---
type: "Bill"
title: "Allows an affirmation by any person, wherever made, in a civil action"
description: "Allows an affirmation by any person, wherever made, subscribed and affirmed by that person to be true under the penalties of perjury, to be used in a civil action in New York in lieu of and with the same force and effect as an affidavit."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ny"
legislature: "New York Legislature"
session: "2023-2024"
identifier: "A 5772"
citation: "New York A 5772 (2023-2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Charles Lavine"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 12
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2023-03-23"
last_action: "2023-10-25"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/441afc5f-e138-4f7e-92f9-c1715fb5a645"
source_url: "http://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2023/A5772"
source_hash: "442700a41488af61129deb0d9d1c5750fe77b3a096fbe6772328c6fc67d6cb1d"
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 A 5772 (2023-2024) — Allows an affirmation by any person, wherever made, in a civil action

Allows an affirmation by any person, wherever made, subscribed and affirmed by that person to be true under the penalties of perjury, to be used in a civil action in New York in lieu of and with the same force and effect as an affidavit.

## Version chain

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

1. **A5772** (committee substitute) — [source](http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?sh=printbill&bn=A5772&term=2023&Text=Y)

## Votes

- Assembly Vote — **100–48** (pass) · lower
- Floor Vote — **43–15** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Charles Lavine — primary (person)
- Jo Anne Simon — cosponsor (person)
- Monica P. Wallace — cosponsor (person)
- Tony Simone — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-03-23** REFERRED TO JUDICIARY `referral-committee`
- **2023-04-25** REPORTED
- **2023-04-27** ADVANCED TO THIRD READING CAL.176
- **2023-05-23** PASSED ASSEMBLY `passage`
- **2023-05-23** DELIVERED TO SENATE
- **2023-05-23** REFERRED TO JUDICIARY `referral-committee`
- **2023-05-31** SUBSTITUTED FOR S5162
- **2023-05-31** 3RD READING CAL.504
- **2023-05-31** PASSED SENATE `passage`
- **2023-05-31** RETURNED TO ASSEMBLY
- **2023-10-13** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
- **2023-10-25** SIGNED CHAP.559 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/441afc5f-e138-4f7e-92f9-c1715fb5a645`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New York legislature records).