republic-os/legislation/us/states/ny/2019-2020/a-5991.md

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Bill	Requires awarding of costs and attorney fees in frivolous action involving public petition and participation	Requires awarding of costs and attorney fees in frivolous actions involving public petition and participation; expands application of actions involving public petition and participation.	us/states/ny	New York Legislature	2019-2020	A 5991	New York A 5991 (2019-2020)	bill		enacted	WEINSTEIN	2	17	2	2019-02-26	2020-11-10	openstates	ocd-bill/e15a78c1-60c1-464f-972d-37d6a472ddd1	http://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2019/A5991	43707d79dd44d46202485465ef42a1e138142986d3c613762cbd9659e17a2bc9	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ny

New York A 5991 (2019-2020) — Requires awarding of costs and attorney fees in frivolous action involving public petition and participation

Requires awarding of costs and attorney fees in frivolous actions involving public petition and participation; expands application of actions involving public petition and participation.

Version chain

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

1. A5991 (committee substitute) — source
2. A5991A (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• Floor Vote - Version: A — 57–3 (pass) · upper
• Assembly Vote — 116–26 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• WEINSTEIN — primary (person)
• ABINANTI — cosponsor (person)
• LUPARDO — cosponsor (person)
• OTIS — cosponsor (person)
• SEAWRIGHT — cosponsor (person)
• SIMOTAS — cosponsor (person)
• STECK — cosponsor (person)
• TAYLOR — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2019-02-26 REFERRED TO JUDICIARY referral-committee
• 2019-05-30 REPORTED REFERRED TO CODES referral-committee
• 2019-06-04 REPORTED REFERRED TO RULES referral-committee
• 2019-06-11 REPORTED
• 2019-06-11 RULES REPORT CAL.143
• 2019-06-11 ORDERED TO THIRD READING RULES CAL.143
• 2020-01-08 ORDERED TO THIRD READING CAL.226
• 2020-04-02 AMENDED ON THIRD READING (T) 5991A amendment-passage
• 2020-07-21 PASSED ASSEMBLY passage
• 2020-07-21 DELIVERED TO SENATE
• 2020-07-21 REFERRED TO RULES referral-committee
• 2020-07-22 SUBSTITUTED FOR S52A
• 2020-07-22 3RD READING CAL.757
• 2020-07-22 PASSED SENATE passage
• 2020-07-22 RETURNED TO ASSEMBLY
• 2020-10-30 DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR executive-receipt
• 2020-11-10 SIGNED CHAP.250 executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/e15a78c1-60c1-464f-972d-37d6a472ddd1. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New York legislature records).