---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relates to presidential reprieve, pardon or other form of clemency and previous prosecution"
description: "Authorizes prosecution where a person receives a presidential reprieve, pardon or other form of clemency when certain conditions are met."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ny"
legislature: "New York Legislature"
session: "2019-2020"
identifier: "S 4572"
citation: "New York S 4572 (2019-2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["KAMINSKY"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 13
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2019-03-15"
last_action: "2019-10-16"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/dc9ff61d-db9b-4c81-a7bb-fea5b75cac58"
source_url: "http://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2019/S4572"
source_hash: "21c72ccd347bc7807501c11c61e75ee7c1300adb35bbc5006ba880a5630c3fc5"
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 4572 (2019-2020) — Relates to presidential reprieve, pardon or other form of clemency and previous prosecution

Authorizes prosecution where a person receives a presidential reprieve, pardon or other form of clemency when certain conditions are met.

## Version chain

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

1. **S4572** (committee substitute) — [source](http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?sh=printbill&bn=S4572&term=2019&Text=Y)

## Votes

- Floor Vote — **38–23** (pass) · upper
- Assembly Vote — **91–54** (pass) · lower
- Codes Vote — **9–3** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- KAMINSKY — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-03-15** REFERRED TO CODES `referral-committee`
- **2019-04-08** 1ST REPORT CAL.394
- **2019-04-09** 2ND REPORT CAL.
- **2019-04-10** ADVANCED TO THIRD READING
- **2019-05-08** PASSED SENATE `passage`
- **2019-05-08** DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY
- **2019-05-08** REFERRED TO CODES `referral-committee`
- **2019-05-21** SUBSTITUTED FOR A6653
- **2019-05-21** ORDERED TO THIRD READING RULES CAL.62
- **2019-05-21** PASSED ASSEMBLY `passage`
- **2019-05-21** RETURNED TO SENATE
- **2019-10-11** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
- **2019-10-16** SIGNED CHAP.374 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/dc9ff61d-db9b-4c81-a7bb-fea5b75cac58`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New York legislature records).