---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relates to the date of adjustment and amount of the spousal maintenance cap"
description: "Relates to the date of adjustment and amount of the spousal maintenance cap; increases the income cap to $84,000 of the payor's annual income."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ny"
legislature: "New York Legislature"
session: "2019-2020"
identifier: "S 5515"
citation: "New York S 5515 (2019-2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["MONTGOMERY"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 13
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2019-05-03"
last_action: "2019-11-20"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a8fe71d2-8a35-48ac-92c4-18db05abb1ea"
source_url: "http://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2019/S5515"
source_hash: "118cc343e9f25d55611eadb162e0d61f8c809d36e030e46bb10461c828782480"
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 5515 (2019-2020) — Relates to the date of adjustment and amount of the spousal maintenance cap

Relates to the date of adjustment and amount of the spousal maintenance cap; increases the income cap to $84,000 of the payor's annual income.

## Version chain

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

1. **S5515** (committee substitute) — [source](http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?sh=printbill&bn=S5515&term=2019&Text=Y)

## Votes

- Assembly Vote — **141–0** (pass) · lower
- Floor Vote — **61–0** (pass) · upper
- Judiciary Vote — **15–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- MONTGOMERY — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-05-03** REFERRED TO JUDICIARY `referral-committee`
- **2019-05-14** 1ST REPORT CAL.706
- **2019-05-15** 2ND REPORT CAL.
- **2019-05-20** ADVANCED TO THIRD READING
- **2019-05-22** PASSED SENATE `passage`
- **2019-05-22** DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY
- **2019-05-22** REFERRED TO JUDICIARY `referral-committee`
- **2019-06-03** SUBSTITUTED FOR A7518
- **2019-06-03** ORDERED TO THIRD READING CAL.446
- **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.523 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/a8fe71d2-8a35-48ac-92c4-18db05abb1ea`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New York legislature records).