---
type: "Bill"
title: "Establishes a time period in which an action to recover damages for injury arising from domestic violence must be brought"
description: "Establishes a time period in which an action to recover damages for injury arising from domestic violence must be brought."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ny"
legislature: "New York Legislature"
session: "2019-2020"
identifier: "A 1945"
citation: "New York A 1945 (2019-2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["ZEBROWSKI"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 13
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2019-01-18"
last_action: "2019-09-04"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/001a10a6-3149-45e4-a79a-70be478cf6ec"
source_url: "http://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2019/A1945"
source_hash: "436584cef0c12a70255ff0bd0b9b9b70859a1cb88a28500b13db94b0551e3c39"
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 1945 (2019-2020) — Establishes a time period in which an action to recover damages for injury arising from domestic violence must be brought

Establishes a time period in which an action to recover damages for injury arising from domestic violence must be brought.

## Version chain

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

1. **A1945** (committee substitute) — [source](http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?sh=printbill&bn=A1945&term=2019&Text=Y)

## Votes

- Assembly Vote — **141–0** (pass) · lower
- Floor Vote — **59–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- ZEBROWSKI — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-01-18** REFERRED TO JUDICIARY `referral-committee`
- **2019-01-28** REPORTED REFERRED TO CODES `referral-committee`
- **2019-02-11** REPORTED
- **2019-02-21** ADVANCED TO THIRD READING CAL.58
- **2019-05-14** PASSED ASSEMBLY `passage`
- **2019-05-14** DELIVERED TO SENATE
- **2019-05-14** REFERRED TO JUDICIARY `referral-committee`
- **2019-05-14** SUBSTITUTED FOR S2416
- **2019-05-14** 3RD READING CAL.186
- **2019-05-14** PASSED SENATE `passage`
- **2019-05-14** RETURNED TO ASSEMBLY
- **2019-09-03** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
- **2019-09-04** SIGNED CHAP.245 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/001a10a6-3149-45e4-a79a-70be478cf6ec`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New York legislature records).