---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relates to the removal of references to section 1801 of the surrogate's court procedure act"
description: "Removes references to section 1801 of the surrogate's court procedure act, which was repealed in 1994."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ny"
legislature: "New York Legislature"
session: "2019-2020"
identifier: "S 4903"
citation: "New York S 4903 (2019-2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["RANZENHOFER"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 13
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2019-03-29"
last_action: "2019-11-20"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/7b354a30-0334-46bd-91df-80415ed6adc5"
source_url: "http://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2019/S4903"
source_hash: "ea2d91f997317b062dd5e5aa69b90d7cb165eb6e99fe945522cca3629cabdcfc"
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 4903 (2019-2020) — Relates to the removal of references to section 1801 of the surrogate's court procedure act

Removes references to section 1801 of the surrogate's court procedure act, which was repealed in 1994.

## Version chain

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

1. **S4903** (committee substitute) — [source](http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?sh=printbill&bn=S4903&term=2019&Text=Y)

## Votes

- Assembly Vote — **141–0** (pass) · lower
- Floor Vote — **58–0** (pass) · upper
- Judiciary Vote — **15–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- RANZENHOFER — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-03-29** REFERRED TO JUDICIARY `referral-committee`
- **2019-05-14** 1ST REPORT CAL.703
- **2019-05-15** 2ND REPORT CAL.
- **2019-05-20** ADVANCED TO THIRD READING
- **2019-05-30** PASSED SENATE `passage`
- **2019-05-30** DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY
- **2019-05-30** REFERRED TO JUDICIARY `referral-committee`
- **2019-06-03** SUBSTITUTED FOR A7407
- **2019-06-03** ORDERED TO THIRD READING CAL.440
- **2019-06-03** PASSED ASSEMBLY `passage`
- **2019-06-03** RETURNED TO SENATE
- **2019-11-08** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
- **2019-11-20** SIGNED CHAP.520 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/7b354a30-0334-46bd-91df-80415ed6adc5`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New York legislature records).