---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relates to the docketing of adjudications of certain violations of laws enforced by the New York city department of consumer affairs"
description: "Relates to the docketing of adjudications of certain violations of laws enforced by the New York city department of consumer affairs."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ny"
legislature: "New York Legislature"
session: "2019-2020"
identifier: "A 8511"
citation: "New York A 8511 (2019-2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["EPSTEIN"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 18
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2019-08-07"
last_action: "2020-10-07"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/38be9233-471a-45d0-a988-d41bbd0f20d3"
source_url: "http://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2019/A8511"
source_hash: "a5cd5e34d4e9ea3335f2c12dc2825b01c8e4c19a1c03f845ca1c32349fc79290"
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 8511 (2019-2020) — Relates to the docketing of adjudications of certain violations of laws enforced by the New York city department of consumer affairs

Relates to the docketing of adjudications of certain violations of laws enforced by the New York city department of consumer affairs.

## Version chain

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

1. **A8511** (committee substitute) — [source](http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?sh=printbill&bn=A8511&term=2019&Text=Y)
2. **A8511A** (committee substitute) — [source](http://legislation.nysenate.gov/pdf/bills/2019/A8511A)

## Votes

- Assembly Vote — **100–42** (pass) · lower
- Floor Vote - Version: A — **42–18** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- EPSTEIN — primary (person)
- D'URSO — cosponsor (person)
- GOTTFRIED R — cosponsor (person)
- MOSLEY — cosponsor (person)
- REYES — cosponsor (person)
- SEAWRIGHT — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-08-07** REFERRED TO JUDICIARY `referral-committee`
- **2020-01-08** REFERRED TO JUDICIARY `referral-committee`
- **2020-07-13** AMEND AND RECOMMIT TO JUDICIARY `referral-committee, amendment-passage`
- **2020-07-13** PRINT NUMBER 8511A `amendment-passage`
- **2020-07-14** REPORTED REFERRED TO CODES `referral-committee`
- **2020-07-17** REPORTED REFERRED TO RULES `referral-committee`
- **2020-07-20** REPORTED
- **2020-07-20** RULES REPORT CAL.181
- **2020-07-20** ORDERED TO THIRD READING RULES CAL.181
- **2020-07-22** PASSED ASSEMBLY `passage`
- **2020-07-22** DELIVERED TO SENATE
- **2020-07-22** REFERRED TO RULES `referral-committee`
- **2020-07-22** SUBSTITUTED FOR S8787
- **2020-07-22** 3RD READING CAL.1005
- **2020-07-22** PASSED SENATE `passage`
- **2020-07-22** RETURNED TO ASSEMBLY
- **2020-09-25** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
- **2020-10-07** SIGNED CHAP.205 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/38be9233-471a-45d0-a988-d41bbd0f20d3`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New York legislature records).