---
type: "Bill"
title: "Increases penalties for purposefully obstructed license plates"
description: "Increases penalties for purposefully obstructed license plates to no less than fifty nor more than three hundred dollars."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ny"
legislature: "New York Legislature"
session: "2021-2022"
identifier: "A 6014"
citation: "New York A 6014 (2021-2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["MAGNARELLI"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 20
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2021-03-04"
last_action: "2021-10-08"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/0c978ccc-5cc2-4f45-9164-3d78e70f3334"
source_url: "http://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2021/A6014"
source_hash: "93b94b7a3818a5e811fe975311362c41f6f0678669fe8389cf2a0040746c23ea"
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 6014 (2021-2022) — Increases penalties for purposefully obstructed license plates

Increases penalties for purposefully obstructed license plates to no less than fifty nor more than three hundred dollars.

## Version chain

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

1. **A6014** (committee substitute) — [source](http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?sh=printbill&bn=A6014&term=2021&Text=Y)
2. **A6014A** (committee substitute) — [source](http://legislation.nysenate.gov/pdf/bills/2021/A6014A)

## Votes

- MOTION:MAGNARELLI; To reconsider — **147–0** (pass) · lower
- Floor Vote - Version: A — **62–1** (pass) · upper
- Assembly Vote - Vote 2 — **149–0** (pass) · lower
- Assembly Vote — **145–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- MAGNARELLI — primary (person)
- ABBATE — cosponsor (person)
- BUTTENSCHON — cosponsor (person)
- CYMBROWITZ — cosponsor (person)
- DINOWITZ — cosponsor (person)
- ENGLEBRIGHT — cosponsor (person)
- GALEF — cosponsor (person)
- GALLAGHER — cosponsor (person)
- JACOBSON — cosponsor (person)
- LAVINE — cosponsor (person)
- MCDONALD — cosponsor (person)
- SILLITTI — cosponsor (person)
- SIMON — cosponsor (person)
- THIELE — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-03-04** REFERRED TO TRANSPORTATION `referral-committee`
- **2021-04-20** REPORTED REFERRED TO CODES `referral-committee`
- **2021-05-04** REPORTED
- **2021-05-06** ADVANCED TO THIRD READING CAL.324
- **2021-05-10** PASSED ASSEMBLY `passage`
- **2021-05-10** DELIVERED TO SENATE
- **2021-05-10** REFERRED TO TRANSPORTATION `referral-committee`
- **2021-06-01** RECALLED FROM SENATE
- **2021-06-01** RETURNED TO ASSEMBLY
- **2021-06-01** VOTE RECONSIDERED - RESTORED TO THIRD READING
- **2021-06-01** AMENDED ON THIRD READING 6014A `amendment-passage`
- **2021-06-07** REPASSED ASSEMBLY `passage`
- **2021-06-07** RETURNED TO SENATE
- **2021-06-07** COMMITTED TO RULES `referral-committee`
- **2021-06-09** SUBSTITUTED FOR S4849A
- **2021-06-09** 3RD READING CAL.1641
- **2021-06-09** PASSED SENATE `passage`
- **2021-06-09** RETURNED TO ASSEMBLY
- **2021-09-28** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
- **2021-10-08** SIGNED CHAP.451 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/0c978ccc-5cc2-4f45-9164-3d78e70f3334`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New York legislature records).