: "2019-2020"
identifier: "A 754"
citation: "New York A 754 (2019-2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["JOYNER"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 14
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2019-01-10"
last_action: "2019-12-12"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/4b5b66fb-aa46-448a-abf6-0c7d2b4a7f4f"
source_url: "http://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2019/A754"
source_hash: "36a63cd916351ff57d228186248ff2534bf662c2811934800c395d1e6750a20b"
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 754 (2019-2020) — Requires the office of court administration to collect and maintain data on limited English proficient litigants in the state

Requires the office of court administration to collect and maintain data on limited English proficient litigants in the state; requires such information be publicly available.

## Version chain

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

1. **A754** (committee substitute) — [source](http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?sh=printbill&bn=A754&term=2019&Text=Y)
2. **A754A** (committee substitute) — [source](http://legislation.nysenate.gov/pdf/bills/2019/A754A)

## Votes

- Floor Vote - Version: A — **56–6** (pass) · upper
- Assembly Vote — **139–2** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- JOYNER — primary (person)
- BARRON — cosponsor (person)
- COLTON — cosponsor (person)
- CRUZ — cosponsor (person)
- D'URSO — cosponsor (person)
- DICKENS — cosponsor (person)
- GOTTFRIED R — cosponsor (person)
- JAFFEE — cosponsor (person)
- JEAN-PIERRE — cosponsor (person)
- LAVINE — cosponsor (person)
- ORTIZ — cosponsor (person)
- PERRY — cosponsor (person)
- PICHARDO — cosponsor (person)
- REYES — cosponsor (person)
- SIMON — cosponsor (person)
- WEPRIN — cosponsor (person)
- WILLIAMS — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-01-10** REFERRED TO JUDICIARY `referral-committee`
- **2019-02-27** REPORTED REFERRED TO WAYS AND MEANS `referral-committee`
- **2019-05-21** REPORTED
- **2019-05-23** ADVANCED TO THIRD READING CAL.376
- **2019-05-30** AMENDED ON THIRD READING 754A `amendment-passage`
- **2019-06-11** PASSED ASSEMBLY `passage`
- **2019-06-11** DELIVERED TO SENATE
- **2019-06-11** REFERRED TO RULES `referral-committee`
- **2019-06-13** SUBSTITUTED FOR S1950A
- **2019-06-13** 3RD READING CAL.467
- **2019-06-13** PASSED SENATE `passage`
- **2019-06-13** RETURNED TO ASSEMBLY
- **2019-12-06** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
- **2019-12-12** SIGNED CHAP.621 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/4b5b66fb-aa46-448a-abf6-0c7d2b4a7f4f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New York legislature records).