---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relates to the waiver of certain court costs, fees, and expenses for persons of insufficient means"
description: "Relates to the waiver of costs, fees, and expenses for persons of insufficient means; removes the phrase \"poor persons\" from article 11 of the civil practice law and rules and the criminal procedure law."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ny"
legislature: "New York Legislature"
session: "2023-2024"
identifier: "S 9452"
citation: "New York S 9452 (2023-2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Julia Salazar"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 12
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2024-05-15"
last_action: "2024-12-13"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/1a2caae6-4a02-4ba0-877e-711e5cd6a638"
source_url: "http://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2023/S9452"
source_hash: "15d8ced1ac673d1276f4df1f0a322495221dce3daf6eb8644ff798ab7c0c7bc7"
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 9452 (2023-2024) — Relates to the waiver of certain court costs, fees, and expenses for persons of insufficient means

Relates to the waiver of costs, fees, and expenses for persons of insufficient means; removes the phrase "poor persons" from article 11 of the civil practice law and rules and the criminal procedure law.

## Version chain

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

1. **S9452** (committee substitute) — [source](http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?sh=printbill&bn=S9452&term=2023&Text=Y)

## Votes

- Rules Vote — **20–0** (pass) · upper
- Floor Vote — **59–0** (pass) · upper
- Assembly Vote — **101–46** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Julia Salazar — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-05-15** REFERRED TO JUDICIARY `referral-committee`
- **2024-06-05** COMMITTEE DISCHARGED AND COMMITTED TO RULES `referral-committee`
- **2024-06-05** ORDERED TO THIRD READING CAL.1791
- **2024-06-05** PASSED SENATE `passage`
- **2024-06-05** DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY
- **2024-06-05** REFERRED TO JUDICIARY `referral-committee`
- **2024-06-06** SUBSTITUTED FOR A10351
- **2024-06-06** ORDERED TO THIRD READING RULES CAL.223
- **2024-06-06** PASSED ASSEMBLY `passage`
- **2024-06-06** RETURNED TO SENATE
- **2024-12-02** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
- **2024-12-13** SIGNED CHAP.589 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/1a2caae6-4a02-4ba0-877e-711e5cd6a638`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New York legislature records).