---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relates to preference given to an appeal to the appellate division of the supreme court regarding a denial of an exception from disclosure"
description: "Relates to preference given to an appeal to the appellate division of the supreme court regarding a denial of an exception from disclosure."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ny"
legislature: "New York Legislature"
session: "2019-2020"
identifier: "S 4685"
citation: "New York S 4685 (2019-2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["SKOUFIS"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 14
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2019-03-20"
last_action: "2019-12-20"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/12d170b4-3463-4f91-a917-48ff668fe41c"
source_url: "http://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2019/S4685"
source_hash: "d41620d0c0d5366f5237402804f86baef1df315f5ed7e1f0f3a51dcd04dfc8a6"
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 4685 (2019-2020) — Relates to preference given to an appeal to the appellate division of the supreme court regarding a denial of an exception from disclosure

Relates to preference given to an appeal to the appellate division of the supreme court regarding a denial of an exception from disclosure.

## Version chain

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

1. **S4685** (committee substitute) — [source](http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?sh=printbill&bn=S4685&term=2019&Text=Y)
2. **S4685A** (committee substitute) — [source](http://legislation.nysenate.gov/pdf/bills/2019/S4685A)

## Votes

- Investigations And Government Operations Vote — **6–1** (pass) · upper
- Floor Vote - Version: A — **44–17** (pass) · upper
- Assembly Vote — **142–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- SKOUFIS — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-03-20** REFERRED TO INVESTIGATIONS AND GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS `referral-committee`
- **2019-04-09** 1ST REPORT CAL.412
- **2019-04-10** 2ND REPORT CAL.
- **2019-04-29** AMENDED 4685A `amendment-passage`
- **2019-04-29** ADVANCED TO THIRD READING
- **2019-05-07** PASSED SENATE `passage`
- **2019-05-07** DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY
- **2019-05-07** REFERRED TO GOVERNMENTAL OPERATIONS `referral-committee`
- **2019-06-03** SUBSTITUTED FOR A414A
- **2019-06-03** ORDERED TO THIRD READING CAL.470
- **2019-06-03** PASSED ASSEMBLY `passage`
- **2019-06-03** RETURNED TO SENATE
- **2019-12-17** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
- **2019-12-20** SIGNED CHAP.707 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/12d170b4-3463-4f91-a917-48ff668fe41c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New York legislature records).