---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relates to designating June nineteenth as a public holiday"
description: "Designates June nineteenth, known as Juneteenth, as a public holiday."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ny"
legislature: "New York Legislature"
session: "2019-2020"
identifier: "A 10628"
citation: "New York A 10628 (2019-2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 1
action_count: 14
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2020-06-10"
last_action: "2020-10-14"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c3a7f716-8383-4147-aaea-cf4507b460f8"
source_url: "http://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2019/A10628"
source_hash: "55496db87c1015a3376bcda163e6d66f2bbb30bf62941bc808f7906389704bc8"
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 10628 (2019-2020) — Relates to designating June nineteenth as a public holiday

Designates June nineteenth, known as Juneteenth, as a public holiday.

## Version chain

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

1. **A10628** (committee substitute) — [source](http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?sh=printbill&bn=A10628&term=2019&Text=Y)

## Votes

- Assembly Vote — **142–0** (pass) · lower
- Floor Vote — **60–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Rules Committee — primary (organization)

## Timeline

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

- **2020-06-10** REFERRED TO GOVERNMENTAL OPERATIONS `referral-committee`
- **2020-07-16** REPORTED REFERRED TO RULES `referral-committee`
- **2020-07-20** REPORTED
- **2020-07-20** RULES REPORT CAL.212
- **2020-07-20** ORDERED TO THIRD READING RULES CAL.212
- **2020-07-22** PASSED ASSEMBLY `passage`
- **2020-07-22** DELIVERED TO SENATE
- **2020-07-22** REFERRED TO RULES `referral-committee`
- **2020-07-23** SUBSTITUTED FOR S8598
- **2020-07-23** 3RD READING CAL.926
- **2020-07-23** PASSED SENATE `passage`
- **2020-07-23** RETURNED TO ASSEMBLY
- **2020-10-02** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
- **2020-10-14** SIGNED CHAP.249 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/c3a7f716-8383-4147-aaea-cf4507b460f8`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New York legislature records).