---
type: "Bill"
title: "Expands eligibility for crime victims' compensation to include domestic partners"
description: "Expands eligibility for those who receive awards under crime victims' compensation to include a domestic partner; defines domestic partner."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ny"
legislature: "New York Legislature"
session: "2019-2020"
identifier: "S 7168"
citation: "New York S 7168 (2019-2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["PARKER"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 11
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2020-01-10"
last_action: "2020-04-17"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/9b55eb14-f0f1-40f5-9743-461b0c89f8d7"
source_url: "http://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2019/S7168"
source_hash: "a5c3e75b957a888285b1406a871ac5aebd0b9c91c260cdb89e324d403e9e9d1d"
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 7168 (2019-2020) — Expands eligibility for crime victims' compensation to include domestic partners

Expands eligibility for those who receive awards under crime victims' compensation to include a domestic partner; defines domestic partner.

## Version chain

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

1. **S7168** (committee substitute) — [source](http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?sh=printbill&bn=S7168&term=2019&Text=Y)

## Votes

- Assembly Vote — **131–11** (pass) · lower
- Rules Vote — **19–0** (pass) · upper
- Floor Vote — **62–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- PARKER — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2020-01-10** REFERRED TO RULES `referral-committee`
- **2020-01-13** ORDERED TO THIRD READING CAL.92
- **2020-01-28** PASSED SENATE `passage`
- **2020-01-28** DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY
- **2020-01-28** REFERRED TO CODES `referral-committee`
- **2020-02-03** SUBSTITUTED FOR A8959
- **2020-02-03** ORDERED TO THIRD READING CAL.363
- **2020-02-03** PASSED ASSEMBLY `passage`
- **2020-02-03** RETURNED TO SENATE
- **2020-04-17** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
- **2020-04-17** SIGNED CHAP.70 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/9b55eb14-f0f1-40f5-9743-461b0c89f8d7`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New York legislature records).