---
type: "Bill"
title: "Establishes the outdoor Rx act"
description: "Establishes the outdoor Rx act; requires the division of veterans' services to review issues relating to veterans' abilities to access state parks, lands and facilities; and provides for the repeal of such provisions upon the expiration thereof."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ny"
legislature: "New York Legislature"
session: "2019-2020"
identifier: "A 8094"
citation: "New York A 8094 (2019-2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["BARRETT"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 21
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2019-05-31"
last_action: "2020-11-11"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/89804984-74f6-4610-867f-cd2bd37915ca"
source_url: "http://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2019/A8094"
source_hash: "0bc4a389d12263b0c65441823e71d51c05885b911f8d78371e9766e892c08b11"
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 8094 (2019-2020) — Establishes the outdoor Rx act

Establishes the outdoor Rx act; requires the division of veterans' services to review issues relating to veterans' abilities to access state parks, lands and facilities; and provides for the repeal of such provisions upon the expiration thereof.

## Version chain

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

1. **A8094** (committee substitute) — [source](http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?sh=printbill&bn=A8094&term=2019&Text=Y)
2. **A8094A** (committee substitute) — [source](http://legislation.nysenate.gov/pdf/bills/2019/A8094A)

## Votes

- Assembly Vote — **148–0** (pass) · lower
- Assembly Vote - Vote 2 — **140–0** (pass) · lower
- Floor Vote - Version: A — **60–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- BARRETT — primary (person)
- ASHBY — cosponsor (person)
- BLAKE — cosponsor (person)
- CUSICK — cosponsor (person)
- D'URSO — cosponsor (person)
- GRIFFIN — cosponsor (person)
- SANTABARBARA — cosponsor (person)
- TAYLOR — cosponsor (person)
- WALLACE — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-05-31** REFERRED TO VETERANS' AFFAIRS `referral-committee`
- **2019-06-04** REPORTED REFERRED TO RULES `referral-committee`
- **2019-06-12** REPORTED
- **2019-06-12** RULES REPORT CAL.227
- **2019-06-12** ORDERED TO THIRD READING RULES CAL.227
- **2019-06-17** PASSED ASSEMBLY `passage`
- **2019-06-17** DELIVERED TO SENATE
- **2019-06-17** REFERRED TO RULES `referral-committee`
- **2020-01-08** DIED IN SENATE
- **2020-01-08** RETURNED TO ASSEMBLY
- **2020-01-08** ORDERED TO THIRD READING CAL.311
- **2020-01-15** AMENDED ON THIRD READING 8094A `amendment-passage`
- **2020-02-13** PASSED ASSEMBLY `passage`
- **2020-02-13** DELIVERED TO SENATE
- **2020-02-13** REFERRED TO VETERANS, HOMELAND SECURITY AND MILITARY AFFAIRS `referral-committee`
- **2020-02-26** SUBSTITUTED FOR S6706A
- **2020-02-26** 3RD READING CAL.400
- **2020-02-26** PASSED SENATE `passage`
- **2020-02-26** RETURNED TO ASSEMBLY
- **2020-11-11** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
- **2020-11-11** SIGNED CHAP.282 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/89804984-74f6-4610-867f-cd2bd37915ca`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New York legislature records).