---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relates to limited scope appearances"
description: "Relates to limited scope appearances; provides that an attorney may appear on behalf of a party in a civil action or proceeding for limited purposes."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ny"
legislature: "New York Legislature"
session: "2021-2022"
identifier: "S 6807"
citation: "New York S 6807 (2021-2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["THOMAS"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 14
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2021-05-18"
last_action: "2022-12-16"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e3e2f240-34cb-43d2-9ed2-37512e1afbf0"
source_url: "http://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2021/S6807"
source_hash: "c5ba3ac69ef1454a70693c27cd2052e1d0642461b81f287917078efdfd08f478"
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 6807 (2021-2022) — Relates to limited scope appearances

Relates to limited scope appearances; provides that an attorney may appear on behalf of a party in a civil action or proceeding for limited purposes.

## Version chain

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

1. **S6807** (committee substitute) — [source](http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?sh=printbill&bn=S6807&term=2021&Text=Y)

## Votes

- Floor Vote — **63–0** (pass) · upper
- Judiciary Vote — **15–0** (pass) · upper
- Assembly Vote — **146–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- THOMAS — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-05-18** REFERRED TO JUDICIARY `referral-committee`
- **2022-01-05** REFERRED TO JUDICIARY `referral-committee`
- **2022-02-08** 1ST REPORT CAL.450
- **2022-02-09** 2ND REPORT CAL.
- **2022-02-14** ADVANCED TO THIRD READING
- **2022-03-22** PASSED SENATE `passage`
- **2022-03-22** DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY
- **2022-03-22** REFERRED TO JUDICIARY `referral-committee`
- **2022-05-17** SUBSTITUTED FOR A4938
- **2022-05-17** ORDERED TO THIRD READING CAL.159
- **2022-05-17** PASSED ASSEMBLY `passage`
- **2022-05-17** RETURNED TO SENATE
- **2022-12-06** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
- **2022-12-16** SIGNED CHAP.710 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/e3e2f240-34cb-43d2-9ed2-37512e1afbf0`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New York legislature records).