---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relates to extending current exemptions of income and resources for public assistance programs"
description: "Extends current exemptions of income and resources for public assistance programs under the welfare reform act of 1997."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ny"
legislature: "New York Legislature"
session: "2019-2020"
identifier: "S 6314"
citation: "New York S 6314 (2019-2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["PERSAUD"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 11
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2019-06-04"
last_action: "2019-08-29"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/8e1da65a-d703-40c5-b02e-9671bab3ed95"
source_url: "http://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2019/S6314"
source_hash: "8e9f325c734375997e5f3692e610d6d05f98968e5bd03ee59d81e2dfff828acb"
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 6314 (2019-2020) — Relates to extending current exemptions of income and resources for public assistance programs

Extends current exemptions of income and resources for public assistance programs under the welfare reform act of 1997.

## Version chain

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

1. **S6314** (committee substitute) — [source](http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?sh=printbill&bn=S6314&term=2019&Text=Y)

## Votes

- Assembly Vote — **102–46** (pass) · lower
- Floor Vote — **61–0** (pass) · upper
- Rules Vote — **19–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- PERSAUD — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-06-04** REFERRED TO RULES `referral-committee`
- **2019-06-11** ORDERED TO THIRD READING CAL.1266
- **2019-06-11** PASSED SENATE `passage`
- **2019-06-11** DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY
- **2019-06-11** REFERRED TO SOCIAL SERVICES `referral-committee`
- **2019-06-18** SUBSTITUTED FOR A7603
- **2019-06-18** ORDERED TO THIRD READING CAL.561
- **2019-06-18** PASSED ASSEMBLY `passage`
- **2019-06-18** RETURNED TO SENATE
- **2019-08-22** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
- **2019-08-29** SIGNED CHAP.213 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/8e1da65a-d703-40c5-b02e-9671bab3ed95`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New York legislature records).