---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relates to automatic orders in matrimonial actions"
description: "Sets the effectiveness and duration of automatic orders in matrimonial actions."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ny"
legislature: "New York Legislature"
session: "2025-2026"
identifier: "A 8299"
citation: "New York A 8299 (2025-2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Charles Lavine"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 14
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2025-05-12"
last_action: "2025-11-21"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c8063b7d-f4a9-44ec-b4f7-9398ba208784"
source_url: "http://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2025/A8299"
source_hash: "7e4d90c2c8ff5104d4211f2e57247d7998bf32999f38f7b1521a701926460ce0"
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 8299 (2025-2026) — Relates to automatic orders in matrimonial actions

Sets the effectiveness and duration of automatic orders in matrimonial actions.

## Version chain

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

1. **A8299** (committee substitute) — [source](http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?sh=printbill&bn=A8299&term=2025&Text=Y)

## Votes

- Assembly Vote — **144–0** (pass) · lower
- Floor Vote — **50–9** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Charles Lavine — primary (person)
- Andrew Hevesi — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-05-12** REFERRED TO JUDICIARY `referral-committee`
- **2025-05-20** REPORTED REFERRED TO RULES `referral-committee`
- **2025-06-04** REPORTED
- **2025-06-04** RULES REPORT CAL.407
- **2025-06-04** ORDERED TO THIRD READING RULES CAL.407
- **2025-06-04** PASSED ASSEMBLY `passage`
- **2025-06-04** DELIVERED TO SENATE
- **2025-06-04** REFERRED TO RULES `referral-committee`
- **2025-06-11** SUBSTITUTED FOR S8270
- **2025-06-11** 3RD READING CAL.1660
- **2025-06-11** PASSED SENATE `passage`
- **2025-06-11** RETURNED TO ASSEMBLY
- **2025-11-17** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
- **2025-11-21** SIGNED CHAP.535 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/c8063b7d-f4a9-44ec-b4f7-9398ba208784`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New York legislature records).