---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relates to juvenile delinquency charges of violations in the family court"
description: "Relates to juvenile delinquency charges of violations in family court; provides that where an order of fact-finding has been issued that includes a violation committed by a juvenile sixteen years of age or, commencing on October 1, 2019, seventeen years of age, the records shall be sealed automatically without the necessity of a motion; makes related provisions."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ny"
legislature: "New York Legislature"
session: "2021-2022"
identifier: "S 7171"
citation: "New York S 7171 (2021-2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["BRISPORT"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 11
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2021-06-04"
last_action: "2021-12-29"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/4a58bce3-1f20-47e5-9dc5-4d47cc22121d"
source_url: "http://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2021/S7171"
source_hash: "23c1f9c0454ebeaeb385e477d5217ddecf672cfcf4518d4bdd3917eeb9e12e5a"
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 7171 (2021-2022) — Relates to juvenile delinquency charges of violations in the family court

Relates to juvenile delinquency charges of violations in family court; provides that where an order of fact-finding has been issued that includes a violation committed by a juvenile sixteen years of age or, commencing on October 1, 2019, seventeen years of age, the records shall be sealed automatically without the necessity of a motion; makes related provisions.

## Version chain

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

1. **S7171** (committee substitute) — [source](http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?sh=printbill&bn=S7171&term=2021&Text=Y)

## Votes

- Floor Vote — **44–19** (pass) · upper
- Assembly Vote — **98–51** (pass) · lower
- Rules Vote — **14–7** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- BRISPORT — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-06-04** REFERRED TO RULES `referral-committee`
- **2021-06-07** ORDERED TO THIRD READING CAL.1602
- **2021-06-09** PASSED SENATE `passage`
- **2021-06-09** DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY
- **2021-06-09** REFERRED TO CODES `referral-committee`
- **2021-06-10** SUBSTITUTED FOR A7706
- **2021-06-10** ORDERED TO THIRD READING RULES CAL.275
- **2021-06-10** PASSED ASSEMBLY `passage`
- **2021-06-10** RETURNED TO SENATE
- **2021-12-17** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
- **2021-12-29** SIGNED CHAP.813 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/4a58bce3-1f20-47e5-9dc5-4d47cc22121d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New York legislature records).