---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relates to payment in construction contracts"
description: "Relates to payment in construction contracts; specifies the meaning of \"substantial completion\" for the purposes of requisition payments in construction contracts."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ny"
legislature: "New York Legislature"
session: "2019-2020"
identifier: "S 7664"
citation: "New York S 7664 (2019-2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["BRESLIN"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 13
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2020-02-04"
last_action: "2020-12-15"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/954a73d3-dfa0-4953-aecd-5a3439508ebc"
source_url: "http://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2019/S7664"
source_hash: "4dd5d5bf9534c44252ee530b55c407ce2c662c3096234fef7beca564aa7baa45"
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 7664 (2019-2020) — Relates to payment in construction contracts

Relates to payment in construction contracts; specifies the meaning of "substantial completion" for the purposes of requisition payments in construction contracts.

## Version chain

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

1. **S7664** (committee substitute) — [source](http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?sh=printbill&bn=S7664&term=2019&Text=Y)

## Votes

- Floor Vote — **60–0** (pass) · upper
- Assembly Vote — **141–0** (pass) · lower
- Finance Vote — **23–0** (pass) · upper
- Rules Vote — **19–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- BRESLIN — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2020-02-04** REFERRED TO FINANCE `referral-committee`
- **2020-07-21** REPORTED AND COMMITTED TO RULES `referral-committee`
- **2020-07-21** ORDERED TO THIRD READING CAL.824
- **2020-07-22** PASSED SENATE `passage`
- **2020-07-22** DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY
- **2020-07-22** REFERRED TO WAYS AND MEANS `referral-committee`
- **2020-07-23** SUBSTITUTED FOR A9117
- **2020-07-23** ORDERED TO THIRD READING RULES CAL.319
- **2020-07-23** PASSED ASSEMBLY `passage`
- **2020-07-23** RETURNED TO SENATE
- **2020-12-03** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
- **2020-12-15** SIGNED CHAP.341 `executive-signature`
- **2020-12-15** APPROVAL MEMO.45

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/954a73d3-dfa0-4953-aecd-5a3439508ebc`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New York legislature records).