---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relates to protective orders for juries"
description: "Permits the court to withhold the names and addresses of jurors in certain proceedings; sets factors for determining good cause to issue protective orders for juries."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ny"
legislature: "New York Legislature"
session: "2023-2024"
identifier: "A 7495"
citation: "New York A 7495 (2023-2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Charles Lavine"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 14
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2023-05-25"
last_action: "2024-12-21"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/231334c4-690b-4d8b-b389-15ec61968612"
source_url: "http://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2023/A7495"
source_hash: "84ec51f17bfaa3af2e98c01134c4708b1f6c96d29f6d2a20af4ce6e298612b34"
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 7495 (2023-2024) — Relates to protective orders for juries

Permits the court to withhold the names and addresses of jurors in certain proceedings; sets factors for determining good cause to issue protective orders for juries.

## Version chain

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

1. **A7495** (committee substitute) — [source](http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?sh=printbill&bn=A7495&term=2023&Text=Y)

## Votes

- Assembly Vote — **147–0** (pass) · lower
- Floor Vote — **57–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Charles Lavine — primary (person)
- Aileen Gunther — cosponsor (person)
- Alicia Hyndman — cosponsor (person)
- Andrew Hevesi — cosponsor (person)
- Catalina Cruz — cosponsor (person)
- Dana Levenberg — cosponsor (person)
- David Weprin — cosponsor (person)
- George Alvarez — cosponsor (person)
- Gina Sillitti — cosponsor (person)
- Harvey Epstein — cosponsor (person)
- Jeffrey Dinowitz — cosponsor (person)
- John T. McDonald III — cosponsor (person)
- Karines Reyes — cosponsor (person)
- Maritza Davila — cosponsor (person)
- Mary Beth Walsh — cosponsor (person)
- MaryJane Shimsky — cosponsor (person)
- Nader Sayegh — cosponsor (person)
- Taylor Darling — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-05-25** REFERRED TO CODES `referral-committee`
- **2024-01-03** REFERRED TO CODES `referral-committee`
- **2024-05-07** REPORTED
- **2024-05-09** ADVANCED TO THIRD READING CAL.460
- **2024-05-14** PASSED ASSEMBLY `passage`
- **2024-05-14** DELIVERED TO SENATE
- **2024-05-14** REFERRED TO CODES `referral-committee`
- **2024-05-23** SUBSTITUTED FOR S6239
- **2024-05-23** 3RD READING CAL.550
- **2024-05-23** PASSED SENATE `passage`
- **2024-05-23** RETURNED TO ASSEMBLY
- **2024-12-12** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
- **2024-12-21** SIGNED CHAP.622 `executive-signature`
- **2024-12-21** APPROVAL MEMO.60

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/231334c4-690b-4d8b-b389-15ec61968612`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New York legislature records).