---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relates to domestic violence; repealer"
description: "Defines \"victim of domestic violence\"; prohibits employers from discriminating against victims of domestic violence."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ny"
legislature: "New York Legislature"
session: "2019-2020"
identifier: "S 1040"
citation: "New York S 1040 (2019-2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["PERSAUD"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 12
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2019-01-10"
last_action: "2019-08-20"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/299e70f4-3472-46e7-ae77-c209ae394813"
source_url: "http://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2019/S1040"
source_hash: "95ca6a634ef6b5dd400219359c8bae969c41fd3881af9c225dd8cb4c248912ca"
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 S 1040 (2019-2020) — Relates to domestic violence; repealer

Defines "victim of domestic violence"; prohibits employers from discriminating against victims of domestic violence.

## Version chain

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

1. **S1040** (committee substitute) — [source](http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?sh=printbill&bn=S1040&term=2019&Text=Y)

## Votes

- Investigations And Government Operations Vote — **7–0** (pass) · upper
- Floor Vote — **59–0** (pass) · upper
- Assembly Vote — **140–1** (pass) · lower
- Rules Vote — **18–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- PERSAUD — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-01-10** REFERRED TO INVESTIGATIONS AND GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS `referral-committee`
- **2019-05-13** REPORTED AND COMMITTED TO RULES `referral-committee`
- **2019-05-14** ORDERED TO THIRD READING CAL.675
- **2019-05-14** PASSED SENATE `passage`
- **2019-05-14** DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY
- **2019-05-14** REFERRED TO CODES `referral-committee`
- **2019-05-14** SUBSTITUTED FOR A5618
- **2019-05-14** ORDERED TO THIRD READING CAL.300
- **2019-05-14** PASSED ASSEMBLY `passage`
- **2019-05-14** RETURNED TO SENATE
- **2019-08-19** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
- **2019-08-20** SIGNED CHAP.176 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/299e70f4-3472-46e7-ae77-c209ae394813`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New York legislature records).