---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relates to the time needed by small businesses and local governments to comply with new regulations"
description: "Relates to the time needed by small businesses and local governments to comply with new regulations."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ny"
legislature: "New York Legislature"
session: "2019-2020"
identifier: "A 842"
citation: "New York A 842 (2019-2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["SIMOTAS"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 13
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2019-01-11"
last_action: "2019-12-06"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/4ea53bfb-ccae-4745-be67-378a0ffd94b1"
source_url: "http://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2019/A842"
source_hash: "66138b8689bd00e2e92d537c7df58a9782e6ff607f011e840f62acdde68ffeff"
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 842 (2019-2020) — Relates to the time needed by small businesses and local governments to comply with new regulations

Relates to the time needed by small businesses and local governments to comply with new regulations.

## Version chain

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

1. **A842** (committee substitute) — [source](http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?sh=printbill&bn=A842&term=2019&Text=Y)

## Votes

- Floor Vote — **62–0** (pass) · upper
- Assembly Vote — **142–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- SIMOTAS — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-01-11** REFERRED TO GOVERNMENTAL OPERATIONS `referral-committee`
- **2019-05-30** REPORTED
- **2019-05-30** ADVANCED TO THIRD READING CAL.474
- **2019-06-03** PASSED ASSEMBLY `passage`
- **2019-06-03** DELIVERED TO SENATE
- **2019-06-03** REFERRED TO RULES `referral-committee`
- **2019-06-14** SUBSTITUTED FOR S5812
- **2019-06-14** 3RD READING CAL.1400
- **2019-06-14** PASSED SENATE `passage`
- **2019-06-14** RETURNED TO ASSEMBLY
- **2019-11-26** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
- **2019-12-06** SIGNED CHAP.577 `executive-signature`
- **2019-12-06** APPROVAL MEMO.25

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/4ea53bfb-ccae-4745-be67-378a0ffd94b1`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New York legislature records).