---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relates to financial liability and disclosure for funeral homes"
description: "Relates to financial liability and disclosure for funeral homes and requires an audit of accounts related to preneed agreements."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ny"
legislature: "New York Legislature"
session: "2019-2020"
identifier: "S 5677"
citation: "New York S 5677 (2019-2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["COMRIE"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 14
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2019-05-10"
last_action: "2019-12-12"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e136a7d1-162c-4265-85bb-0d766f8153c1"
source_url: "http://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2019/S5677"
source_hash: "5553b4c213d9203a980c59f3e5c19a2559b8b57f099368edc3c99fe5d9f199eb"
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 5677 (2019-2020) — Relates to financial liability and disclosure for funeral homes

Relates to financial liability and disclosure for funeral homes and requires an audit of accounts related to preneed agreements.

## Version chain

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

1. **S5677** (committee substitute) — [source](http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?sh=printbill&bn=S5677&term=2019&Text=Y)
2. **S5677A** (committee substitute) — [source](http://legislation.nysenate.gov/pdf/bills/2019/S5677A)

## Votes

- Assembly Vote — **148–0** (pass) · lower
- Floor Vote - Version: A — **61–0** (pass) · upper
- Rules Vote - Version: A — **19–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- COMRIE — primary (person)
- STAVISKY — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-05-10** REFERRED TO CONSUMER PROTECTION `referral-committee`
- **2019-05-20** AMEND AND RECOMMIT TO CONSUMER PROTECTION `referral-committee, amendment-passage`
- **2019-05-20** PRINT NUMBER 5677A `amendment-passage`
- **2019-06-06** COMMITTEE DISCHARGED AND COMMITTED TO RULES `referral-committee`
- **2019-06-06** ORDERED TO THIRD READING CAL.1220
- **2019-06-06** PASSED SENATE `passage`
- **2019-06-06** DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY
- **2019-06-06** REFERRED TO CONSUMER AFFAIRS AND PROTECTION `referral-committee`
- **2019-06-19** SUBSTITUTED FOR A7777
- **2019-06-19** ORDERED TO THIRD READING RULES CAL.463
- **2019-06-19** PASSED ASSEMBLY `passage`
- **2019-06-19** RETURNED TO SENATE
- **2019-12-06** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
- **2019-12-12** SIGNED CHAP.642 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/e136a7d1-162c-4265-85bb-0d766f8153c1`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New York legislature records).