---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relates to services and expenses relating to investigations and hearings"
description: "Relates to services and expenses relating to investigations and hearings related to proceedings pursuant to article six of section twenty-four of the New York state constitution, articles seven-c and thirteen-a of the judiciary law, and section sixty-three of the executive law."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ny"
legislature: "New York Legislature"
session: "2021-2022"
identifier: "S 7237"
citation: "New York S 7237 (2021-2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["STEWART-COUSINS"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 12
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2021-06-07"
last_action: "2021-06-11"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/2a612842-2d6b-47df-ac84-6d3e532f1323"
source_url: "http://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2021/S7237"
source_hash: "b488c8cf4fb97f152b6367c82c85201a626a822ecd0104f070fbed48109103ac"
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 7237 (2021-2022) — Relates to services and expenses relating to investigations and hearings

Relates to services and expenses relating to investigations and hearings related to proceedings pursuant to article six of section twenty-four of the New York state constitution, articles seven-c and thirteen-a of the judiciary law, and section sixty-three of the executive law.

## Version chain

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

1. **S7237** (committee substitute) — [source](http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?sh=printbill&bn=S7237&term=2021&Text=Y)

## Votes

- Floor Vote — **63–0** (pass) · upper
- Rules Vote — **21–0** (pass) · upper
- Assembly Vote — **148–1** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- STEWART-COUSINS — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-06-07** REFERRED TO FINANCE `referral-committee`
- **2021-06-09** COMMITTEE DISCHARGED AND COMMITTED TO RULES `referral-committee`
- **2021-06-09** ORDERED TO THIRD READING CAL.1726
- **2021-06-10** PASSED SENATE `passage`
- **2021-06-10** DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY
- **2021-06-10** REFERRED TO WAYS AND MEANS `referral-committee`
- **2021-06-10** SUBSTITUTED FOR A8037
- **2021-06-10** ORDERED TO THIRD READING RULES CAL.787
- **2021-06-10** PASSED ASSEMBLY `passage`
- **2021-06-10** RETURNED TO SENATE
- **2021-06-11** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
- **2021-06-11** SIGNED CHAP.152 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/2a612842-2d6b-47df-ac84-6d3e532f1323`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New York legislature records).