---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relates to raising the value of a small estate"
description: "Relates to raising the value of a small estate from $30,000 to $50,000."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ny"
legislature: "New York Legislature"
session: "2019-2020"
identifier: "S 4951"
citation: "New York S 4951 (2019-2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["SEPULVEDA"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 15
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2019-04-02"
last_action: "2019-11-25"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d3643b54-204f-4681-88cb-dd5a3c1e5791"
source_url: "http://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2019/S4951"
source_hash: "2f486004a94ecd6d69b4cdeb045852f4237d1e578ae1d07cd25647369a6ad9c7"
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 4951 (2019-2020) — Relates to raising the value of a small estate

Relates to raising the value of a small estate from $30,000 to $50,000.

## Version chain

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

1. **S4951** (committee substitute) — [source](http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?sh=printbill&bn=S4951&term=2019&Text=Y)
2. **S4951A** (committee substitute) — [source](http://legislation.nysenate.gov/pdf/bills/2019/S4951A)

## Votes

- Judiciary Vote - Version: A — **14–0** (pass) · upper
- Assembly Vote — **148–0** (pass) · lower
- Floor Vote - Version: A — **62–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- SEPULVEDA — primary (person)
- MONTGOMERY — cosponsor (person)
- PERSAUD — cosponsor (person)
- SALAZAR — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-04-02** REFERRED TO JUDICIARY `referral-committee`
- **2019-05-22** AMEND AND RECOMMIT TO JUDICIARY `referral-committee, amendment-passage`
- **2019-05-22** PRINT NUMBER 4951A `amendment-passage`
- **2019-05-30** 1ST REPORT CAL.1066
- **2019-06-03** 2ND REPORT CAL.
- **2019-06-04** ADVANCED TO THIRD READING
- **2019-06-12** PASSED SENATE `passage`
- **2019-06-12** DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY
- **2019-06-12** REFERRED TO JUDICIARY `referral-committee`
- **2019-06-17** SUBSTITUTED FOR A7571A
- **2019-06-17** ORDERED TO THIRD READING RULES CAL.178
- **2019-06-17** PASSED ASSEMBLY `passage`
- **2019-06-17** RETURNED TO SENATE
- **2019-11-19** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
- **2019-11-25** SIGNED CHAP.557 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/d3643b54-204f-4681-88cb-dd5a3c1e5791`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New York legislature records).