---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relates to access to the special supplemental nutrition program for women, infants and children relating to specialty formula"
description: "Relates to access to the special supplemental nutrition program for women, infants and children relating to specialty formula; relates to the effectiveness thereof."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ny"
legislature: "New York Legislature"
session: "2017-2018"
identifier: "A 379"
citation: "New York A 379 (2017-2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["CRESPO"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 14
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2017-01-05"
last_action: "2017-03-15"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/afa65313-6dbd-4f2c-8062-36a75d5f44de"
source_url: "http://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2017/A379"
source_hash: "7ad7e908c3637fbf0f6d25bba19efeb2b9b6fe0c4f3e3d1c2c35c6e823d06a75"
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 379 (2017-2018) — Relates to access to the special supplemental nutrition program for women, infants and children relating to specialty formula

Relates to access to the special supplemental nutrition program for women, infants and children relating to specialty formula; relates to the effectiveness thereof.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **A379 HTML** (committee substitute) — [source](http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?sh=printbill&bn=A379&term=2017&Text=Y)
2. **A379 PDF** (committee substitute) — [source](http://legislation.nysenate.gov/pdf/bills/2017/A379)

## Votes

- Floor Vote — **60–0** (pass) · upper
- Assembly Vote — **140–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- CRESPO — primary (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2017-01-05** REFERRED TO HEALTH `referral-committee`
- **2017-01-10** REPORTED REFERRED TO RULES `referral-committee`
- **2017-01-10** REPORTED
- **2017-01-10** RULES REPORT CAL.7
- **2017-01-10** ORDERED TO THIRD READING RULES CAL.7
- **2017-01-10** PASSED ASSEMBLY `passage`
- **2017-01-10** DELIVERED TO SENATE
- **2017-01-10** REFERRED TO RULES `referral-committee`
- **2017-01-24** SUBSTITUTED FOR S1067
- **2017-01-24** 3RD READING CAL.21
- **2017-01-24** PASSED SENATE `passage`
- **2017-01-24** RETURNED TO ASSEMBLY
- **2017-03-03** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
- **2017-03-15** SIGNED CHAP.12 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/afa65313-6dbd-4f2c-8062-36a75d5f44de`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New York legislature records).