---
type: "Bill"
title: "Expands the number of judges in certain judicial districts and the family court"
description: "Expands the number of judges in certain judicial districts and the family courts of New York city and Nassau and Saratoga counties."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ny"
legislature: "New York Legislature"
session: "2021-2022"
identifier: "S 9466"
citation: "New York S 9466 (2021-2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["HOYLMAN"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 12
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2022-05-30"
last_action: "2022-06-30"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d1a34dd8-0d68-42ab-882c-972757d77586"
source_url: "http://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2021/S9466"
source_hash: "2edf20d779228ec53165661592b8bc6cc1d3665ef050ac1a891e17af4e522e76"
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 9466 (2021-2022) — Expands the number of judges in certain judicial districts and the family court

Expands the number of judges in certain judicial districts and the family courts of New York city and Nassau and Saratoga counties.

## Version chain

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

1. **S9466** (committee substitute) — [source](http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?sh=printbill&bn=S9466&term=2021&Text=Y)

## Votes

- Assembly Vote — **149–0** (pass) · lower
- Rules Vote — **21–0** (pass) · upper
- Floor Vote — **63–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- HOYLMAN — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-05-30** REFERRED TO JUDICIARY `referral-committee`
- **2022-06-02** COMMITTEE DISCHARGED AND COMMITTED TO RULES `referral-committee`
- **2022-06-02** ORDERED TO THIRD READING CAL.1884
- **2022-06-02** PASSED SENATE `passage`
- **2022-06-02** DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY
- **2022-06-02** REFERRED TO WAYS AND MEANS `referral-committee`
- **2022-06-03** SUBSTITUTED FOR A10505
- **2022-06-03** ORDERED TO THIRD READING RULES CAL.670
- **2022-06-03** PASSED ASSEMBLY `passage`
- **2022-06-03** RETURNED TO SENATE
- **2022-06-30** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
- **2022-06-30** SIGNED CHAP.365 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/d1a34dd8-0d68-42ab-882c-972757d77586`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New York legislature records).