---
type: "Bill"
title: "Exempts COVID-19 stimulus relief for individuals and families with children from money judgments"
description: "Exempts COVID-19 stimulus relief for individuals and families with children from money judgments; provides that in services of notices, forms, and procedures for claims of exemptions that a restraining notice or notice of levy by execution issued against a bank account shall have language to inform the holder of such account that funds for COVID-19 stimulus relief for individuals and families with children are exempt and cannot be taken."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ny"
legislature: "New York Legislature"
session: "2021-2022"
identifier: "A 6617"
citation: "New York A 6617 (2021-2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["WEINSTEIN"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 16
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2021-03-22"
last_action: "2021-05-13"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/741158ca-2747-4a75-8e23-2bfff5075562"
source_url: "http://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2021/A6617"
source_hash: "a29ed6232eb9220fa77dccc147b7ed3698ed80c940390f88dd9fb221eb45c341"
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 6617 (2021-2022) — Exempts COVID-19 stimulus relief for individuals and families with children from money judgments

Exempts COVID-19 stimulus relief for individuals and families with children from money judgments; provides that in services of notices, forms, and procedures for claims of exemptions that a restraining notice or notice of levy by execution issued against a bank account shall have language to inform the holder of such account that funds for COVID-19 stimulus relief for individuals and families with children are exempt and cannot be taken.

## Version chain

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

1. **A6617** (committee substitute) — [source](http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?sh=printbill&bn=A6617&term=2021&Text=Y)
2. **A6617A** (committee substitute) — [source](http://legislation.nysenate.gov/pdf/bills/2021/A6617A)

## Votes

- Assembly Vote — **112–38** (pass) · lower
- Floor Vote - Version: A — **48–15** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- WEINSTEIN — primary (person)
- CAHILL — cosponsor (person)
- GALEF — cosponsor (person)
- GOTTFRIED — cosponsor (person)
- JACKSON — cosponsor (person)
- JOYNER — cosponsor (person)
- MAGNARELLI — cosponsor (person)
- MITAYNES — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-03-22** REFERRED TO CODES `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-27** AMEND AND RECOMMIT TO CODES `amendment-passage, referral-committee`
- **2021-03-27** PRINT NUMBER 6617A `amendment-passage`
- **2021-03-30** REPORTED REFERRED TO RULES `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-30** REPORTED
- **2021-03-30** RULES REPORT CAL.48
- **2021-03-30** ORDERED TO THIRD READING RULES CAL.48
- **2021-04-19** PASSED ASSEMBLY `passage`
- **2021-04-19** DELIVERED TO SENATE
- **2021-04-19** REFERRED TO JUDICIARY `referral-committee`
- **2021-04-28** SUBSTITUTED FOR S5923A
- **2021-04-28** 3RD READING CAL.695
- **2021-04-28** PASSED SENATE `passage`
- **2021-04-28** RETURNED TO ASSEMBLY
- **2021-05-11** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
- **2021-05-13** SIGNED CHAP.107 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/741158ca-2747-4a75-8e23-2bfff5075562`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New York legislature records).