---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relates to the requirements for a license as a professional land surveyor"
description: "Relates to the requirements for a license as a professional land surveyor."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ny"
legislature: "New York Legislature"
session: "2019-2020"
identifier: "A 3937"
citation: "New York A 3937 (2019-2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["HYNDMAN"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 17
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2019-01-31"
last_action: "2019-10-03"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/37049062-e71c-41df-a0d6-caf15b799b69"
source_url: "http://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2019/A3937"
source_hash: "19d29248e2e21993f94d0eee5e6900041a51dc547fe01fee33693199be69c050"
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 3937 (2019-2020) — Relates to the requirements for a license as a professional land surveyor

Relates to the requirements for a license as a professional land surveyor.

## Version chain

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

1. **A3937** (committee substitute) — [source](http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?sh=printbill&bn=A3937&term=2019&Text=Y)
2. **A3937A** (committee substitute) — [source](http://legislation.nysenate.gov/pdf/bills/2019/A3937A)

## Votes

- Assembly Vote — **146–0** (pass) · lower
- Floor Vote - Version: A — **62–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- HYNDMAN — primary (person)
- ARROYO — cosponsor (person)
- DARLING — cosponsor (person)
- DICKENS — cosponsor (person)
- MONTESANO — cosponsor (person)
- WILLIAMS — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-01-31** REFERRED TO HIGHER EDUCATION `referral-committee`
- **2019-05-30** AMEND AND RECOMMIT TO HIGHER EDUCATION `referral-committee, amendment-passage`
- **2019-05-30** PRINT NUMBER 3937A `amendment-passage`
- **2019-06-03** REPORTED REFERRED TO WAYS AND MEANS `referral-committee`
- **2019-06-06** REPORTED REFERRED TO RULES `referral-committee`
- **2019-06-11** REPORTED
- **2019-06-11** RULES REPORT CAL.119
- **2019-06-11** ORDERED TO THIRD READING RULES CAL.119
- **2019-06-13** PASSED ASSEMBLY `passage`
- **2019-06-13** DELIVERED TO SENATE
- **2019-06-13** REFERRED TO RULES `referral-committee`
- **2019-06-13** SUBSTITUTED FOR S6316
- **2019-06-13** 3RD READING CAL.1368
- **2019-06-13** PASSED SENATE `passage`
- **2019-06-13** RETURNED TO ASSEMBLY
- **2019-10-01** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
- **2019-10-03** SIGNED CHAP.322 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/37049062-e71c-41df-a0d6-caf15b799b69`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New York legislature records).