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legislation/us/states/ny/2021-2022/a-1960.md

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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Relates to authorizing a tax check-off for gifts contributed to the state library aid program for financial support for public libraries"
+description: "Directs the commissioner of taxation and finance to include a space on the personal income tax return for taxpayers to check off if they wish to contribute to the state library aid program for financial support for public libraries."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/ny"
+legislature: "New York Legislature"
+session: "2021-2022"
+identifier: "A 1960"
+citation: "New York A 1960 (2021-2022)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["CRUZ"]
+version_count: 2
+action_count: 16
+vote_count: 2
+first_action: "2021-01-13"
+last_action: "2021-10-25"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f08ff297-3988-47e5-bbfd-f5e3cbf708ac"
+source_url: "http://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2021/A1960"
+source_hash: "c5bd79483982a62b182e90735e990c78e6012027b926dc5990da23eff555c6eb"
+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 1960 (2021-2022) — Relates to authorizing a tax check-off for gifts contributed to the state library aid program for financial support for public libraries
+
+Directs the commissioner of taxation and finance to include a space on the personal income tax return for taxpayers to check off if they wish to contribute to the state library aid program for financial support for public libraries.
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **A1960** (committee substitute) — [source](http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?sh=printbill&bn=A1960&term=2021&Text=Y)
+2. **A1960A** (committee substitute) — [source](http://legislation.nysenate.gov/pdf/bills/2021/A1960A)
+
+## Votes
+
+- Floor Vote - Version: A — **63–0** (pass) · upper
+- Assembly Vote — **143–4** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- CRUZ — primary (person)
+- ASHBY — cosponsor (person)
+- BARRON — cosponsor (person)
+- BUTTENSCHON — cosponsor (person)
+- COOK — cosponsor (person)
+- DARLING — cosponsor (person)
+- GUNTHER — cosponsor (person)
+- JACOBSON — cosponsor (person)
+- JEAN-PIERRE — cosponsor (person)
+- JOYNER — cosponsor (person)
+- LUPARDO — cosponsor (person)
+- MILLER B — cosponsor (person)
+- MONTESANO — cosponsor (person)
+- MORINELLO — cosponsor (person)
+- OTIS — cosponsor (person)
+- ROSENTHAL L — cosponsor (person)
+- SANTABARBARA — cosponsor (person)
+- SAYEGH — cosponsor (person)
+- SCHMITT — cosponsor (person)
+- SIMON — cosponsor (person)
+- THIELE — cosponsor (person)
+- WEPRIN — cosponsor (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2021-01-13** REFERRED TO WAYS AND MEANS `referral-committee`
+- **2021-05-13** AMEND AND RECOMMIT TO WAYS AND MEANS `amendment-passage, referral-committee`
+- **2021-05-13** PRINT NUMBER 1960A `amendment-passage`
+- **2021-05-19** REPORTED REFERRED TO RULES `referral-committee`
+- **2021-05-25** REPORTED
+- **2021-05-25** RULES REPORT CAL.101
+- **2021-05-25** ORDERED TO THIRD READING RULES CAL.101
+- **2021-05-25** PASSED ASSEMBLY `passage`
+- **2021-05-25** DELIVERED TO SENATE
+- **2021-05-25** REFERRED TO BUDGET AND REVENUE `referral-committee`
+- **2021-06-01** SUBSTITUTED FOR S4670A
+- **2021-06-01** 3RD READING CAL.521
+- **2021-06-01** PASSED SENATE `passage`
+- **2021-06-01** RETURNED TO ASSEMBLY
+- **2021-10-13** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
+- **2021-10-25** SIGNED CHAP.498 `executive-signature`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/f08ff297-3988-47e5-bbfd-f5e3cbf708ac`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New York legislature records).
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