---
type: "Bill"
title: "Repeals the crime of adultery"
description: "Repeals the crime of adultery."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ny"
legislature: "New York Legislature"
session: "2023-2024"
identifier: "A 4714"
citation: "New York A 4714 (2023-2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Charles Lavine"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 13
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2023-02-22"
last_action: "2024-11-22"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/0777504b-72f0-47da-be9f-9eefc46b0792"
source_url: "http://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2023/A4714"
source_hash: "3f4e6f05eff0580a3c6cb531c09fde4cd4aaa83d5495ac9415abe84eea54303c"
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 4714 (2023-2024) — Repeals the crime of adultery

Repeals the crime of adultery.

## Version chain

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

1. **A4714** (committee substitute) — [source](http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?sh=printbill&bn=A4714&term=2023&Text=Y)

## Votes

- Assembly Vote — **137–10** (pass) · lower
- Floor Vote — **57–4** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Charles Lavine — primary (person)
- Al Taylor — cosponsor (person)
- Alicia Hyndman — cosponsor (person)
- Andrew Hevesi — cosponsor (person)
- Dana Levenberg — cosponsor (person)
- Deborah Glick — cosponsor (person)
- Jo Anne Simon — cosponsor (person)
- Kenneth Zebrowski — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-02-22** REFERRED TO CODES `referral-committee`
- **2024-01-03** REFERRED TO CODES `referral-committee`
- **2024-03-05** REPORTED
- **2024-03-07** ADVANCED TO THIRD READING CAL.346
- **2024-03-11** PASSED ASSEMBLY `passage`
- **2024-03-11** DELIVERED TO SENATE
- **2024-03-11** REFERRED TO CODES `referral-committee`
- **2024-04-03** SUBSTITUTED FOR S8744
- **2024-04-03** 3RD READING CAL.736
- **2024-04-03** PASSED SENATE `passage`
- **2024-04-03** RETURNED TO ASSEMBLY
- **2024-11-15** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
- **2024-11-22** SIGNED CHAP.462 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/0777504b-72f0-47da-be9f-9eefc46b0792`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New York legislature records).