---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relates to litigation funding"
description: "Amends the litigation funding act to promote consumer protections related to litigation funding contracts; provides for contract requirements for litigation funding including disclosures, prohibitions; provides for litigation funding company registration and reporting requirements."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ny"
legislature: "New York Legislature"
session: "2025-2026"
identifier: "A 9442"
citation: "New York A 9442 (2025-2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["William Magnarelli"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 16
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2026-01-06"
last_action: "2026-02-13"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/1d2aa9b3-d365-499c-88b6-0897c14b34cc"
source_url: "http://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2025/A9442"
source_hash: "1082a51a367925faccd90628c9fce5f6ce25a7d65ff662b665eba2826448c689"
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 9442 (2025-2026) — Relates to litigation funding

Amends the litigation funding act to promote consumer protections related to litigation funding contracts; provides for contract requirements for litigation funding including disclosures, prohibitions; provides for litigation funding company registration and reporting requirements.

## Version chain

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

1. **A9442** (committee substitute) — [source](http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?sh=printbill&bn=A9442&term=2025&Text=Y)

## Votes

- Assembly Vote — **136–1** (pass) · lower
- Floor Vote — **58–1** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- William Magnarelli — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2026-01-06** REFERRED TO CONSUMER AFFAIRS AND PROTECTION `referral-committee`
- **2026-01-07** REFERRED TO CONSUMER AFFAIRS AND PROTECTION `referral-committee`
- **2026-01-12** REPORTED REFERRED TO CODES `referral-committee`
- **2026-01-13** REPORTED REFERRED TO RULES `referral-committee`
- **2026-01-13** REPORTED
- **2026-01-13** RULES REPORT CAL.22
- **2026-01-13** ORDERED TO THIRD READING RULES CAL.22
- **2026-01-20** PASSED ASSEMBLY `passage`
- **2026-01-20** DELIVERED TO SENATE
- **2026-01-20** REFERRED TO RULES `referral-committee`
- **2026-01-28** SUBSTITUTED FOR S8808
- **2026-01-28** 3RD READING CAL.86
- **2026-01-28** PASSED SENATE `passage`
- **2026-01-28** RETURNED TO ASSEMBLY
- **2026-02-13** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
- **2026-02-13** SIGNED CHAP.11 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/1d2aa9b3-d365-499c-88b6-0897c14b34cc`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New York legislature records).