---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relates to increasing the monetary jurisdictional limits of the New York city civil court"
description: "Increases the monetary jurisdictional limits of the New York city civil court from $25,000 to $50,000 in the corresponding statutes following the constitutional amendment in November 2021."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ny"
legislature: "New York Legislature"
session: "2021-2022"
identifier: "S 9377"
citation: "New York S 9377 (2021-2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["SEPULVEDA"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 12
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2022-05-23"
last_action: "2022-08-17"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ea4fd1c4-fe87-4b83-8f04-23a3f6b734f3"
source_url: "http://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2021/S9377"
source_hash: "55f74349cf00a3e6e5138b46f99882bb11953dd8828055fa5e4ab37b73e00061"
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 9377 (2021-2022) — Relates to increasing the monetary jurisdictional limits of the New York city civil court

Increases the monetary jurisdictional limits of the New York city civil court from $25,000 to $50,000 in the corresponding statutes following the constitutional amendment in November 2021.

## Version chain

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

1. **S9377** (committee substitute) — [source](http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?sh=printbill&bn=S9377&term=2021&Text=Y)

## Votes

- Rules Vote — **21–0** (pass) · upper
- Assembly Vote — **150–0** (pass) · lower
- Floor Vote — **63–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- SEPULVEDA — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-05-23** REFERRED TO JUDICIARY `referral-committee`
- **2022-06-01** COMMITTEE DISCHARGED AND COMMITTED TO RULES `referral-committee`
- **2022-06-01** ORDERED TO THIRD READING CAL.1791
- **2022-06-01** PASSED SENATE `passage`
- **2022-06-01** DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY
- **2022-06-01** REFERRED TO JUDICIARY `referral-committee`
- **2022-06-01** SUBSTITUTED FOR A10461
- **2022-06-01** ORDERED TO THIRD READING RULES CAL.592
- **2022-06-01** PASSED ASSEMBLY `passage`
- **2022-06-01** RETURNED TO SENATE
- **2022-08-05** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
- **2022-08-17** SIGNED CHAP.552 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/ea4fd1c4-fe87-4b83-8f04-23a3f6b734f3`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New York legislature records).