---
type: "Bill"
title: "Requires supermarkets to make excess food available to qualifying entities"
description: "Requires supermarkets to make excess food available to qualifying entities."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ny"
legislature: "New York Legislature"
session: "2019-2020"
identifier: "A 4398"
citation: "New York A 4398 (2019-2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["ABINANTI"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 18
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2019-02-04"
last_action: "2020-12-23"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/8f20bac1-8e9a-438a-83d1-8736ba3d5e32"
source_url: "http://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2019/A4398"
source_hash: "6b2bb3eae26ea05a15674f1c78f65a977e639fb1a659b67ce6e5d650b73e9921"
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 4398 (2019-2020) — Requires supermarkets to make excess food available to qualifying entities

Requires supermarkets to make excess food available to qualifying entities.

## Version chain

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

1. **A4398** (committee substitute) — [source](http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?sh=printbill&bn=A4398&term=2019&Text=Y)
2. **A4398A** (committee substitute) — [source](http://legislation.nysenate.gov/pdf/bills/2019/A4398A)

## Votes

- Assembly Vote — **136–2** (pass) · lower
- Floor Vote - Version: A — **48–12** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- ABINANTI — primary (person)
- D'URSO — cosponsor (person)
- FAHY — cosponsor (person)
- GOTTFRIED R — cosponsor (person)
- GRIFFIN — cosponsor (person)
- ORTIZ — cosponsor (person)
- ROSENTHAL L — cosponsor (person)
- STECK — cosponsor (person)
- THIELE — cosponsor (person)
- WEPRIN — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-02-04** REFERRED TO ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION `referral-committee`
- **2019-05-29** AMEND AND RECOMMIT TO ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION `referral-committee, amendment-passage`
- **2019-05-29** PRINT NUMBER 4398A `amendment-passage`
- **2019-06-06** REPORTED REFERRED TO CODES `referral-committee`
- **2019-06-11** REPORTED REFERRED TO RULES `referral-committee`
- **2020-01-08** REFERRED TO CODES `referral-committee`
- **2020-01-28** REPORTED
- **2020-01-30** ADVANCED TO THIRD READING CAL.355
- **2020-02-25** PASSED ASSEMBLY `passage`
- **2020-02-25** DELIVERED TO SENATE
- **2020-02-25** REFERRED TO ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION `referral-committee`
- **2020-07-23** SUBSTITUTED FOR S4176A
- **2020-07-23** 3RD READING CAL.881
- **2020-07-23** PASSED SENATE `passage`
- **2020-07-23** RETURNED TO ASSEMBLY
- **2020-12-11** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
- **2020-12-23** SIGNED CHAP.352 `executive-signature`
- **2020-12-23** APPROVAL MEMO.56

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/8f20bac1-8e9a-438a-83d1-8736ba3d5e32`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New York legislature records).