---
type: "Bill"
title: "Establishes the uniform partition of heirs property act"
description: "Establishes the uniform partition of heirs property act which supplements the general partition statute and governs actions to partition heirs property."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ny"
legislature: "New York Legislature"
session: "2019-2020"
identifier: "S 4865"
citation: "New York S 4865 (2019-2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["HOYLMAN"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 14
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2019-03-28"
last_action: "2019-12-06"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/2c78bbc9-ab7f-4021-8267-9731243d9612"
source_url: "http://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2019/S4865"
source_hash: "73086eff81b1b53103495953db940d096c1b05db9314761b9b7a696709d7200e"
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 4865 (2019-2020) — Establishes the uniform partition of heirs property act

Establishes the uniform partition of heirs property act which supplements the general partition statute and governs actions to partition heirs property.

## Version chain

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

1. **S4865** (committee substitute) — [source](http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?sh=printbill&bn=S4865&term=2019&Text=Y)
2. **S4865A** (committee substitute) — [source](http://legislation.nysenate.gov/pdf/bills/2019/S4865A)

## Votes

- Assembly Vote — **103–38** (pass) · lower
- Rules Vote - Version: A — **19–0** (pass) · upper
- Floor Vote - Version: A — **62–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- HOYLMAN — primary (person)
- BIAGGI — cosponsor (person)
- MONTGOMERY — cosponsor (person)
- THOMAS — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-03-28** REFERRED TO JUDICIARY `referral-committee`
- **2019-06-04** AMEND AND RECOMMIT TO JUDICIARY `referral-committee, amendment-passage`
- **2019-06-04** PRINT NUMBER 4865A `amendment-passage`
- **2019-06-19** COMMITTEE DISCHARGED AND COMMITTED TO RULES `referral-committee`
- **2019-06-19** ORDERED TO THIRD READING CAL.1691
- **2019-06-19** PASSED SENATE `passage`
- **2019-06-19** DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY
- **2019-06-19** REFERRED TO JUDICIARY `referral-committee`
- **2019-06-20** SUBSTITUTED FOR A7058A
- **2019-06-20** ORDERED TO THIRD READING RULES CAL.599
- **2019-06-20** PASSED ASSEMBLY `passage`
- **2019-06-20** RETURNED TO SENATE
- **2019-11-26** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
- **2019-12-06** SIGNED CHAP.596 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/2c78bbc9-ab7f-4021-8267-9731243d9612`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New York legislature records).