---
type: "Bill"
title: "Repeals subdivision 4 of section 240.35 of the penal law that relates to the crime of loitering"
description: "Relates to the crime of loitering."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ny"
legislature: "New York Legislature"
session: "2019-2020"
identifier: "S 8415"
citation: "New York S 8415 (2019-2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["BAILEY"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 12
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2020-05-24"
last_action: "2020-06-13"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/6a536b92-9190-4b7f-8f56-ee4a4f329553"
source_url: "http://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2019/S8415"
source_hash: "410a6f7f1ffbe8fae5770deae75a26e0db8ce45507e87e9378133bc70192534d"
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 8415 (2019-2020) — Repeals subdivision 4 of section 240.35 of the penal law that relates to the crime of loitering

Relates to the crime of loitering.

## Version chain

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

1. **S8415** (committee substitute) — [source](http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?sh=printbill&bn=S8415&term=2019&Text=Y)

## Votes

- Assembly Vote — **109–35** (pass) · lower
- Rules Vote — **12–7** (pass) · upper
- Floor Vote — **35–27** (pass) · upper
- Codes Vote — **9–3** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- BAILEY — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2020-05-24** REFERRED TO CODES `referral-committee`
- **2020-05-26** REPORTED AND COMMITTED TO RULES `referral-committee`
- **2020-05-27** ORDERED TO THIRD READING CAL.666
- **2020-05-27** PASSED SENATE `passage`
- **2020-05-27** DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY
- **2020-05-27** REFERRED TO CODES `referral-committee`
- **2020-05-27** SUBSTITUTED FOR A10446A
- **2020-05-27** ORDERED TO THIRD READING RULES CAL.41
- **2020-05-27** PASSED ASSEMBLY `passage`
- **2020-05-27** RETURNED TO SENATE
- **2020-06-05** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
- **2020-06-13** SIGNED CHAP.98 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/6a536b92-9190-4b7f-8f56-ee4a4f329553`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New York legislature records).