---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relates to expanding the definition of service contracts with respect to automobile leases"
description: "Relates to expanding the availability of meaningful service contracts to protect New Yorkers leasing automobiles for their personal use from unanticipated \"lease-end\" charges related to excess use or wear and tear of the leased vehicle."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ny"
legislature: "New York Legislature"
session: "2019-2020"
identifier: "S 3631"
citation: "New York S 3631 (2019-2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["BRESLIN"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 14
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2019-02-11"
last_action: "2019-12-23"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f7b0301b-93ae-44a8-bb6f-8922ed959819"
source_url: "http://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2019/S3631"
source_hash: "0513eeefebb6ef7f1e3376cc0531c58d3461b5950a012f47eb8208338af0bcb2"
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 3631 (2019-2020) — Relates to expanding the definition of service contracts with respect to automobile leases

Relates to expanding the availability of meaningful service contracts to protect New Yorkers leasing automobiles for their personal use from unanticipated "lease-end" charges related to excess use or wear and tear of the leased vehicle.

## Version chain

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

1. **S3631** (committee substitute) — [source](http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?sh=printbill&bn=S3631&term=2019&Text=Y)

## Votes

- Assembly Vote — **145–0** (pass) · lower
- Floor Vote — **62–0** (pass) · upper
- Insurance Vote — **11–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- BRESLIN — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-02-11** REFERRED TO INSURANCE `referral-committee`
- **2019-05-29** 1ST REPORT CAL.985
- **2019-05-30** 2ND REPORT CAL.
- **2019-06-03** ADVANCED TO THIRD READING
- **2019-06-05** PASSED SENATE `passage`
- **2019-06-05** DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY
- **2019-06-05** REFERRED TO CODES `referral-committee`
- **2019-06-17** SUBSTITUTED FOR A268
- **2019-06-17** ORDERED TO THIRD READING RULES CAL.232
- **2019-06-17** PASSED ASSEMBLY `passage`
- **2019-06-17** RETURNED TO SENATE
- **2019-12-17** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
- **2019-12-23** SIGNED CHAP.736 `executive-signature`
- **2019-12-23** APPROVAL MEMO.82

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/f7b0301b-93ae-44a8-bb6f-8922ed959819`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New York legislature records).