---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relates to a civil cause of action for human trafficking"
description: "Relates to a civil cause of action for human trafficking; allows for actions relating to human trafficking to be commenced within fifteen years after the victimization has occurred."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ny"
legislature: "New York Legislature"
session: "2021-2022"
identifier: "S 672"
citation: "New York S 672 (2021-2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["SANDERS"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 14
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2021-01-06"
last_action: "2021-07-28"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/0f004db0-0517-4b1c-aeb1-22d2ec3ccd4b"
source_url: "http://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2021/S672"
source_hash: "2b93c30616c58fedc2e54a78b4ef0e7e762d48ff33454b456c8093ef1126fd2f"
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 672 (2021-2022) — Relates to a civil cause of action for human trafficking

Relates to a civil cause of action for human trafficking; allows for actions relating to human trafficking to be commenced within fifteen years after the victimization has occurred.

## Version chain

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

1. **S672** (committee substitute) — [source](http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?sh=printbill&bn=S672&term=2021&Text=Y)

## Votes

- Social Services Vote — **7–0** (pass) · upper
- Assembly Vote — **124–24** (pass) · lower
- Floor Vote — **63–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- SANDERS — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-01-06** REFERRED TO CHILDREN AND FAMILIES `referral-committee`
- **2021-02-11** COMMITTEE DISCHARGED AND COMMITTED TO SOCIAL SERVICES `referral-committee`
- **2021-02-23** 1ST REPORT CAL.401
- **2021-02-24** 2ND REPORT CAL.
- **2021-03-01** ADVANCED TO THIRD READING
- **2021-05-11** PASSED SENATE `passage`
- **2021-05-11** DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY
- **2021-05-11** REFERRED TO SOCIAL SERVICES `referral-committee`
- **2021-06-07** SUBSTITUTED FOR A3186
- **2021-06-07** ORDERED TO THIRD READING RULES CAL.424
- **2021-06-09** PASSED ASSEMBLY `passage`
- **2021-06-09** RETURNED TO SENATE
- **2021-07-21** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
- **2021-07-28** SIGNED CHAP.311 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/0f004db0-0517-4b1c-aeb1-22d2ec3ccd4b`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New York legislature records).