---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relates to authorizing the creation of a sickle cell disease awareness license plate and to creating the sickle cell disease research and education fund"
description: "Relates to authorizing the creation of a sickle cell disease awareness license plate and to creating the sickle cell disease research and education fund."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ny"
legislature: "New York Legislature"
session: "2017-2018"
identifier: "S 1704"
citation: "New York S 1704 (2017-2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["PARKER"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 12
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2017-01-10"
last_action: "2017-10-23"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b3bc3f51-ecf9-452b-8f42-8ee6b5c64f26"
source_url: "http://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2017/S1704"
source_hash: "b68621791f0ebac8d88a8bbce176ac1ed0f43377ada98293504f1c1b1680c1ba"
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 S 1704 (2017-2018) — Relates to authorizing the creation of a sickle cell disease awareness license plate and to creating the sickle cell disease research and education fund

Relates to authorizing the creation of a sickle cell disease awareness license plate and to creating the sickle cell disease research and education fund.

## Version chain

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

1. **S1704 HTML** (committee substitute) — [source](http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?sh=printbill&bn=S1704&term=2017&Text=Y)
2. **S1704 PDF** (committee substitute) — [source](http://legislation.nysenate.gov/pdf/bills/2017/S1704)

## Votes

- Assembly Vote — **140–2** (pass) · lower
- Rules Vote — **24–0** (pass) · upper
- Floor Vote — **63–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- PARKER — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-01-10** REFERRED TO TRANSPORTATION `referral-committee`
- **2017-06-05** COMMITTEE DISCHARGED AND COMMITTED TO RULES `referral-committee`
- **2017-06-05** ORDERED TO THIRD READING CAL.1404
- **2017-06-14** PASSED SENATE `passage`
- **2017-06-14** DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY
- **2017-06-14** REFERRED TO TRANSPORTATION `referral-committee`
- **2017-06-21** SUBSTITUTED FOR A8084
- **2017-06-21** ORDERED TO THIRD READING RULES CAL.621
- **2017-06-21** PASSED ASSEMBLY `passage`
- **2017-06-21** RETURNED TO SENATE
- **2017-10-11** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
- **2017-10-23** SIGNED CHAP.375 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/b3bc3f51-ecf9-452b-8f42-8ee6b5c64f26`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New York legislature records).