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legislation/us/states/ny/2023-2024/a-8626.md

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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Changes the effectiveness of provisions relating to religious dietary food options in prison commissaries and visitor's areas"
+description: "Changes the effectiveness of provisions relating to religious dietary food options in prison commissaries and visitor's areas to 270 days after such provisions become law."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/ny"
+legislature: "New York Legislature"
+session: "2023-2024"
+identifier: "A 8626"
+citation: "New York A 8626 (2023-2024)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Simcha Eichenstein"]
+version_count: 1
+action_count: 12
+vote_count: 2
+first_action: "2024-01-16"
+last_action: "2024-02-13"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ebcb8214-a934-4f25-96ad-d91522361b8b"
+source_url: "http://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2023/A8626"
+source_hash: "a2ab8a59ab88b0aceb06ad369644f433e0f3eeb45f90c3e894963492a3e7167a"
+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 8626 (2023-2024) — Changes the effectiveness of provisions relating to religious dietary food options in prison commissaries and visitor's areas
+
+Changes the effectiveness of provisions relating to religious dietary food options in prison commissaries and visitor's areas to 270 days after such provisions become law.
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **A8626** (committee substitute) — [source](http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?sh=printbill&bn=A8626&term=2023&Text=Y)
+
+## Votes
+
+- Floor Vote — **52–9** (pass) · upper
+- Assembly Vote — **143–2** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Simcha Eichenstein — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2024-01-16** REFERRED TO CORRECTION `referral-committee`
+- **2024-01-23** REPORTED
+- **2024-01-25** ADVANCED TO THIRD READING CAL.288
+- **2024-01-29** PASSED ASSEMBLY `passage`
+- **2024-01-29** DELIVERED TO SENATE
+- **2024-01-29** REFERRED TO RULES `referral-committee`
+- **2024-02-07** SUBSTITUTED FOR S8091
+- **2024-02-07** 3RD READING CAL.201
+- **2024-02-07** PASSED SENATE `passage`
+- **2024-02-07** RETURNED TO ASSEMBLY
+- **2024-02-13** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
+- **2024-02-13** SIGNED CHAP.85 `executive-signature`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/ebcb8214-a934-4f25-96ad-d91522361b8b`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New York legislature records).
+