---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relates to the authority of assessment corporations to write insurance"
description: "Grants authority to assessment corporations to write specified kinds of standalone liability insurance."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ny"
legislature: "New York Legislature"
session: "2019-2020"
identifier: "S 4081"
citation: "New York S 4081 (2019-2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["SKOUFIS"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 23
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2019-02-27"
last_action: "2020-12-23"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f91124bd-e9dc-4999-84e2-04906b40371c"
source_url: "http://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2019/S4081"
source_hash: "6119d6b36cbb57aed3acf055c2f3b90b1f41621c3756eb0817cca08cf2241b57"
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 4081 (2019-2020) — Relates to the authority of assessment corporations to write insurance

Grants authority to assessment corporations to write specified kinds of standalone liability insurance.

## Version chain

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

1. **S4081** (committee substitute) — [source](http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?sh=printbill&bn=S4081&term=2019&Text=Y)

## Votes

- Insurance Vote — **11–0** (pass) · upper
- Insurance Vote — **11–0** (pass) · upper
- Floor Vote — **61–0** (pass) · upper
- Floor Vote — **59–0** (pass) · upper
- Assembly Vote — **142–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- SKOUFIS — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-02-27** REFERRED TO INSURANCE `referral-committee`
- **2019-03-11** 1ST REPORT CAL.251
- **2019-03-12** 2ND REPORT CAL.
- **2019-03-13** ADVANCED TO THIRD READING
- **2019-03-14** PASSED SENATE `passage`
- **2019-03-14** DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY
- **2019-03-14** REFERRED TO INSURANCE `referral-committee`
- **2020-01-08** DIED IN ASSEMBLY
- **2020-01-08** RETURNED TO SENATE
- **2020-01-08** REFERRED TO INSURANCE `referral-committee`
- **2020-01-27** 1ST REPORT CAL.291
- **2020-01-28** 2ND REPORT CAL.
- **2020-01-29** ADVANCED TO THIRD READING
- **2020-03-10** PASSED SENATE `passage`
- **2020-03-10** DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY
- **2020-03-10** REFERRED TO INSURANCE `referral-committee`
- **2020-07-21** SUBSTITUTED FOR A7110
- **2020-07-21** ORDERED TO THIRD READING RULES CAL.235
- **2020-07-21** PASSED ASSEMBLY `passage`
- **2020-07-21** RETURNED TO SENATE
- **2020-12-11** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
- **2020-12-23** SIGNED CHAP.366 `executive-signature`
- **2020-12-23** APPROVAL MEMO.63

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/f91124bd-e9dc-4999-84e2-04906b40371c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New York legislature records).