---
type: "Bill"
title: "Requires judges who recuse themselves to provide the reason for the recusal"
description: "Requires judges who recuse themselves to provide the reason for the recusal; provides an exception when the reason for the recusal will result in embarrassment or is of a personal nature."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ny"
legislature: "New York Legislature"
session: "2019-2020"
identifier: "S 8831"
citation: "New York S 8831 (2019-2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["KAMINSKY"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 11
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2020-07-20"
last_action: "2020-12-23"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/2467e1d0-2f33-4308-87da-8a9313fe3761"
source_url: "http://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2019/S8831"
source_hash: "d35f10a60e6eb09328ff2dafc46d721f8cf499af069713d72991ca5b9c8dd5ae"
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 8831 (2019-2020) — Requires judges who recuse themselves to provide the reason for the recusal

Requires judges who recuse themselves to provide the reason for the recusal; provides an exception when the reason for the recusal will result in embarrassment or is of a personal nature.

## Version chain

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

1. **S8831** (committee substitute) — [source](http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?sh=printbill&bn=S8831&term=2019&Text=Y)

## Votes

- Assembly Vote — **100–41** (pass) · lower
- Floor Vote — **43–17** (pass) · upper
- Rules Vote — **14–5** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- KAMINSKY — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2020-07-20** REFERRED TO RULES `referral-committee`
- **2020-07-23** ORDERED TO THIRD READING CAL.1029
- **2020-07-23** PASSED SENATE `passage`
- **2020-07-23** DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY
- **2020-07-23** REFERRED TO JUDICIARY `referral-committee`
- **2020-07-23** SUBSTITUTED FOR A9542A
- **2020-07-23** ORDERED TO THIRD READING RULES CAL.189
- **2020-07-23** PASSED ASSEMBLY `passage`
- **2020-07-23** RETURNED TO SENATE
- **2020-12-11** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
- **2020-12-23** SIGNED CHAP.376 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/2467e1d0-2f33-4308-87da-8a9313fe3761`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New York legislature records).