---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relates to drug and alcohol testing for for-hire vehicle drivers"
description: "Relates to drug and alcohol testing and requirements for for-hire vehicle drivers and motor carriers."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ny"
legislature: "New York Legislature"
session: "2019-2020"
identifier: "A 712"
citation: "New York A 712 (2019-2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["PAULIN"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 18
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2019-01-09"
last_action: "2020-02-03"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/7255612b-fb06-4318-9fee-214fa2599181"
source_url: "http://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2019/A712"
source_hash: "c27e21c8582d2c44bf947dabec0b585a256c38465ea2601972d770c7632e04c8"
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 712 (2019-2020) — Relates to drug and alcohol testing for for-hire vehicle drivers

Relates to drug and alcohol testing and requirements for for-hire vehicle drivers and motor carriers.

## Version chain

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

1. **A712** (committee substitute) — [source](http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?sh=printbill&bn=A712&term=2019&Text=Y)
2. **A712A** (committee substitute) — [source](http://legislation.nysenate.gov/pdf/bills/2019/A712A)

## Votes

- Assembly Vote — **140–0** (pass) · lower
- Floor Vote - Version: A — **60–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- PAULIN — primary (person)
- ARROYO — cosponsor (person)
- ASHBY — cosponsor (person)
- BARRETT — cosponsor (person)
- BLAKE — cosponsor (person)
- BUTTENSCHON — cosponsor (person)
- COLTON — cosponsor (person)
- COOK — cosponsor (person)
- CRESPO — cosponsor (person)
- CRUZ — cosponsor (person)
- D'URSO — cosponsor (person)
- DARLING — cosponsor (person)
- ENGLEBRIGHT — cosponsor (person)
- FAHY — cosponsor (person)
- FALL — cosponsor (person)
- GALEF — cosponsor (person)
- GOTTFRIED R — cosponsor (person)
- GRIFFIN — cosponsor (person)
- JACOBSON — cosponsor (person)
- JEAN-PIERRE — cosponsor (person)
- LAVINE — cosponsor (person)
- LAWRENCE — cosponsor (person)
- MCDONALD — cosponsor (person)
- MCDONOUGH — cosponsor (person)
- MCMAHON — cosponsor (person)
- MIKULIN — cosponsor (person)
- MILLER MG — cosponsor (person)
- MOSLEY — cosponsor (person)
- ORTIZ — cosponsor (person)
- OTIS — cosponsor (person)
- SANTABARBARA — cosponsor (person)
- SOLAGES — cosponsor (person)
- TAYLOR — cosponsor (person)
- THIELE — cosponsor (person)
- WALSH — cosponsor (person)
- WEPRIN — cosponsor (person)
- WILLIAMS — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-01-09** REFERRED TO TRANSPORTATION `referral-committee`
- **2020-01-08** REFERRED TO TRANSPORTATION `referral-committee`
- **2020-01-08** AMEND AND RECOMMIT TO TRANSPORTATION `referral-committee, amendment-passage`
- **2020-01-08** PRINT NUMBER 712A `amendment-passage`
- **2020-01-14** REPORTED REFERRED TO CODES `referral-committee`
- **2020-01-14** REPORTED REFERRED TO RULES `referral-committee`
- **2020-01-14** REPORTED
- **2020-01-14** RULES REPORT CAL.1
- **2020-01-14** ORDERED TO THIRD READING RULES CAL.1
- **2020-01-14** PASSED ASSEMBLY `passage`
- **2020-01-14** DELIVERED TO SENATE
- **2020-01-14** REFERRED TO RULES `referral-committee`
- **2020-01-14** SUBSTITUTED FOR S6186B
- **2020-01-14** 3RD READING CAL.75
- **2020-01-14** PASSED SENATE `passage`
- **2020-01-14** RETURNED TO ASSEMBLY
- **2020-01-30** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
- **2020-02-03** SIGNED CHAP.2 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/7255612b-fb06-4318-9fee-214fa2599181`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New York legislature records).