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legislation/us/states/ny/2019-2020/a-4398.md

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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Requires supermarkets to make excess food available to qualifying entities"
+description: "Requires supermarkets to make excess food available to qualifying entities."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/ny"
+legislature: "New York Legislature"
+session: "2019-2020"
+identifier: "A 4398"
+citation: "New York A 4398 (2019-2020)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["ABINANTI"]
+version_count: 2
+action_count: 18
+vote_count: 2
+first_action: "2019-02-04"
+last_action: "2020-12-23"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/8f20bac1-8e9a-438a-83d1-8736ba3d5e32"
+source_url: "http://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2019/A4398"
+source_hash: "6b2bb3eae26ea05a15674f1c78f65a977e639fb1a659b67ce6e5d650b73e9921"
+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 4398 (2019-2020) — Requires supermarkets to make excess food available to qualifying entities
+
+Requires supermarkets to make excess food available to qualifying entities.
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **A4398** (committee substitute) — [source](http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?sh=printbill&bn=A4398&term=2019&Text=Y)
+2. **A4398A** (committee substitute) — [source](http://legislation.nysenate.gov/pdf/bills/2019/A4398A)
+
+## Votes
+
+- Assembly Vote — **136–2** (pass) · lower
+- Floor Vote - Version: A — **48–12** (pass) · upper
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- ABINANTI — primary (person)
+- D'URSO — cosponsor (person)
+- FAHY — cosponsor (person)
+- GOTTFRIED R — cosponsor (person)
+- GRIFFIN — cosponsor (person)
+- ORTIZ — cosponsor (person)
+- ROSENTHAL L — cosponsor (person)
+- STECK — cosponsor (person)
+- THIELE — cosponsor (person)
+- WEPRIN — cosponsor (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2019-02-04** REFERRED TO ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION `referral-committee`
+- **2019-05-29** AMEND AND RECOMMIT TO ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION `referral-committee, amendment-passage`
+- **2019-05-29** PRINT NUMBER 4398A `amendment-passage`
+- **2019-06-06** REPORTED REFERRED TO CODES `referral-committee`
+- **2019-06-11** REPORTED REFERRED TO RULES `referral-committee`
+- **2020-01-08** REFERRED TO CODES `referral-committee`
+- **2020-01-28** REPORTED
+- **2020-01-30** ADVANCED TO THIRD READING CAL.355
+- **2020-02-25** PASSED ASSEMBLY `passage`
+- **2020-02-25** DELIVERED TO SENATE
+- **2020-02-25** REFERRED TO ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION `referral-committee`
+- **2020-07-23** SUBSTITUTED FOR S4176A
+- **2020-07-23** 3RD READING CAL.881
+- **2020-07-23** PASSED SENATE `passage`
+- **2020-07-23** RETURNED TO ASSEMBLY
+- **2020-12-11** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
+- **2020-12-23** SIGNED CHAP.352 `executive-signature`
+- **2020-12-23** APPROVAL MEMO.56
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/8f20bac1-8e9a-438a-83d1-8736ba3d5e32`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New York legislature records).
+