---
type: "Bill"
title: "Provides for a policy term of less than one year in certain situations"
description: "Provides for a policy term of less than one year where an insured requests such a policy from an insurer offering such a policy."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ny"
legislature: "New York Legislature"
session: "2021-2022"
identifier: "A 5379"
citation: "New York A 5379 (2021-2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["HUNTER"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 13
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2021-02-16"
last_action: "2021-12-21"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c449716d-7747-4b38-bbd9-01558b9155d9"
source_url: "http://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2021/A5379"
source_hash: "1bf0f21f503bda3d514bb11f558fd581e67121aa68d3e40df76d83724beadbce"
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 5379 (2021-2022) — Provides for a policy term of less than one year in certain situations

Provides for a policy term of less than one year where an insured requests such a policy from an insurer offering such a policy.

## Version chain

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

1. **A5379** (committee substitute) — [source](http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?sh=printbill&bn=A5379&term=2021&Text=Y)

## Votes

- Assembly Vote — **149–0** (pass) · lower
- Floor Vote — **63–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- HUNTER — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-02-16** REFERRED TO INSURANCE `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-17** REPORTED
- **2021-03-18** ADVANCED TO THIRD READING CAL.183
- **2021-03-22** PASSED ASSEMBLY `passage`
- **2021-03-22** DELIVERED TO SENATE
- **2021-03-23** REFERRED TO INSURANCE `referral-committee`
- **2021-04-20** SUBSTITUTED FOR S4326
- **2021-04-20** 3RD READING CAL.480
- **2021-04-20** PASSED SENATE `passage`
- **2021-04-20** RETURNED TO ASSEMBLY
- **2021-12-09** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
- **2021-12-21** SIGNED CHAP.679 `executive-signature`
- **2021-12-21** APPROVAL MEMO.69

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/c449716d-7747-4b38-bbd9-01558b9155d9`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New York legislature records).