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type: "Bill"
title: "Awards attorney fees and expert witness fees in appropriate cases"
description: "Awards attorney's fees and expert witness fees in appropriate cases."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ny"
legislature: "New York Legislature"
session: "2021-2022"
identifier: "S 749"
citation: "New York S 749 (2021-2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["BIAGGI"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 14
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2021-01-06"
last_action: "2021-11-03"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ef393917-5feb-4765-a857-14d1ba2c7f36"
source_url: "http://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2021/S749"
source_hash: "fe80cb6608aaf7ab53cdde96cf85049125e53d42a117fcc643cb70a8f6a0aa97"
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 749 (2021-2022) — Awards attorney fees and expert witness fees in appropriate cases
Awards attorney's fees and expert witness fees in appropriate cases.
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **S749** (committee substitute) — [source](http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?sh=printbill&bn=S749&term=2021&Text=Y)
## Votes
- Investigations And Government Operations Vote — **6–1** (pass) · upper
- Floor Vote — **44–19** (pass) · upper
- Assembly Vote — **103–44** (pass) · lower
## Sponsors
- BIAGGI — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2021-01-06** REFERRED TO INVESTIGATIONS AND GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS `referral-committee`
- **2021-02-01** 1ST REPORT CAL.209
- **2021-02-02** 2ND REPORT CAL.
- **2021-02-03** ADVANCED TO THIRD READING
- **2021-05-20** PASSED SENATE `passage`
- **2021-05-20** DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY
- **2021-05-20** REFERRED TO CODES `referral-committee`
- **2021-05-20** SUBSTITUTED FOR A1899
- **2021-05-20** ORDERED TO THIRD READING CAL.72
- **2021-05-20** PASSED ASSEMBLY `passage`
- **2021-05-20** RETURNED TO SENATE
- **2021-10-22** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
- **2021-11-03** SIGNED CHAP.566 `executive-signature`
- **2021-11-03** APPROVAL MEMO.30
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/ef393917-5feb-4765-a857-14d1ba2c7f36`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New York legislature records).