---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relates to certificates upon discharge"
description: "Relates to certificates of relief from disabilities and certificates of good conduct upon discharge."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ny"
legislature: "New York Legislature"
session: "2021-2022"
identifier: "S 2630"
citation: "New York S 2630 (2021-2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["SANDERS"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 13
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2021-01-22"
last_action: "2021-10-25"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f0bf28b6-9076-4766-bbd1-e93e91f012eb"
source_url: "http://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2021/S2630"
source_hash: "846ce99aeb42c143fe931fdfb360af97eb59d2aa36605eacab39ad1b23d83f28"
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 2630 (2021-2022) — Relates to certificates upon discharge

Relates to certificates of relief from disabilities and certificates of good conduct upon discharge.

## Version chain

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

1. **S2630** (committee substitute) — [source](http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?sh=printbill&bn=S2630&term=2021&Text=Y)

## Votes

- Rules Vote — **16–5** (pass) · upper
- Assembly Vote — **102–47** (pass) · lower
- Floor Vote — **44–19** (pass) · upper
- Crime Victims, Crime And Correction Vote — **5–2** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- SANDERS — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-01-22** REFERRED TO CRIME VICTIMS, CRIME AND CORRECTION `referral-committee`
- **2021-04-27** REPORTED AND COMMITTED TO FINANCE `referral-committee`
- **2021-06-08** COMMITTEE DISCHARGED AND COMMITTED TO RULES `referral-committee`
- **2021-06-08** ORDERED TO THIRD READING CAL.1625
- **2021-06-09** PASSED SENATE `passage`
- **2021-06-09** DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY
- **2021-06-09** REFERRED TO CORRECTION `referral-committee`
- **2021-06-10** SUBSTITUTED FOR A5549
- **2021-06-10** ORDERED TO THIRD READING RULES CAL.563
- **2021-06-10** PASSED ASSEMBLY `passage`
- **2021-06-10** RETURNED TO SENATE
- **2021-10-13** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
- **2021-10-25** SIGNED CHAP.491 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/f0bf28b6-9076-4766-bbd1-e93e91f012eb`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New York legislature records).