---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relates to the filing of claims of adult sexual assault survivors"
description: "Exempts a civil claim or cause of action revived pursuant to section two hundred fourteen-j of the civil practice law and rules from certain filing and notice requirements."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ny"
legislature: "New York Legislature"
session: "2023-2024"
identifier: "S 5916"
citation: "New York S 5916 (2023-2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Brad Hoylman-Sigal"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 22
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2023-03-22"
last_action: "2024-06-28"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a27eb0fa-d8ff-48c0-b163-e51a27a3137d"
source_url: "http://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2023/S5916"
source_hash: "55bf840c8e981cfe4f8634f3fc18b25707e602358507b12514c3771189914c9f"
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 5916 (2023-2024) — Relates to the filing of claims of adult sexual assault survivors

Exempts a civil claim or cause of action revived pursuant to section two hundred fourteen-j of the civil practice law and rules from certain filing and notice requirements.

## Version chain

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

1. **S5916** (committee substitute) — [source](http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?sh=printbill&bn=S5916&term=2023&Text=Y)

## Votes

- Judiciary Vote — **19–0** (pass) · upper
- Assembly Vote — **140–1** (pass) · lower
- Floor Vote — **57–0** (pass) · upper
- Judiciary Vote — **19–0** (pass) · upper
- Floor Vote — **60–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Brad Hoylman-Sigal — primary (person)
- Cordell Cleare — cosponsor (person)
- Julia Salazar — cosponsor (person)
- Nathalia Fernandez — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-03-22** REFERRED TO JUDICIARY `referral-committee`
- **2023-04-25** 1ST REPORT CAL.648
- **2023-04-26** 2ND REPORT CAL.
- **2023-05-01** ADVANCED TO THIRD READING
- **2023-05-09** PASSED SENATE `passage`
- **2023-05-09** DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY
- **2023-05-09** REFERRED TO CODES `referral-committee`
- **2024-01-03** DIED IN ASSEMBLY
- **2024-01-03** RETURNED TO SENATE
- **2024-01-03** REFERRED TO JUDICIARY `referral-committee`
- **2024-03-26** 1ST REPORT CAL.716
- **2024-03-27** 2ND REPORT CAL.
- **2024-03-28** ADVANCED TO THIRD READING
- **2024-05-30** PASSED SENATE `passage`
- **2024-05-30** DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY
- **2024-05-30** REFERRED TO CODES `referral-committee`
- **2024-06-06** SUBSTITUTED FOR A6138
- **2024-06-06** ORDERED TO THIRD READING RULES CAL.486
- **2024-06-07** PASSED ASSEMBLY `passage`
- **2024-06-07** RETURNED TO SENATE
- **2024-06-26** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
- **2024-06-28** SIGNED CHAP.153 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/a27eb0fa-d8ff-48c0-b163-e51a27a3137d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New York legislature records).