---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relates to judgment by confession"
description: "Relates to judgment by confession; allows a government agency engaged in the enforcement of a civil or criminal law to file an affidavit in any county."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ny"
legislature: "New York Legislature"
session: "2019-2020"
identifier: "S 6395"
citation: "New York S 6395 (2019-2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["HOYLMAN"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 11
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2019-06-07"
last_action: "2019-08-30"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/49aa7c9e-17ed-4aaf-9c4e-b2efaf500360"
source_url: "http://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2019/S6395"
source_hash: "6ab8552adafaf1bc4ddb06968387ecc54a3008a9e2a319aed108729f4ea6e3fb"
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 6395 (2019-2020) — Relates to judgment by confession

Relates to judgment by confession; allows a government agency engaged in the enforcement of a civil or criminal law to file an affidavit in any county.

## Version chain

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

1. **S6395** (committee substitute) — [source](http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?sh=printbill&bn=S6395&term=2019&Text=Y)

## Votes

- Assembly Vote — **96–50** (pass) · lower
- Rules Vote — **19–0** (pass) · upper
- Floor Vote — **61–1** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- HOYLMAN — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-06-07** REFERRED TO RULES `referral-committee`
- **2019-06-19** ORDERED TO THIRD READING CAL.1714
- **2019-06-19** PASSED SENATE `passage`
- **2019-06-19** DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY
- **2019-06-19** REFERRED TO CODES `referral-committee`
- **2019-06-20** SUBSTITUTED FOR A7500A
- **2019-06-20** ORDERED TO THIRD READING RULES CAL.395
- **2019-06-20** PASSED ASSEMBLY `passage`
- **2019-06-20** RETURNED TO SENATE
- **2019-08-28** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
- **2019-08-30** SIGNED CHAP.214 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/49aa7c9e-17ed-4aaf-9c4e-b2efaf500360`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New York legislature records).