---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relates to the disclosure of law enforcement disciplinary records; and to repeal section 50-a of the civil rights law relating thereto"
description: "Relates to the disclosure of law enforcement disciplinary records."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ny"
legislature: "New York Legislature"
session: "2019-2020"
identifier: "S 8496"
citation: "New York S 8496 (2019-2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["BAILEY"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 12
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2020-06-06"
last_action: "2020-06-12"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ebf8bc3c-cf72-421e-ac02-e903c3cd68ec"
source_url: "http://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2019/S8496"
source_hash: "b316e4dd3930c91345f5d7d9d1f6e2197f5541baaf86047f67208bfe0b40359a"
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 8496 (2019-2020) — Relates to the disclosure of law enforcement disciplinary records; and to repeal section 50-a of the civil rights law relating thereto

Relates to the disclosure of law enforcement disciplinary records.

## Version chain

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

1. **S8496** (committee substitute) — [source](http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?sh=printbill&bn=S8496&term=2019&Text=Y)

## Votes

- Rules Vote — **15–4** (pass) · upper
- Floor Vote — **40–22** (pass) · upper
- Assembly Vote — **101–43** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- BAILEY — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2020-06-06** REFERRED TO CODES `referral-committee`
- **2020-06-08** REPORTED AND COMMITTED TO RULES `referral-committee`
- **2020-06-08** ORDERED TO THIRD READING CAL.751
- **2020-06-09** PASSED SENATE `passage`
- **2020-06-09** DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY
- **2020-06-09** REFERRED TO CODES `referral-committee`
- **2020-06-09** SUBSTITUTED FOR A10611
- **2020-06-09** ORDERED TO THIRD READING RULES CAL.67
- **2020-06-09** PASSED ASSEMBLY `passage`
- **2020-06-09** RETURNED TO SENATE
- **2020-06-11** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
- **2020-06-12** SIGNED CHAP.96 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/ebf8bc3c-cf72-421e-ac02-e903c3cd68ec`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New York legislature records).