---
type: "Bill"
title: "Increases the number of judges in certain courts"
description: "Increases the number of judges in family court to 67; adds twelve additional judges to the civil court of the city of New York; adds additional family court judges to Cayuga, Chenango, Cortland, Erie, Jefferson, Nassau, Rensselaer, Rockland, Suffolk and Westchester counties."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ny"
legislature: "New York Legislature"
session: "2023-2024"
identifier: "S 9839"
citation: "New York S 9839 (2023-2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Brad Hoylman-Sigal"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 11
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2024-06-03"
last_action: "2024-07-17"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/11ce5874-8e16-42c7-93da-a9258162e262"
source_url: "http://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2023/S9839"
source_hash: "f487f1817c52b8f0f1d217ae91355181f7b4ab585805f4c70064c67179da6816"
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 9839 (2023-2024) — Increases the number of judges in certain courts

Increases the number of judges in family court to 67; adds twelve additional judges to the civil court of the city of New York; adds additional family court judges to Cayuga, Chenango, Cortland, Erie, Jefferson, Nassau, Rensselaer, Rockland, Suffolk and Westchester counties.

## Version chain

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

1. **S9839** (committee substitute) — [source](http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?sh=printbill&bn=S9839&term=2023&Text=Y)

## Votes

- Floor Vote — **53–8** (pass) · upper
- Assembly Vote — **129–15** (pass) · lower
- Rules Vote — **18–2** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Brad Hoylman-Sigal — primary (person)
- William Weber — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-06-03** REFERRED TO RULES `referral-committee`
- **2024-06-06** ORDERED TO THIRD READING CAL.1878
- **2024-06-06** PASSED SENATE `passage`
- **2024-06-06** DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY
- **2024-06-06** REFERRED TO WAYS AND MEANS `referral-committee`
- **2024-06-07** SUBSTITUTED FOR A10540
- **2024-06-07** ORDERED TO THIRD READING RULES CAL.552
- **2024-06-07** PASSED ASSEMBLY `passage`
- **2024-06-07** RETURNED TO SENATE
- **2024-07-17** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
- **2024-07-17** SIGNED CHAP.204 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/11ce5874-8e16-42c7-93da-a9258162e262`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New York legislature records).