---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relates to the disclosure of liability of a motor vehicle lessee in the case of a total loss or the vehicle is rendered inoperable"
description: "Relates to the disclosure of liability of a motor vehicle lessee in the case of a total loss or the vehicle is rendered inoperable; requires disclosure of lessor policies in the case of a total loss or vehicle rendered inoperable."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ny"
legislature: "New York Legislature"
session: "2019-2020"
identifier: "S 5859"
citation: "New York S 5859 (2019-2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["THOMAS"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 16
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2019-05-15"
last_action: "2019-12-06"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/6d995284-9206-4341-ae4b-32e698f86143"
source_url: "http://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2019/S5859"
source_hash: "18f228474296141194080e448f64e8520c5ecf3a6635f8c6b48d2b2b6ad04bc3"
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 5859 (2019-2020) — Relates to the disclosure of liability of a motor vehicle lessee in the case of a total loss or the vehicle is rendered inoperable

Relates to the disclosure of liability of a motor vehicle lessee in the case of a total loss or the vehicle is rendered inoperable; requires disclosure of lessor policies in the case of a total loss or vehicle rendered inoperable.

## Version chain

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

1. **S5859** (committee substitute) — [source](http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?sh=printbill&bn=S5859&term=2019&Text=Y)
2. **S5859A** (committee substitute) — [source](http://legislation.nysenate.gov/pdf/bills/2019/S5859A)
3. **S5859B** (committee substitute) — [source](http://legislation.nysenate.gov/pdf/bills/2019/S5859B)

## Votes

- Floor Vote - Version: B — **62–0** (pass) · upper
- Rules Vote - Version: B — **19–0** (pass) · upper
- Assembly Vote — **147–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- THOMAS — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-05-15** REFERRED TO CONSUMER PROTECTION `referral-committee`
- **2019-05-16** AMEND AND RECOMMIT TO CONSUMER PROTECTION `referral-committee, amendment-passage`
- **2019-05-16** PRINT NUMBER 5859A `amendment-passage`
- **2019-05-30** AMEND AND RECOMMIT TO CONSUMER PROTECTION `referral-committee, amendment-passage`
- **2019-05-30** PRINT NUMBER 5859B `amendment-passage`
- **2019-06-05** COMMITTEE DISCHARGED AND COMMITTED TO RULES `referral-committee`
- **2019-06-05** ORDERED TO THIRD READING CAL.1201
- **2019-06-05** PASSED SENATE `passage`
- **2019-06-05** DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY
- **2019-06-05** REFERRED TO CONSUMER AFFAIRS AND PROTECTION `referral-committee`
- **2019-06-18** SUBSTITUTED FOR A6748A
- **2019-06-18** ORDERED TO THIRD READING RULES CAL.379
- **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.607 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/6d995284-9206-4341-ae4b-32e698f86143`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New York legislature records).