---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relates to requiring that information be made available to parents regarding window blind safety"
description: "Relates to requiring that information be made available to parents regarding window blind safety."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ny"
legislature: "New York Legislature"
session: "2019-2020"
identifier: "A 3840"
citation: "New York A 3840 (2019-2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["MCDONALD"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 13
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2019-01-31"
last_action: "2019-12-13"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/46284cd8-59f2-48e7-bcd3-1203fd6c009c"
source_url: "http://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2019/A3840"
source_hash: "e897440f314e4eabd163fee8464c893336aeef2e007976f0d6bff2fca8eab567"
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 3840 (2019-2020) — Relates to requiring that information be made available to parents regarding window blind safety

Relates to requiring that information be made available to parents regarding window blind safety.

## Version chain

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

1. **A3840** (committee substitute) — [source](http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?sh=printbill&bn=A3840&term=2019&Text=Y)

## Votes

- Floor Vote — **55–6** (pass) · upper
- Assembly Vote — **147–1** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- MCDONALD — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-01-31** REFERRED TO HEALTH `referral-committee`
- **2019-02-28** REPORTED
- **2019-02-28** ADVANCED TO THIRD READING CAL.78
- **2019-03-05** PASSED ASSEMBLY `passage`
- **2019-03-05** DELIVERED TO SENATE
- **2019-03-05** REFERRED TO HEALTH `referral-committee`
- **2019-05-22** SUBSTITUTED FOR S4181
- **2019-05-22** 3RD READING CAL.820
- **2019-05-22** PASSED SENATE `passage`
- **2019-05-22** RETURNED TO ASSEMBLY
- **2019-12-06** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
- **2019-12-13** SIGNED CHAP.648 `executive-signature`
- **2019-12-13** APPROVAL MEMO.39

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/46284cd8-59f2-48e7-bcd3-1203fd6c009c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New York legislature records).