---
type: "Bill"
title: "Permits New York city department of social services to participate in proceedings in housing part of civil court"
description: "Authorizes the housing part of the civil court of the city of New York on its own motion or on the motion of a party to join the department of social services of the city of New York as a party in any action or proceeding wherein the failure of a recipient of or applicant for public assistance to pay rent is at issue; also permits the court to join the division of adult protective services of the city of New York, where appropriate."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ny"
legislature: "New York Legislature"
session: "2019-2020"
identifier: "S 2326"
citation: "New York S 2326 (2019-2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["KAVANAGH"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 13
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2019-01-24"
last_action: "2019-10-23"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b1c391ad-5a3b-4623-b546-bcae6bca48e0"
source_url: "http://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2019/S2326"
source_hash: "b123f2c34cdb1305541eedb74673f685e07189a619e048ea5b1cb321164267e8"
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 2326 (2019-2020) — Permits New York city department of social services to participate in proceedings in housing part of civil court

Authorizes the housing part of the civil court of the city of New York on its own motion or on the motion of a party to join the department of social services of the city of New York as a party in any action or proceeding wherein the failure of a recipient of or applicant for public assistance to pay rent is at issue; also permits the court to join the division of adult protective services of the city of New York, where appropriate.

## Version chain

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

1. **S2326** (committee substitute) — [source](http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?sh=printbill&bn=S2326&term=2019&Text=Y)

## Votes

- Assembly Vote — **139–9** (pass) · lower
- Floor Vote — **53–9** (pass) · upper
- Judiciary Vote — **15–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- KAVANAGH — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-01-24** REFERRED TO JUDICIARY `referral-committee`
- **2019-05-14** 1ST REPORT CAL.698
- **2019-05-15** 2ND REPORT CAL.
- **2019-05-20** ADVANCED TO THIRD READING
- **2019-06-14** PASSED SENATE `passage`
- **2019-06-14** DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY
- **2019-06-14** REFERRED TO JUDICIARY `referral-committee`
- **2019-06-18** SUBSTITUTED FOR A676
- **2019-06-18** ORDERED TO THIRD READING CAL.219
- **2019-06-18** PASSED ASSEMBLY `passage`
- **2019-06-18** RETURNED TO SENATE
- **2019-10-11** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
- **2019-10-23** SIGNED CHAP.397 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/b1c391ad-5a3b-4623-b546-bcae6bca48e0`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New York legislature records).