---
type: "Bill"
title: "Permits suspension of jury deliberations for a certain period of time"
description: "Permits suspension of jury deliberations for a certain period of time."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ny"
legislature: "New York Legislature"
session: "2019-2020"
identifier: "S 6351"
citation: "New York S 6351 (2019-2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["BAILEY"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 11
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2019-06-06"
last_action: "2019-11-25"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/de67b80e-4801-49f2-a8fb-e44723e22b6a"
source_url: "http://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2019/S6351"
source_hash: "b5b7145c9dd902c7e6774013ca2455716403191d7e0dc18252abd6336648678d"
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 6351 (2019-2020) — Permits suspension of jury deliberations for a certain period of time

Permits suspension of jury deliberations for a certain period of time.

## Version chain

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

1. **S6351** (committee substitute) — [source](http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?sh=printbill&bn=S6351&term=2019&Text=Y)

## Votes

- Assembly Vote — **148–0** (pass) · lower
- Rules Vote — **19–0** (pass) · upper
- Floor Vote — **62–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- BAILEY — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-06-06** REFERRED TO RULES `referral-committee`
- **2019-06-17** ORDERED TO THIRD READING CAL.1449
- **2019-06-17** PASSED SENATE `passage`
- **2019-06-17** DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY
- **2019-06-17** REFERRED TO CODES `referral-committee`
- **2019-06-18** SUBSTITUTED FOR A7751
- **2019-06-18** ORDERED TO THIRD READING CAL.573
- **2019-06-18** PASSED ASSEMBLY `passage`
- **2019-06-18** RETURNED TO SENATE
- **2019-11-19** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
- **2019-11-25** SIGNED CHAP.569 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/de67b80e-4801-49f2-a8fb-e44723e22b6a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New York legislature records).