---
type: "Bill"
title: "Permits tenants or residents of limited profit housing to copy financial documents pertaining to their projects, subject to a reasonable charge therefor"
description: "Permits tenants or residents of limited profit housing, or persons acting on their behalf, to copy financial documents pertaining to their projects, subject to a reasonable charge therefor, the maximum of which shall be prescribed by regulation."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ny"
legislature: "New York Legislature"
session: "2019-2020"
identifier: "S 4131"
citation: "New York S 4131 (2019-2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["KAVANAGH"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 13
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2019-03-01"
last_action: "2019-12-06"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/1d036514-22bb-4279-ba93-c87b2a18c00a"
source_url: "http://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2019/S4131"
source_hash: "692540a2e9293347ff0a47ac9c4df54712f6beea074d25c30e430deb37b55102"
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 4131 (2019-2020) — Permits tenants or residents of limited profit housing to copy financial documents pertaining to their projects, subject to a reasonable charge therefor

Permits tenants or residents of limited profit housing, or persons acting on their behalf, to copy financial documents pertaining to their projects, subject to a reasonable charge therefor, the maximum of which shall be prescribed by regulation.

## Version chain

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

1. **S4131** (committee substitute) — [source](http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?sh=printbill&bn=S4131&term=2019&Text=Y)

## Votes

- Housing, Construction And Community Development Vote — **11–0** (pass) · upper
- Assembly Vote — **146–0** (pass) · lower
- Floor Vote — **62–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- KAVANAGH — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-03-01** REFERRED TO HOUSING, CONSTRUCTION AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT `referral-committee`
- **2019-05-21** 1ST REPORT CAL.883
- **2019-05-22** 2ND REPORT CAL.
- **2019-05-29** ADVANCED TO THIRD READING
- **2019-06-12** PASSED SENATE `passage`
- **2019-06-12** DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY
- **2019-06-12** REFERRED TO HOUSING `referral-committee`
- **2019-06-13** SUBSTITUTED FOR A5351
- **2019-06-13** ORDERED TO THIRD READING RULES CAL.133
- **2019-06-13** PASSED ASSEMBLY `passage`
- **2019-06-13** RETURNED TO SENATE
- **2019-11-26** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
- **2019-12-06** SIGNED CHAP.594 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/1d036514-22bb-4279-ba93-c87b2a18c00a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New York legislature records).