---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relates to the amount of damages recoverable in a cause of action for unlawful interference with protected rights"
description: "Relates to the amount of damages recoverable in a cause of action for unlawful interference with protected rights which is up to three times the amount of compensatory damages."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ny"
legislature: "New York Legislature"
session: "2023-2024"
identifier: "A 969"
citation: "New York A 969 (2023-2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Chris Burdick"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 15
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2023-01-11"
last_action: "2023-03-03"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/46a6ab3e-3d83-4d75-9761-286923303471"
source_url: "http://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2023/A969"
source_hash: "29fcbd4da05a7bf6c5a73a87d593fac4c5562809d8efac9b6f45b50d8318336d"
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 969 (2023-2024) — Relates to the amount of damages recoverable in a cause of action for unlawful interference with protected rights

Relates to the amount of damages recoverable in a cause of action for unlawful interference with protected rights which is up to three times the amount of compensatory damages.

## Version chain

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

1. **A969** (committee substitute) — [source](http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?sh=printbill&bn=A969&term=2023&Text=Y)

## Votes

- Assembly Vote — **95–50** (pass) · lower
- Floor Vote — **40–21** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Chris Burdick — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-01-11** REFERRED TO JUDICIARY `referral-committee`
- **2023-01-18** REPORTED REFERRED TO CODES `referral-committee`
- **2023-01-24** REPORTED REFERRED TO RULES `referral-committee`
- **2023-01-24** REPORTED
- **2023-01-24** RULES REPORT CAL.42
- **2023-01-24** ORDERED TO THIRD READING RULES CAL.42
- **2023-02-07** PASSED ASSEMBLY `passage`
- **2023-02-07** DELIVERED TO SENATE
- **2023-02-07** REFERRED TO RULES `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-14** SUBSTITUTED FOR S2235
- **2023-02-14** 3RD READING CAL.288
- **2023-02-14** PASSED SENATE `passage`
- **2023-02-14** RETURNED TO ASSEMBLY
- **2023-03-03** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
- **2023-03-03** SIGNED CHAP.26 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/46a6ab3e-3d83-4d75-9761-286923303471`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New York legislature records).