republic-os/legislation/us/states/ny/2021-2022/s-1789.md

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Bill	Establishes that domestic violence advocates may not disclose any communication made by a client to the advocate except in certain circumstances	Establishes that domestic violence advocates may not disclose any communication made by a client to the advocate except in certain circumstances including after the consent of the client or if the client reveals an intent to commit a crime.	us/states/ny	New York Legislature	2021-2022	S 1789	New York S 1789 (2021-2022)	bill		enacted	SANDERS	1	13	3	2021-01-15	2021-07-23	openstates	ocd-bill/44efcc7d-124f-49eb-8857-ff13cc4250a0	http://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2021/S1789	bbd8ed246e10fc3af783fa0a85cf26f07d31d0a98fc049b4cc8774a17835b9d0	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ny

New York S 1789 (2021-2022) — Establishes that domestic violence advocates may not disclose any communication made by a client to the advocate except in certain circumstances

Establishes that domestic violence advocates may not disclose any communication made by a client to the advocate except in certain circumstances including after the consent of the client or if the client reveals an intent to commit a crime.

Version chain

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

1. S1789 (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• Assembly Vote — 146–1 (pass) · lower
• Floor Vote — 63–0 (pass) · upper
• Judiciary Vote — 15–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• SANDERS — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2021-01-15 REFERRED TO JUDICIARY referral-committee
• 2021-02-23 1ST REPORT CAL.408
• 2021-02-24 2ND REPORT CAL.
• 2021-03-01 ADVANCED TO THIRD READING
• 2021-03-16 PASSED SENATE passage
• 2021-03-16 DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY
• 2021-03-16 REFERRED TO JUDICIARY referral-committee
• 2021-05-25 SUBSTITUTED FOR A2520
• 2021-05-25 ORDERED TO THIRD READING RULES CAL.103
• 2021-05-26 PASSED ASSEMBLY passage
• 2021-05-26 RETURNED TO SENATE
• 2021-07-21 DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR executive-receipt
• 2021-07-23 SIGNED CHAP.309 executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/44efcc7d-124f-49eb-8857-ff13cc4250a0. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New York legislature records).