---
type: "Bill"
title: "Enacts the avoiding vexatious overuse of impleading to delay (AVOID) act"
description: "Enacts the \"avoiding vexatious overuse of impleading to delay (AVOID) act\" which relates to time frames for certain court filings."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ny"
legislature: "New York Legislature"
session: "2025-2026"
identifier: "S 8071"
citation: "New York S 8071 (2025-2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Joseph P. Addabbo Jr."]
version_count: 2
action_count: 15
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2025-05-15"
last_action: "2025-12-19"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/3492c2f7-0bb3-4f10-9fe0-97a2cf49fced"
source_url: "http://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2025/S8071"
source_hash: "cd3cfc9be5ce4db21b289024404adfbfb9cc136d114bda9a8cdab8956cb5cb66"
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 8071 (2025-2026) — Enacts the avoiding vexatious overuse of impleading to delay (AVOID) act

Enacts the "avoiding vexatious overuse of impleading to delay (AVOID) act" which relates to time frames for certain court filings.

## Version chain

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

1. **S8071** (committee substitute) — [source](http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?sh=printbill&bn=S8071&term=2025&Text=Y)
2. **S8071A** (committee substitute) — [source](http://legislation.nysenate.gov/pdf/bills/2025/S8071A)

## Votes

- Rules Vote - Version: A — **20–0** (pass) · upper
- Assembly Vote — **136–0** (pass) · lower
- Floor Vote - Version: A — **59–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Joseph P. Addabbo Jr. — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-05-15** REFERRED TO JUDICIARY `referral-committee`
- **2025-05-21** AMEND AND RECOMMIT TO JUDICIARY `amendment-passage, referral-committee`
- **2025-05-21** PRINT NUMBER 8071A `amendment-passage`
- **2025-06-12** COMMITTEE DISCHARGED AND COMMITTED TO RULES `referral-committee`
- **2025-06-12** ORDERED TO THIRD READING CAL.2011
- **2025-06-13** PASSED SENATE `passage`
- **2025-06-13** DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY
- **2025-06-13** REFERRED TO WAYS AND MEANS `referral-committee`
- **2025-06-13** SUBSTITUTED FOR A8728
- **2025-06-13** ORDERED TO THIRD READING RULES CAL.692
- **2025-06-13** PASSED ASSEMBLY `passage`
- **2025-06-13** RETURNED TO SENATE
- **2025-12-08** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
- **2025-12-19** SIGNED CHAP.704 `executive-signature`
- **2025-12-19** APPROVAL MEMO.80

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/3492c2f7-0bb3-4f10-9fe0-97a2cf49fced`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New York legislature records).