---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relates to the transfer of unclaimed support collections and unidentified payments; repealer"
description: "Provides that any funds paid to a support collection unit which have not been disbursed after two years of diligent efforts to locate the person entitled to such funds, and funds which the remitter of such funds has not provided sufficient identifying information to associate the funds with an existing account shall be paid to the state comptroller."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ny"
legislature: "New York Legislature"
session: "2021-2022"
identifier: "A 7942"
citation: "New York A 7942 (2021-2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["WEINSTEIN"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 14
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2021-06-02"
last_action: "2021-07-30"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d2ae2ea1-998e-4e46-8ff3-eaa766bb83a9"
source_url: "http://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2021/A7942"
source_hash: "6185b2442103cd28a38f429b30e07ab7185393d6e044f01b0e4665046efae0b7"
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 7942 (2021-2022) — Relates to the transfer of unclaimed support collections and unidentified payments; repealer

Provides that any funds paid to a support collection unit which have not been disbursed after two years of diligent efforts to locate the person entitled to such funds, and funds which the remitter of such funds has not provided sufficient identifying information to associate the funds with an existing account shall be paid to the state comptroller.

## Version chain

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

1. **A7942** (committee substitute) — [source](http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?sh=printbill&bn=A7942&term=2021&Text=Y)

## Votes

- Assembly Vote — **148–0** (pass) · lower
- Floor Vote — **61–2** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- WEINSTEIN — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-06-02** REFERRED TO WAYS AND MEANS `referral-committee`
- **2021-06-07** REPORTED REFERRED TO RULES `referral-committee`
- **2021-06-08** REPORTED
- **2021-06-08** RULES REPORT CAL.638
- **2021-06-08** ORDERED TO THIRD READING RULES CAL.638
- **2021-06-09** PASSED ASSEMBLY `passage`
- **2021-06-09** DELIVERED TO SENATE
- **2021-06-09** REFERRED TO RULES `referral-committee`
- **2021-06-10** SUBSTITUTED FOR S7153
- **2021-06-10** 3RD READING CAL.1734
- **2021-06-10** PASSED SENATE `passage`
- **2021-06-10** RETURNED TO ASSEMBLY
- **2021-07-21** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
- **2021-07-30** SIGNED CHAP.316 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/d2ae2ea1-998e-4e46-8ff3-eaa766bb83a9`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New York legislature records).