---
type: "Bill"
title: "Expands the amount of barrels that a restaurant brewer may sell at retail"
description: "Expands the number of barrels that a restaurant brewer may sell at retail."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ny"
legislature: "New York Legislature"
session: "2019-2020"
identifier: "A 1971"
citation: "New York A 1971 (2019-2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["ZEBROWSKI"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 13
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2019-01-18"
last_action: "2019-12-16"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/08d83fd5-87b2-477b-b651-16c776df3096"
source_url: "http://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2019/A1971"
source_hash: "f232485254dade4fcbde406b1b530b3a6caafcfe83ca0a4869c8e83ef5005375"
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 1971 (2019-2020) — Expands the amount of barrels that a restaurant brewer may sell at retail

Expands the number of barrels that a restaurant brewer may sell at retail.

## Version chain

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

1. **A1971** (committee substitute) — [source](http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?sh=printbill&bn=A1971&term=2019&Text=Y)

## Votes

- Assembly Vote — **140–1** (pass) · lower
- Floor Vote — **62–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- ZEBROWSKI — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-01-18** REFERRED TO ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT `referral-committee`
- **2019-05-21** REPORTED
- **2019-05-23** ADVANCED TO THIRD READING CAL.386
- **2019-05-29** PASSED ASSEMBLY `passage`
- **2019-05-29** DELIVERED TO SENATE
- **2019-05-29** REFERRED TO COMMERCE, ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND SMALL BUSINESS `referral-committee`
- **2019-06-14** SUBSTITUTED FOR S5427
- **2019-06-14** 3RD READING CAL.957
- **2019-06-14** PASSED SENATE `passage`
- **2019-06-14** RETURNED TO ASSEMBLY
- **2019-12-10** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
- **2019-12-16** SIGNED CHAP.655 `executive-signature`
- **2019-12-16** APPROVAL MEMO.46

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/08d83fd5-87b2-477b-b651-16c776df3096`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New York legislature records).