---
type: "Bill"
title: "Exempts certain interested parties or people from civil arrest while going to, remaining at, or returning from the place of such court proceeding"
description: "Exempts certain interested parties or people from civil arrest while going to, remaining at, or returning from the place of such court proceeding."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ny"
legislature: "New York Legislature"
session: "2019-2020"
identifier: "A 2176"
citation: "New York A 2176 (2019-2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["SOLAGES"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 14
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2019-01-22"
last_action: "2020-12-15"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/81a30ed4-8fc0-4e59-befd-ce8b9d7e8d04"
source_url: "http://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2019/A2176"
source_hash: "f03ebf58a407b7df60cb3c95369a7fd6843d2275272cb51526a709a4f55720c4"
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 2176 (2019-2020) — Exempts certain interested parties or people from civil arrest while going to, remaining at, or returning from the place of such court proceeding

Exempts certain interested parties or people from civil arrest while going to, remaining at, or returning from the place of such court proceeding.

## Version chain

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

1. **A2176** (committee substitute) — [source](http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?sh=printbill&bn=A2176&term=2019&Text=Y)
2. **A2176A** (committee substitute) — [source](http://legislation.nysenate.gov/pdf/bills/2019/A2176A)

## Votes

- Floor Vote - Version: A — **42–18** (pass) · upper
- Assembly Vote — **97–44** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- SOLAGES — primary (person)
- ABINANTI — cosponsor (person)
- ARROYO — cosponsor (person)
- AUBRY — cosponsor (person)
- BARRETT — cosponsor (person)
- BARRON — cosponsor (person)
- BICHOTTE — cosponsor (person)
- BLAKE — cosponsor (person)
- BRONSON — cosponsor (person)
- BUCHWALD — cosponsor (person)
- CAHILL — cosponsor (person)
- CARROLL — cosponsor (person)
- COLTON — cosponsor (person)
- COOK — cosponsor (person)
- CRESPO — cosponsor (person)
- CRUZ — cosponsor (person)
- D'URSO — cosponsor (person)
- DARLING — cosponsor (person)
- DAVILA — cosponsor (person)
- DE LA ROSA — cosponsor (person)
- DENDEKKER — cosponsor (person)
- DICKENS — cosponsor (person)
- DINOWITZ — cosponsor (person)
- EPSTEIN — cosponsor (person)
- FAHY — cosponsor (person)
- FALL — cosponsor (person)
- FERNANDEZ — cosponsor (person)
- GALEF — cosponsor (person)
- GLICK — cosponsor (person)
- GOTTFRIED R — cosponsor (person)
- HEVESI — cosponsor (person)
- HYNDMAN — cosponsor (person)
- JACOBSON — cosponsor (person)
- JAFFEE — cosponsor (person)
- JEAN-PIERRE — cosponsor (person)
- JOYNER — cosponsor (person)
- KIM — cosponsor (person)
- LAVINE — cosponsor (person)
- LENTOL — cosponsor (person)
- LIFTON — cosponsor (person)
- LUPARDO — cosponsor (person)
- MCMAHON — cosponsor (person)
- MOSLEY — cosponsor (person)
- NIOU — cosponsor (person)
- NOLAN — cosponsor (person)
- O'DONNELL — cosponsor (person)
- ORTIZ — cosponsor (person)
- OTIS — cosponsor (person)
- PAULIN — cosponsor (person)
- PEOPLES-STOKE — cosponsor (person)
- PERRY — cosponsor (person)
- PICHARDO — cosponsor (person)
- PRETLOW — cosponsor (person)
- QUART — cosponsor (person)
- RAMOS — cosponsor (person)
- REYES — cosponsor (person)
- RICHARDSON — cosponsor (person)
- RIVERA — cosponsor (person)
- RODRIGUEZ — cosponsor (person)
- ROSENTHAL D — cosponsor (person)
- ROSENTHAL L — cosponsor (person)
- ROZIC — cosponsor (person)
- RYAN — cosponsor (person)
- SAYEGH — cosponsor (person)
- SEAWRIGHT — cosponsor (person)
- SIMON — cosponsor (person)
- SIMOTAS — cosponsor (person)
- STECK — cosponsor (person)
- STIRPE — cosponsor (person)
- TAYLOR — cosponsor (person)
- THIELE — cosponsor (person)
- TITUS — cosponsor (person)
- VANEL — cosponsor (person)
- WALKER — cosponsor (person)
- WALLACE — cosponsor (person)
- WEPRIN — cosponsor (person)
- WILLIAMS — cosponsor (person)
- WRIGHT — cosponsor (person)
- ZEBROWSKI — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-01-22** REFERRED TO CODES `referral-committee`
- **2019-05-30** REPORTED
- **2019-05-30** ADVANCED TO THIRD READING CAL.484
- **2019-06-11** AMENDED ON THIRD READING 2176A `amendment-passage`
- **2020-01-08** ORDERED TO THIRD READING CAL.93
- **2020-07-20** PASSED ASSEMBLY `passage`
- **2020-07-20** DELIVERED TO SENATE
- **2020-07-20** REFERRED TO RULES `referral-committee`
- **2020-07-22** SUBSTITUTED FOR S425A
- **2020-07-22** 3RD READING CAL.759
- **2020-07-22** PASSED SENATE `passage`
- **2020-07-22** RETURNED TO ASSEMBLY
- **2020-12-03** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
- **2020-12-15** SIGNED CHAP.322 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/81a30ed4-8fc0-4e59-befd-ce8b9d7e8d04`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New York legislature records).