---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relates to court confirmation of arbitration awards for public sector arbitrations"
description: "Provides that the court shall confirm an award in a public sector arbitration proceeding upon application of a party made within one year after delivery to the party, unless an application to vacate or modify the award upon certain grounds is made."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ny"
legislature: "New York Legislature"
session: "2023-2024"
identifier: "S 6491"
citation: "New York S 6491 (2023-2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Brad Hoylman-Sigal"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 13
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2023-04-24"
last_action: "2023-11-21"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c9df5128-2a3d-4a52-b9c5-f316b4f56b13"
source_url: "http://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2023/S6491"
source_hash: "c60541c782a90b85a79c5157902fa9043a424b5f07c91d0141b914d42782499c"
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 6491 (2023-2024) — Relates to court confirmation of arbitration awards for public sector arbitrations

Provides that the court shall confirm an award in a public sector arbitration proceeding upon application of a party made within one year after delivery to the party, unless an application to vacate or modify the award upon certain grounds is made.

## Version chain

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

1. **S6491** (committee substitute) — [source](http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?sh=printbill&bn=S6491&term=2023&Text=Y)

## Votes

- Floor Vote — **61–0** (pass) · upper
- Judiciary Vote — **19–0** (pass) · upper
- Assembly Vote — **145–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Brad Hoylman-Sigal — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-04-24** REFERRED TO JUDICIARY `referral-committee`
- **2023-05-09** 1ST REPORT CAL.796
- **2023-05-10** 2ND REPORT CAL.
- **2023-05-15** ADVANCED TO THIRD READING
- **2023-05-22** PASSED SENATE `passage`
- **2023-05-22** DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY
- **2023-05-22** REFERRED TO JUDICIARY `referral-committee`
- **2023-06-05** SUBSTITUTED FOR A6866
- **2023-06-05** ORDERED TO THIRD READING RULES CAL.538
- **2023-06-05** PASSED ASSEMBLY `passage`
- **2023-06-05** RETURNED TO SENATE
- **2023-11-13** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
- **2023-11-21** SIGNED CHAP.679 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/c9df5128-2a3d-4a52-b9c5-f316b4f56b13`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New York legislature records).