---
type: "Bill"
title: "Creates an office of special investigation within the office of the attorney general"
description: "Establishes the office of special investigation within the office of the attorney general."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ny"
legislature: "New York Legislature"
session: "2019-2020"
identifier: "S 2574"
citation: "New York S 2574 (2019-2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["BAILEY"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 20
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2019-01-28"
last_action: "2020-06-12"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b8326dda-69d9-4658-be31-50968cccc19c"
source_url: "http://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2019/S2574"
source_hash: "98f10655db3029e520a0963ada55cb3ed861c110288ee7e0de0881330270efea"
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 2574 (2019-2020) — Creates an office of special investigation within the office of the attorney general

Establishes the office of special investigation within the office of the attorney general.

## Version chain

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

1. **S2574** (committee substitute) — [source](http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?sh=printbill&bn=S2574&term=2019&Text=Y)
2. **S2574A** (committee substitute) — [source](http://legislation.nysenate.gov/pdf/bills/2019/S2574A)
3. **S2574B** (committee substitute) — [source](http://legislation.nysenate.gov/pdf/bills/2019/S2574B)
4. **S2574C** (committee substitute) — [source](http://legislation.nysenate.gov/pdf/bills/2019/S2574C)

## Votes

- Floor Vote - Version: C — **45–17** (pass) · upper
- Finance Vote - Version: C — **19–4** (pass) · upper
- Codes Vote - Version: A — **8–5** (pass) · upper
- Assembly Vote — **97–47** (pass) · lower
- Rules Vote - Version: C — **17–2** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- BAILEY — primary (person)
- BENJAMIN — cosponsor (person)
- BIAGGI — cosponsor (person)
- BRESLIN — cosponsor (person)
- CARLUCCI — cosponsor (person)
- COMRIE — cosponsor (person)
- GIANARIS — cosponsor (person)
- HOYLMAN — cosponsor (person)
- JACKSON — cosponsor (person)
- KAVANAGH — cosponsor (person)
- KRUEGER — cosponsor (person)
- LIU — cosponsor (person)
- MAY — cosponsor (person)
- MONTGOMERY — cosponsor (person)
- MYRIE — cosponsor (person)
- PARKER — cosponsor (person)
- RAMOS — cosponsor (person)
- RIVERA — cosponsor (person)
- SALAZAR — cosponsor (person)
- SANDERS — cosponsor (person)
- SAVINO — cosponsor (person)
- SEPULVEDA — cosponsor (person)
- SERRANO — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-01-28** REFERRED TO CODES `referral-committee`
- **2019-05-21** AMEND AND RECOMMIT TO CODES `referral-committee, amendment-passage`
- **2019-05-21** PRINT NUMBER 2574A `amendment-passage`
- **2019-05-29** REPORTED AND COMMITTED TO FINANCE `referral-committee`
- **2020-01-08** REFERRED TO CODES `referral-committee`
- **2020-06-05** AMEND (T) AND RECOMMIT TO CODES `referral-committee, amendment-passage`
- **2020-06-05** PRINT NUMBER 2574B `amendment-passage`
- **2020-06-07** AMEND AND RECOMMIT TO CODES `referral-committee, amendment-passage`
- **2020-06-07** PRINT NUMBER 2574C `amendment-passage`
- **2020-06-08** REPORTED AND COMMITTED TO FINANCE `referral-committee`
- **2020-06-08** ORDERED TO THIRD READING CAL.676
- **2020-06-10** PASSED SENATE `passage`
- **2020-06-10** DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY
- **2020-06-10** REFERRED TO WAYS AND MEANS `referral-committee`
- **2020-06-10** SUBSTITUTED FOR A1601C
- **2020-06-10** ORDERED TO THIRD READING RULES CAL.68
- **2020-06-10** PASSED ASSEMBLY `passage`
- **2020-06-10** RETURNED TO SENATE
- **2020-06-11** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
- **2020-06-12** SIGNED CHAP.95 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/b8326dda-69d9-4658-be31-50968cccc19c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New York legislature records).