---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relates to victims assistance"
description: "Provides additional crime victims' rights; requires certain notifications."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ny"
legislature: "New York Legislature"
session: "2023-2024"
identifier: "S 5502"
citation: "New York S 5502 (2023-2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Jessica Scarcella-Spanton"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 23
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2023-03-06"
last_action: "2024-12-13"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/40d29ad7-a8ce-4035-91e2-9f683eabe821"
source_url: "http://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2023/S5502"
source_hash: "250216d9330f249ec29461b4cad7f760958e5363d8b89b5e01f97f0e3b73417b"
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 5502 (2023-2024) — Relates to victims assistance

Provides additional crime victims' rights; requires certain notifications.

## Version chain

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

1. **S5502** (committee substitute) — [source](http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?sh=printbill&bn=S5502&term=2023&Text=Y)

## Votes

- Assembly Vote — **145–0** (pass) · lower
- Floor Vote — **60–0** (pass) · upper
- Floor Vote — **60–0** (pass) · upper
- Crime Victims, Crime And Correction Vote — **7–0** (pass) · upper
- Crime Victims, Crime And Correction Vote — **7–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Jessica Scarcella-Spanton — primary (person)
- Dean Murray — cosponsor (person)
- Jack M. Martins — cosponsor (person)
- Lea Webb — cosponsor (person)
- Nathalia Fernandez — cosponsor (person)
- Robert Rolison — cosponsor (person)
- Steve Rhoads — cosponsor (person)
- William Weber — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-03-06** REFERRED TO CRIME VICTIMS, CRIME AND CORRECTION `referral-committee`
- **2023-04-26** 1ST REPORT CAL.713
- **2023-05-01** 2ND REPORT CAL.
- **2023-05-02** ADVANCED TO THIRD READING
- **2023-05-09** PASSED SENATE `passage`
- **2023-05-09** DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY
- **2023-05-09** REFERRED TO GOVERNMENTAL OPERATIONS `referral-committee`
- **2024-01-03** DIED IN ASSEMBLY
- **2024-01-03** RETURNED TO SENATE
- **2024-01-03** REFERRED TO CRIME VICTIMS, CRIME AND CORRECTION `referral-committee`
- **2024-03-05** 1ST REPORT CAL.584
- **2024-03-06** 2ND REPORT CAL.
- **2024-03-11** ADVANCED TO THIRD READING
- **2024-05-14** PASSED SENATE `passage`
- **2024-05-14** DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY
- **2024-05-14** REFERRED TO GOVERNMENTAL OPERATIONS `referral-committee`
- **2024-05-30** SUBSTITUTED FOR A4199
- **2024-05-30** ORDERED TO THIRD READING RULES CAL.239
- **2024-05-30** PASSED ASSEMBLY `passage`
- **2024-05-30** RETURNED TO SENATE
- **2024-12-02** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
- **2024-12-13** SIGNED CHAP.574 `executive-signature`
- **2024-12-13** APPROVAL MEMO.37

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/40d29ad7-a8ce-4035-91e2-9f683eabe821`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New York legislature records).