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legislation/us/states/ny/2019-2020/a-4204.md

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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Prohibits discrimination against religious attire"
+description: "Prohibits discrimination against religious attire and appurtenances thereto, including facial hair."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/ny"
+legislature: "New York Legislature"
+session: "2019-2020"
+identifier: "A 4204"
+citation: "New York A 4204 (2019-2020)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["WEPRIN"]
+version_count: 1
+action_count: 15
+vote_count: 2
+first_action: "2019-02-01"
+last_action: "2019-08-09"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/fd2e140b-5da5-442b-b04a-18bbc09779c8"
+source_url: "http://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2019/A4204"
+source_hash: "897be8ff402be373547b8ac04d386a8c128c7c14fca4b7ec53c9fa7e3d832671"
+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 A 4204 (2019-2020) — Prohibits discrimination against religious attire
+
+Prohibits discrimination against religious attire and appurtenances thereto, including facial hair.
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **A4204** (committee substitute) — [source](http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?sh=printbill&bn=A4204&term=2019&Text=Y)
+
+## Votes
+
+- Assembly Vote — **140–2** (pass) · lower
+- Floor Vote — **60–0** (pass) · upper
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- WEPRIN — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2019-02-01** REFERRED TO GOVERNMENTAL OPERATIONS `referral-committee`
+- **2019-02-27** REPORTED REFERRED TO CODES `referral-committee`
+- **2019-02-27** REPORTED REFERRED TO RULES `referral-committee`
+- **2019-02-27** REPORTED
+- **2019-02-27** RULES REPORT CAL.31
+- **2019-02-27** ORDERED TO THIRD READING RULES CAL.31
+- **2019-02-27** PASSED ASSEMBLY `passage`
+- **2019-02-27** DELIVERED TO SENATE
+- **2019-02-27** REFERRED TO INVESTIGATIONS AND GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS `referral-committee`
+- **2019-04-09** SUBSTITUTED FOR S4037
+- **2019-04-09** 3RD READING CAL.272
+- **2019-04-09** PASSED SENATE `passage`
+- **2019-04-09** RETURNED TO ASSEMBLY
+- **2019-08-09** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
+- **2019-08-09** SIGNED CHAP.154 `executive-signature`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/fd2e140b-5da5-442b-b04a-18bbc09779c8`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New York legislature records).
+