republic-os/legislation/us/states/ny/2019-2020/s-8831.md

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Bill	Requires judges who recuse themselves to provide the reason for the recusal	Requires judges who recuse themselves to provide the reason for the recusal; provides an exception when the reason for the recusal will result in embarrassment or is of a personal nature.	us/states/ny	New York Legislature	2019-2020	S 8831	New York S 8831 (2019-2020)	bill		enacted	KAMINSKY	1	11	3	2020-07-20	2020-12-23	openstates	ocd-bill/2467e1d0-2f33-4308-87da-8a9313fe3761	http://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2019/S8831	d35f10a60e6eb09328ff2dafc46d721f8cf499af069713d72991ca5b9c8dd5ae	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ny

New York S 8831 (2019-2020) — Requires judges who recuse themselves to provide the reason for the recusal

Requires judges who recuse themselves to provide the reason for the recusal; provides an exception when the reason for the recusal will result in embarrassment or is of a personal nature.

Version chain

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

1. S8831 (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• Assembly Vote — 100–41 (pass) · lower
• Floor Vote — 43–17 (pass) · upper
• Rules Vote — 14–5 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• KAMINSKY — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2020-07-20 REFERRED TO RULES referral-committee
• 2020-07-23 ORDERED TO THIRD READING CAL.1029
• 2020-07-23 PASSED SENATE passage
• 2020-07-23 DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY
• 2020-07-23 REFERRED TO JUDICIARY referral-committee
• 2020-07-23 SUBSTITUTED FOR A9542A
• 2020-07-23 ORDERED TO THIRD READING RULES CAL.189
• 2020-07-23 PASSED ASSEMBLY passage
• 2020-07-23 RETURNED TO SENATE
• 2020-12-11 DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR executive-receipt
• 2020-12-23 SIGNED CHAP.376 executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/2467e1d0-2f33-4308-87da-8a9313fe3761. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New York legislature records).