---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relates to the right of a defendant who has entered a plea of not guilty to an information which charges a misdemeanor to a jury trial"
description: "Relates to the right of a defendant who has entered a plea of not guilty to an information which charges a misdemeanor to a jury trial."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ny"
legislature: "New York Legislature"
session: "2021-2022"
identifier: "A 4319"
citation: "New York A 4319 (2021-2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["DINOWITZ"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 12
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2021-02-01"
last_action: "2021-12-29"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/2364a5da-d8cb-42d2-8a28-9c418758fc3c"
source_url: "http://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2021/A4319"
source_hash: "e2e3ff3cbba69be2e2d9077af5b73c554260e8eb13d726a80598f4d6a8e409cd"
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 4319 (2021-2022) — Relates to the right of a defendant who has entered a plea of not guilty to an information which charges a misdemeanor to a jury trial

Relates to the right of a defendant who has entered a plea of not guilty to an information which charges a misdemeanor to a jury trial.

## Version chain

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

1. **A4319** (committee substitute) — [source](http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?sh=printbill&bn=A4319&term=2021&Text=Y)

## Votes

- Assembly Vote — **148–1** (pass) · lower
- Floor Vote — **63–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- DINOWITZ — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-02-01** REFERRED TO CODES `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-01** REPORTED
- **2021-03-04** ADVANCED TO THIRD READING CAL.145
- **2021-03-10** PASSED ASSEMBLY `passage`
- **2021-03-10** DELIVERED TO SENATE
- **2021-03-10** REFERRED TO CODES `referral-committee`
- **2021-05-24** SUBSTITUTED FOR S689
- **2021-05-24** 3RD READING CAL.101
- **2021-05-24** PASSED SENATE `passage`
- **2021-05-24** RETURNED TO ASSEMBLY
- **2021-12-17** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
- **2021-12-29** SIGNED CHAP.806 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/2364a5da-d8cb-42d2-8a28-9c418758fc3c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New York legislature records).