---
type: "Bill"
title: "Establishes protections from excess hospital charges"
description: "Establishes protections from excess hospital charges."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ny"
legislature: "New York Legislature"
session: "2019-2020"
identifier: "S 6544"
citation: "New York S 6544 (2019-2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["KRUEGER"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 13
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2019-06-15"
last_action: "2019-10-17"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/34f3c673-21c1-44bc-8e2a-66057a0b4bca"
source_url: "http://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2019/S6544"
source_hash: "fd0c631499068d265f933f1be3cf93b4cd962e870f51480207f236286be2e81c"
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 6544 (2019-2020) — Establishes protections from excess hospital charges

Establishes protections from excess hospital charges.

## Version chain

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

1. **S6544** (committee substitute) — [source](http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?sh=printbill&bn=S6544&term=2019&Text=Y)
2. **S6544A** (committee substitute) — [source](http://legislation.nysenate.gov/pdf/bills/2019/S6544A)

## Votes

- Floor Vote - Version: A — **62–0** (pass) · upper
- Rules Vote - Version: A — **19–0** (pass) · upper
- Assembly Vote — **144–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- KRUEGER — primary (person)
- BIAGGI — cosponsor (person)
- RIVERA — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-06-15** REFERRED TO RULES `referral-committee`
- **2019-06-16** AMEND AND RECOMMIT TO RULES `referral-committee, amendment-passage`
- **2019-06-16** PRINT NUMBER 6544A `amendment-passage`
- **2019-06-18** ORDERED TO THIRD READING CAL.1654
- **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 A8404
- **2019-06-20** ORDERED TO THIRD READING RULES CAL.538
- **2019-06-20** PASSED ASSEMBLY `passage`
- **2019-06-20** RETURNED TO SENATE
- **2019-10-11** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
- **2019-10-17** SIGNED CHAP.377 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/34f3c673-21c1-44bc-8e2a-66057a0b4bca`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New York legislature records).