---
type: "Bill"
title: "Removes the prohibition on individuals convicted of a felony that prevents them from being appointed fiduciary of an estate"
description: "Removes the prohibition on individuals convicted of a felony that prevents them from being appointed fiduciary of an estate; allows the court the discretion to permit or prevent such appointment of an individual convicted of a felony."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ny"
legislature: "New York Legislature"
session: "2021-2022"
identifier: "A 2573"
citation: "New York A 2573 (2021-2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["FALL"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 16
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2021-01-19"
last_action: "2021-10-22"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/7f5c8593-5ce6-4b47-93d9-6c285be03c7e"
source_url: "http://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2021/A2573"
source_hash: "457c64086fceede7989354ac7ae1839ead72951f3ea5c3cb1dc4e6ca7bbc91d5"
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 A 2573 (2021-2022) — Removes the prohibition on individuals convicted of a felony that prevents them from being appointed fiduciary of an estate

Removes the prohibition on individuals convicted of a felony that prevents them from being appointed fiduciary of an estate; allows the court the discretion to permit or prevent such appointment of an individual convicted of a felony.

## Version chain

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

1. **A2573** (committee substitute) — [source](http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?sh=printbill&bn=A2573&term=2021&Text=Y)
2. **A2573A** (committee substitute) — [source](http://legislation.nysenate.gov/pdf/bills/2021/A2573A)

## Votes

- Floor Vote - Version: A — **43–20** (pass) · upper
- Assembly Vote — **146–1** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- FALL — primary (person)
- BARRON — cosponsor (person)
- DICKENS — cosponsor (person)
- EPSTEIN — cosponsor (person)
- GOTTFRIED — cosponsor (person)
- HYNDMAN — cosponsor (person)
- O'DONNELL — cosponsor (person)
- PERRY — cosponsor (person)
- PICHARDO — cosponsor (person)
- SAYEGH — cosponsor (person)
- WILLIAMS — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-01-19** REFERRED TO JUDICIARY `referral-committee`
- **2021-05-07** AMEND AND RECOMMIT TO JUDICIARY `amendment-passage, referral-committee`
- **2021-05-07** PRINT NUMBER 2573A `amendment-passage`
- **2021-05-19** REPORTED REFERRED TO RULES `referral-committee`
- **2021-05-24** REPORTED
- **2021-05-24** RULES REPORT CAL.84
- **2021-05-24** ORDERED TO THIRD READING RULES CAL.84
- **2021-06-01** PASSED ASSEMBLY `passage`
- **2021-06-01** DELIVERED TO SENATE
- **2021-06-01** REFERRED TO JUDICIARY `referral-committee`
- **2021-06-10** SUBSTITUTED FOR S294A
- **2021-06-10** 3RD READING CAL.522
- **2021-06-10** PASSED SENATE `passage`
- **2021-06-10** RETURNED TO ASSEMBLY
- **2021-10-13** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
- **2021-10-22** SIGNED CHAP.486 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/7f5c8593-5ce6-4b47-93d9-6c285be03c7e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New York legislature records).