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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Enacts \"Harper's Law\" requiring tip restraint devices on certain furniture"
+description: "Enacts \"Harper's Law\" which will require that retailers who sell certain new furniture offer for sale compatible tip restraint devices and post a notice informing consumers of the risk of furniture tipping."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/ny"
+legislature: "New York Legislature"
+session: "2019-2020"
+identifier: "A 4421"
+citation: "New York A 4421 (2019-2020)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["ZEBROWSKI"]
+version_count: 3
+action_count: 15
+vote_count: 2
+first_action: "2019-02-04"
+last_action: "2019-08-13"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/45d04965-6199-4981-b549-0711bad9047e"
+source_url: "http://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2019/A4421"
+source_hash: "3e9e87d5c3425af8ea5ae265b2474dd881bc84fe71293309b999454d0ca2cc0e"
+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 4421 (2019-2020) — Enacts "Harper's Law" requiring tip restraint devices on certain furniture
+
+Enacts "Harper's Law" which will require that retailers who sell certain new furniture offer for sale compatible tip restraint devices and post a notice informing consumers of the risk of furniture tipping.
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **A4421** (committee substitute) — [source](http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?sh=printbill&bn=A4421&term=2019&Text=Y)
+2. **A4421A** (committee substitute) — [source](http://legislation.nysenate.gov/pdf/bills/2019/A4421A)
+3. **A4421B** (committee substitute) — [source](http://legislation.nysenate.gov/pdf/bills/2019/A4421B)
+
+## Votes
+
+- Floor Vote - Version: B — **52–6** (pass) · upper
+- Assembly Vote — **142–1** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- ZEBROWSKI — primary (person)
+- BUTTENSCHON — cosponsor (person)
+- CRESPO — cosponsor (person)
+- DE LA ROSA — cosponsor (person)
+- DICKENS — cosponsor (person)
+- ENGLEBRIGHT — cosponsor (person)
+- FERNANDEZ — cosponsor (person)
+- GOTTFRIED R — cosponsor (person)
+- GUNTHER — cosponsor (person)
+- JAFFEE — cosponsor (person)
+- MCDONOUGH — cosponsor (person)
+- ORTIZ — cosponsor (person)
+- OTIS — cosponsor (person)
+- PHEFFER AMATO — cosponsor (person)
+- SCHMITT — cosponsor (person)
+- SIMON — cosponsor (person)
+- THIELE — cosponsor (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2019-02-04** REFERRED TO CONSUMER AFFAIRS AND PROTECTION `referral-committee`
+- **2019-03-05** REPORTED REFERRED TO CODES `referral-committee`
+- **2019-03-12** REPORTED
+- **2019-03-14** ADVANCED TO THIRD READING CAL.139
+- **2019-05-06** AMENDED ON THIRD READING 4421A `amendment-passage`
+- **2019-05-20** AMENDED ON THIRD READING 4421B `amendment-passage`
+- **2019-05-30** PASSED ASSEMBLY `passage`
+- **2019-05-30** DELIVERED TO SENATE
+- **2019-05-30** REFERRED TO CONSUMER PROTECTION `referral-committee`
+- **2019-05-30** SUBSTITUTED FOR S1627B
+- **2019-05-30** 3RD READING CAL.545
+- **2019-05-30** PASSED SENATE `passage`
+- **2019-05-30** RETURNED TO ASSEMBLY
+- **2019-08-13** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
+- **2019-08-13** SIGNED CHAP.163 `executive-signature`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/45d04965-6199-4981-b549-0711bad9047e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New York legislature records).
+