---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relates to right of action for claims arising out of coerced debts"
description: "Relates to actions for claims arising out of coerced debts; limits certain actions; established a right of action against person who causes another to incur coerced debt."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ny"
legislature: "New York Legislature"
session: "2025-2026"
identifier: "S 8830"
citation: "New York S 8830 (2025-2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Cordell Cleare"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 11
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2026-01-08"
last_action: "2026-03-18"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/5f4f39f0-f690-4ae6-9a4e-7094d0341e59"
source_url: "http://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2025/S8830"
source_hash: "197c01baf5a8f1ad32e5ea31787808c3a324e48ef4890a7a5cdf94f6b48d15a9"
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 8830 (2025-2026) — Relates to right of action for claims arising out of coerced debts

Relates to actions for claims arising out of coerced debts; limits certain actions; established a right of action against person who causes another to incur coerced debt.

## Version chain

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

1. **S8830** (committee substitute) — [source](http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?sh=printbill&bn=S8830&term=2025&Text=Y)

## Votes

- Floor Vote — **51–8** (pass) · upper
- Assembly Vote — **95–48** (pass) · lower
- Rules Vote — **17–3** (pass) · upper
- Rules Vote — **17–3** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Cordell Cleare — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2026-01-08** REFERRED TO RULES `referral-committee`
- **2026-01-27** ORDERED TO THIRD READING CAL.155
- **2026-03-05** PASSED SENATE `passage`
- **2026-03-05** DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY
- **2026-03-05** REFERRED TO CODES `referral-committee`
- **2026-03-10** SUBSTITUTED FOR A9460
- **2026-03-10** ORDERED TO THIRD READING RULES CAL.29
- **2026-03-10** PASSED ASSEMBLY `passage`
- **2026-03-10** RETURNED TO SENATE
- **2026-03-18** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
- **2026-03-18** SIGNED CHAP.90 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/5f4f39f0-f690-4ae6-9a4e-7094d0341e59`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New York legislature records).