---
type: "Bill"
title: "Revises and clarifies the uniform foreign country money judgments recognition act"
description: "Revises and clarifies the uniform foreign country money judgments recognition act."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ny"
legislature: "New York Legislature"
session: "2021-2022"
identifier: "S 523"
citation: "New York S 523 (2021-2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["HOYLMAN"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 20
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2021-01-06"
last_action: "2021-06-11"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/19e6215b-be5e-4ebd-aed6-88b1a085daf0"
source_url: "http://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2021/S523"
source_hash: "7dae0eedfe4a3417edc5a9aedd46ca6130ad568ae1e9f690e168f2ffbbe91ab4"
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 523 (2021-2022) — Revises and clarifies the uniform foreign country money judgments recognition act

Revises and clarifies the uniform foreign country money judgments recognition act.

## Version chain

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

1. **S523** (committee substitute) — [source](http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?sh=printbill&bn=S523&term=2021&Text=Y)
2. **S523A** (committee substitute) — [source](http://legislation.nysenate.gov/pdf/bills/2021/S523A)

## Votes

- Assembly Vote — **147–0** (pass) · lower
- Floor Vote - Version: A — **63–0** (pass) · upper
- Judiciary Vote — **15–0** (pass) · upper
- Floor Vote — **63–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- HOYLMAN — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-01-06** REFERRED TO JUDICIARY `referral-committee`
- **2021-02-23** 1ST REPORT CAL.406
- **2021-02-24** 2ND REPORT CAL.
- **2021-03-01** ADVANCED TO THIRD READING
- **2021-03-03** PASSED SENATE `passage`
- **2021-03-03** DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY
- **2021-03-03** REFERRED TO CODES `referral-committee`
- **2021-05-19** RECALLED FROM ASSEMBLY
- **2021-05-19** RETURNED TO SENATE
- **2021-05-19** VOTE RECONSIDERED - RESTORED TO THIRD READING
- **2021-05-19** AMENDED ON THIRD READING 523A `amendment-passage`
- **2021-05-24** REPASSED SENATE `passage`
- **2021-05-24** RETURNED TO ASSEMBLY
- **2021-05-24** REFERRED TO CODES `referral-committee`
- **2021-05-26** SUBSTITUTED FOR A4580A
- **2021-05-26** ORDERED TO THIRD READING CAL.360
- **2021-05-26** PASSED ASSEMBLY `passage`
- **2021-05-26** RETURNED TO SENATE
- **2021-06-07** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
- **2021-06-11** SIGNED CHAP.127 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/19e6215b-be5e-4ebd-aed6-88b1a085daf0`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New York legislature records).