---
type: "Bill"
title: "Enacts the \"emergency rent relief act of 2020\" to establish an interim residential rent relief program"
description: "Enacts the \"emergency rent relief act of 2020\" to establish an interim residential rent relief program."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ny"
legislature: "New York Legislature"
session: "2019-2020"
identifier: "S 8419"
citation: "New York S 8419 (2019-2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["KAVANAGH"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 13
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2020-05-25"
last_action: "2020-06-17"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/964bc2a8-8ca4-471e-8899-38494e6fdb95"
source_url: "http://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2019/S8419"
source_hash: "f26707b550306cc0956e68a969c021759c912e248341717465643a3cb222728b"
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 8419 (2019-2020) — Enacts the "emergency rent relief act of 2020" to establish an interim residential rent relief program

Enacts the "emergency rent relief act of 2020" to establish an interim residential rent relief program.

## Version chain

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

1. **S8419** (committee substitute) — [source](http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?sh=printbill&bn=S8419&term=2019&Text=Y)

## Votes

- Housing, Construction And Community Development Vote — **11–0** (pass) · upper
- Rules Vote — **19–0** (pass) · upper
- Floor Vote — **61–0** (pass) · upper
- Finance Vote — **22–1** (pass) · upper
- Assembly Vote — **133–10** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- KAVANAGH — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2020-05-25** REFERRED TO HOUSING, CONSTRUCTION AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT `referral-committee`
- **2020-05-26** REPORTED AND COMMITTED TO FINANCE `referral-committee`
- **2020-05-26** REPORTED AND COMMITTED TO RULES `referral-committee`
- **2020-05-27** ORDERED TO THIRD READING CAL.670
- **2020-05-28** PASSED SENATE `passage`
- **2020-05-28** DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY
- **2020-05-28** REFERRED TO WAYS AND MEANS `referral-committee`
- **2020-05-28** SUBSTITUTED FOR A10522
- **2020-05-28** ORDERED TO THIRD READING RULES CAL.58
- **2020-05-28** PASSED ASSEMBLY `passage`
- **2020-05-28** RETURNED TO SENATE
- **2020-06-05** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
- **2020-06-17** SIGNED CHAP.125 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/964bc2a8-8ca4-471e-8899-38494e6fdb95`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New York legislature records).