---
type: "Bill"
title: "Provides for provisions relating to a state disaster emergency"
description: "Relates to expenditures and temporary transfers of reserve funds for expenses related to a state disaster emergency (Part A); relates to issuing a moratorium on utility termination of services during periods of pandemics and/or state of emergencies (Part B); relates to the forbearance of residential mortgage payments for qualified mortgagors for a period of up to 180 days with the option to extend for an additional 180 days (Part C); relates to hearings conducted on a felony complaint during a state disaster emergency (Part D)."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ny"
legislature: "New York Legislature"
session: "2019-2020"
identifier: "S 8428"
citation: "New York S 8428 (2019-2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["PARKER"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 14
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2020-05-28"
last_action: "2020-06-17"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/092c0abc-a4ac-4db4-bcd6-f2373425e8d4"
source_url: "http://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2019/S8428"
source_hash: "50cc16dd17d15188ecff9086984dace417b4fa358e352649dd764edeb67f70da"
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 8428 (2019-2020) — Provides for provisions relating to a state disaster emergency

Relates to expenditures and temporary transfers of reserve funds for expenses related to a state disaster emergency (Part A); relates to issuing a moratorium on utility termination of services during periods of pandemics and/or state of emergencies (Part B); relates to the forbearance of residential mortgage payments for qualified mortgagors for a period of up to 180 days with the option to extend for an additional 180 days (Part C); relates to hearings conducted on a felony complaint during a state disaster emergency (Part D).

## Version chain

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

1. **S8428** (committee substitute) — [source](http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?sh=printbill&bn=S8428&term=2019&Text=Y)

## Votes

- MOTION:GOODELL; To appeal decision of the chair — **99–44** (pass) · lower
- Rules Vote — **19–0** (pass) · upper
- Assembly Vote — **107–35** (pass) · lower
- Floor Vote — **57–4** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- PARKER — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2020-05-28** REFERRED TO RULES `referral-committee`
- **2020-05-28** ORDERED TO THIRD READING CAL.673
- **2020-05-28** MESSAGE OF NECESSITY - 3 DAY MESSAGE
- **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 A10530
- **2020-05-28** ORDERED TO THIRD READING RULES CAL.60
- **2020-05-28** RULING OF CHAIR ON POINT OF ORDER
- **2020-05-28** MESSAGE OF NECESSITY - 3 DAY MESSAGE
- **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.126 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/092c0abc-a4ac-4db4-bcd6-f2373425e8d4`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New York legislature records).