---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relates to the method of notifying certain crime victims of the disposition of criminal trial"
description: "Requires that following the acquittal after trial or the sentencing of any defendant for a felony, the district attorney, or their designee, shall provide by mail, electronically, or by any other reasonable and secure means of written communication a written summary of the disposition of such felony to any victim who was not present at the time that the defendant was sentenced or acquitted after trial."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ny"
legislature: "New York Legislature"
session: "2025-2026"
identifier: "S 8763"
citation: "New York S 8763 (2025-2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Samra Brouk"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 11
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2026-01-08"
last_action: "2026-02-13"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/569fce98-1189-424d-bec0-44af9398c68e"
source_url: "http://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2025/S8763"
source_hash: "8367c01d21c01d87419f2ca56c4f9eada33856636a50ac24d775c1bcc6779188"
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 8763 (2025-2026) — Relates to the method of notifying certain crime victims of the disposition of criminal trial

Requires that following the acquittal after trial or the sentencing of any defendant for a felony, the district attorney, or their designee, shall provide by mail, electronically, or by any other reasonable and secure means of written communication a written summary of the disposition of such felony to any victim who was not present at the time that the defendant was sentenced or acquitted after trial.

## Version chain

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

1. **S8763** (committee substitute) — [source](http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?sh=printbill&bn=S8763&term=2025&Text=Y)

## Votes

- Assembly Vote — **98–43** (pass) · lower
- Rules Vote — **19–0** (pass) · upper
- Floor Vote — **56–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Samra Brouk — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2026-01-08** REFERRED TO RULES `referral-committee`
- **2026-01-20** ORDERED TO THIRD READING CAL.62
- **2026-01-21** PASSED SENATE `passage`
- **2026-01-21** DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY
- **2026-01-21** REFERRED TO CODES `referral-committee`
- **2026-02-03** SUBSTITUTED FOR A9493
- **2026-02-03** ORDERED TO THIRD READING RULES CAL.36
- **2026-02-03** PASSED ASSEMBLY `passage`
- **2026-02-03** RETURNED TO SENATE
- **2026-02-13** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
- **2026-02-13** SIGNED CHAP.46 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/569fce98-1189-424d-bec0-44af9398c68e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New York legislature records).