---
type: "Bill"
title: "Exempts beer tastings from retail sales and compensating use taxes"
description: "Exempts beer tastings from retail sales and compensating use taxes when the beer tasting meets certain limitations on the amount of beer provided or sold to a person in a calendar day."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ny"
legislature: "New York Legislature"
session: "2019-2020"
identifier: "A 7947"
citation: "New York A 7947 (2019-2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["LUPARDO"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 17
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2019-05-29"
last_action: "2019-12-20"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/357a9d82-621f-4e8f-a3fd-6ef14af0ad55"
source_url: "http://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2019/A7947"
source_hash: "8bcd77701dea65c35fe3cb591fabee26e5a6f2cc658a2d5801432e251e9fa82e"
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 7947 (2019-2020) — Exempts beer tastings from retail sales and compensating use taxes

Exempts beer tastings from retail sales and compensating use taxes when the beer tasting meets certain limitations on the amount of beer provided or sold to a person in a calendar day.

## Version chain

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

1. **A7947** (committee substitute) — [source](http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?sh=printbill&bn=A7947&term=2019&Text=Y)
2. **A7947A** (committee substitute) — [source](http://legislation.nysenate.gov/pdf/bills/2019/A7947A)

## Votes

- Assembly Vote — **148–0** (pass) · lower
- Floor Vote - Version: A — **42–20** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- LUPARDO — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-05-29** REFERRED TO WAYS AND MEANS `referral-committee`
- **2019-06-07** AMEND AND RECOMMIT TO WAYS AND MEANS `referral-committee, amendment-passage`
- **2019-06-07** PRINT NUMBER 7947A `amendment-passage`
- **2019-06-14** REPORTED REFERRED TO RULES `referral-committee`
- **2019-06-17** REPORTED
- **2019-06-17** RULES REPORT CAL.411
- **2019-06-17** ORDERED TO THIRD READING RULES CAL.411
- **2019-06-18** PASSED ASSEMBLY `passage`
- **2019-06-18** DELIVERED TO SENATE
- **2019-06-18** REFERRED TO RULES `referral-committee`
- **2019-06-19** SUBSTITUTED FOR S6289A
- **2019-06-19** 3RD READING CAL.1708
- **2019-06-19** PASSED SENATE `passage`
- **2019-06-19** RETURNED TO ASSEMBLY
- **2019-12-17** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
- **2019-12-20** SIGNED CHAP.722 `executive-signature`
- **2019-12-20** APPROVAL MEMO.69

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/357a9d82-621f-4e8f-a3fd-6ef14af0ad55`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New York legislature records).