---
type: "Bill"
title: "Permits the court to grant post-conviction motions to vacate a judgment when the issue raised upon such motion is ineffective assistance of counsel"
description: "Permits the court to grant post-conviction motions to vacate a judgment when the issue raised upon such motion is ineffective assistance of counsel in certain cases in which the court would otherwise be required to deny the motion."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ny"
legislature: "New York Legislature"
session: "2021-2022"
identifier: "A 2653"
citation: "New York A 2653 (2021-2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["LAVINE"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 12
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2021-01-19"
last_action: "2021-10-25"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/456871f4-28f4-49c9-94c9-65fde9591f60"
source_url: "http://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2021/A2653"
source_hash: "56443c217be553f600a5150148b3dc7032a42866e19c5adcf79c16c858cc4fb4"
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 2653 (2021-2022) — Permits the court to grant post-conviction motions to vacate a judgment when the issue raised upon such motion is ineffective assistance of counsel

Permits the court to grant post-conviction motions to vacate a judgment when the issue raised upon such motion is ineffective assistance of counsel in certain cases in which the court would otherwise be required to deny the motion.

## Version chain

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

1. **A2653** (committee substitute) — [source](http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?sh=printbill&bn=A2653&term=2021&Text=Y)

## Votes

- Assembly Vote — **150–0** (pass) · lower
- Floor Vote — **63–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- LAVINE — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-01-19** REFERRED TO CODES `referral-committee`
- **2021-02-09** REPORTED
- **2021-02-11** ADVANCED TO THIRD READING CAL.105
- **2021-02-23** PASSED ASSEMBLY `passage`
- **2021-02-23** DELIVERED TO SENATE
- **2021-02-23** REFERRED TO CODES `referral-committee`
- **2021-06-07** SUBSTITUTED FOR S1217
- **2021-06-07** 3RD READING CAL.1214
- **2021-06-07** PASSED SENATE `passage`
- **2021-06-07** RETURNED TO ASSEMBLY
- **2021-10-13** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
- **2021-10-25** SIGNED CHAP.501 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/456871f4-28f4-49c9-94c9-65fde9591f60`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New York legislature records).