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type: "Bill"
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title: "Makes provisions relating to the collateral estoppel effect of issues decided by certain arbitrators"
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description: "Enacts the \"fairness for accident victims act\"; provides that with respect to a serious personal injury action still permissible under the no-fault insurance system, the award or decision of an arbitrator or master arbitrator rendered in a no-fault arbitration will not constitute a collateral estoppel of the issues arbitrated."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/ny"
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legislature: "New York Legislature"
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session: "2023-2024"
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identifier: "S 5591"
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citation: "New York S 5591 (2023-2024)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Leroy Comrie"]
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version_count: 2
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action_count: 14
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vote_count: 3
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first_action: "2023-03-08"
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last_action: "2023-12-22"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b9dc97e3-08af-427e-b4fa-d24121255502"
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source_url: "http://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2023/S5591"
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source_hash: "dbae25e0c4fb636787d20639baa12ece9d750efde52b1231c2793d44d23d5949"
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vintage: "2026-07-01"
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source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
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retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
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confidence: "reported"
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tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-ny"]
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---
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# New York S 5591 (2023-2024) — Makes provisions relating to the collateral estoppel effect of issues decided by certain arbitrators
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Enacts the "fairness for accident victims act"; provides that with respect to a serious personal injury action still permissible under the no-fault insurance system, the award or decision of an arbitrator or master arbitrator rendered in a no-fault arbitration will not constitute a collateral estoppel of the issues arbitrated.
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## Version chain
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The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
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1. **S5591** (committee substitute) — [source](http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?sh=printbill&bn=S5591&term=2023&Text=Y)
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2. **S5591A** (committee substitute) — [source](http://legislation.nysenate.gov/pdf/bills/2023/S5591A)
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## Votes
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- Assembly Vote — **102–39** (pass) · lower
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- Floor Vote - Version: A — **56–6** (pass) · upper
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- Rules Vote - Version: A — **20–1** (pass) · upper
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## Sponsors
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- Leroy Comrie — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2023-03-08** REFERRED TO INSURANCE `referral-committee`
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- **2023-05-25** AMEND AND RECOMMIT TO INSURANCE `amendment-passage, referral-committee`
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- **2023-05-25** PRINT NUMBER 5591A `amendment-passage`
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- **2023-06-01** COMMITTEE DISCHARGED AND COMMITTED TO RULES `referral-committee`
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- **2023-06-01** ORDERED TO THIRD READING CAL.1502
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- **2023-06-06** PASSED SENATE `passage`
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- **2023-06-06** DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY
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- **2023-06-06** REFERRED TO INSURANCE `referral-committee`
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- **2023-06-09** SUBSTITUTED FOR A5646A
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- **2023-06-09** ORDERED TO THIRD READING RULES CAL.788
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- **2023-06-21** PASSED ASSEMBLY `passage`
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- **2023-06-21** RETURNED TO SENATE
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- **2023-12-12** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
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- **2023-12-22** SIGNED CHAP.766 `executive-signature`
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## Source
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OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/b9dc97e3-08af-427e-b4fa-d24121255502`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New York legislature records).
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