---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relates to early termination of motor vehicle lease contracts"
description: "Requires that a retail lessee shall not be liable for charges for the early termination of a retail lease agreement of a motor vehicle if he or she has deceased before the end of such lease."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ny"
legislature: "New York Legislature"
session: "2019-2020"
identifier: "S 4019"
citation: "New York S 4019 (2019-2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["THOMAS"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 20
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2019-02-25"
last_action: "2019-09-05"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f87786e2-3d45-46a8-915c-515d4136b425"
source_url: "http://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2019/S4019"
source_hash: "e977dc6e17096f1bf342ada76f10b0fc6ef07019b5cc1f415d01e4afefc590df"
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 4019 (2019-2020) — Relates to early termination of motor vehicle lease contracts

Requires that a retail lessee shall not be liable for charges for the early termination of a retail lease agreement of a motor vehicle if he or she has deceased before the end of such lease.

## Version chain

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

1. **S4019** (committee substitute) — [source](http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?sh=printbill&bn=S4019&term=2019&Text=Y)
2. **S4019A** (committee substitute) — [source](http://legislation.nysenate.gov/pdf/bills/2019/S4019A)

## Votes

- Assembly Vote — **136–10** (pass) · lower
- Floor Vote — **61–0** (pass) · upper
- Consumer Protection Vote — **7–0** (pass) · upper
- Floor Vote - Version: A — **62–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- THOMAS — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-02-25** REFERRED TO CONSUMER PROTECTION `referral-committee`
- **2019-05-14** 1ST REPORT CAL.689
- **2019-05-15** 2ND REPORT CAL.
- **2019-05-20** ADVANCED TO THIRD READING
- **2019-05-22** PASSED SENATE `passage`
- **2019-05-22** DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY
- **2019-05-22** REFERRED TO CONSUMER AFFAIRS AND PROTECTION `referral-committee`
- **2019-06-14** RECALLED FROM ASSEMBLY
- **2019-06-14** RETURNED TO SENATE
- **2019-06-14** VOTE RECONSIDERED - RESTORED TO THIRD READING
- **2019-06-14** AMENDED ON THIRD READING 4019A `amendment-passage`
- **2019-06-17** REPASSED SENATE `passage`
- **2019-06-17** RETURNED TO ASSEMBLY
- **2019-06-17** REFERRED TO CONSUMER AFFAIRS AND PROTECTION `referral-committee`
- **2019-06-18** SUBSTITUTED FOR A2078A
- **2019-06-18** ORDERED TO THIRD READING RULES CAL.330
- **2019-06-20** PASSED ASSEMBLY `passage`
- **2019-06-20** RETURNED TO SENATE
- **2019-09-03** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
- **2019-09-05** SIGNED CHAP.246 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/f87786e2-3d45-46a8-915c-515d4136b425`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New York legislature records).