---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relates to the removal of an action from a problem solving court"
description: "Relates to the removal of an action from a problem solving court; provides that a \"problem solving court\" shall include, but not be limited to, drug court, domestic violence court, youth court, mental health court and veterans court."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ny"
legislature: "New York Legislature"
session: "2019-2020"
identifier: "S 3889"
citation: "New York S 3889 (2019-2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["CARLUCCI"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 12
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2019-02-20"
last_action: "2019-12-12"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c21857ce-31c5-466f-99db-9ec9b52f61a8"
source_url: "http://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2019/S3889"
source_hash: "a9cd5635b4c90f9714e3876e6505ca1f63618f6102e41084fcd40454bcb7d4d9"
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 3889 (2019-2020) — Relates to the removal of an action from a problem solving court

Relates to the removal of an action from a problem solving court; provides that a "problem solving court" shall include, but not be limited to, drug court, domestic violence court, youth court, mental health court and veterans court.

## Version chain

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

1. **S3889** (committee substitute) — [source](http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?sh=printbill&bn=S3889&term=2019&Text=Y)

## Votes

- Rules Vote — **19–0** (pass) · upper
- Floor Vote — **51–10** (pass) · upper
- Assembly Vote — **141–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- CARLUCCI — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-02-20** REFERRED TO CODES `referral-committee`
- **2019-03-26** COMMITTEE DISCHARGED AND COMMITTED TO RULES `referral-committee`
- **2019-03-26** ORDERED TO THIRD READING CAL.349
- **2019-03-27** PASSED SENATE `passage`
- **2019-03-27** DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY
- **2019-03-27** REFERRED TO CODES `referral-committee`
- **2019-05-07** SUBSTITUTED FOR A5937
- **2019-05-07** ORDERED TO THIRD READING CAL.253
- **2019-05-15** PASSED ASSEMBLY `passage`
- **2019-05-15** RETURNED TO SENATE
- **2019-12-06** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
- **2019-12-12** SIGNED CHAP.634 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/c21857ce-31c5-466f-99db-9ec9b52f61a8`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New York legislature records).