---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relates to the determination of capacity to stand trial in juvenile delinquency proceedings in family court"
description: "Relates to the determination of capacity to stand trial in juvenile delinquency proceedings in family court."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ny"
legislature: "New York Legislature"
session: "2019-2020"
identifier: "S 5516"
citation: "New York S 5516 (2019-2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["MONTGOMERY"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 15
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2019-05-03"
last_action: "2019-12-06"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/7835e597-21ea-47a8-a0fe-ec54d59a2783"
source_url: "http://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2019/S5516"
source_hash: "04aee12c5e7b57187db3072666cae98444f105a6ec6b78fac80847c24b9db8f0"
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 5516 (2019-2020) — Relates to the determination of capacity to stand trial in juvenile delinquency proceedings in family court

Relates to the determination of capacity to stand trial in juvenile delinquency proceedings in family court.

## Version chain

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

1. **S5516** (committee substitute) — [source](http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?sh=printbill&bn=S5516&term=2019&Text=Y)
2. **S5516A** (committee substitute) — [source](http://legislation.nysenate.gov/pdf/bills/2019/S5516A)
3. **S5516B** (committee substitute) — [source](http://legislation.nysenate.gov/pdf/bills/2019/S5516B)

## Votes

- Floor Vote - Version: B — **60–2** (pass) · upper
- Children And Families Vote — **7–0** (pass) · upper
- Assembly Vote — **148–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- MONTGOMERY — primary (person)
- LIU — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-05-03** REFERRED TO CHILDREN AND FAMILIES `referral-committee`
- **2019-05-14** 1ST REPORT CAL.766
- **2019-05-15** 2ND REPORT CAL.
- **2019-05-20** AMENDED (T) 5516A
- **2019-05-20** ADVANCED TO THIRD READING
- **2019-06-11** AMENDED ON THIRD READING 5516B `amendment-passage`
- **2019-06-18** PASSED SENATE `passage`
- **2019-06-18** DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY
- **2019-06-18** REFERRED TO CODES `referral-committee`
- **2019-06-18** SUBSTITUTED FOR A8092
- **2019-06-18** ORDERED TO THIRD READING RULES CAL.424
- **2019-06-18** PASSED ASSEMBLY `passage`
- **2019-06-18** RETURNED TO SENATE
- **2019-11-26** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
- **2019-12-06** SIGNED CHAP.602 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/7835e597-21ea-47a8-a0fe-ec54d59a2783`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New York legislature records).