---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relates to exempting certain beer tastings from retail sales and compensating use taxes"
description: "Exempts certain beer tastings from retail sales and compensating use taxes."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ny"
legislature: "New York Legislature"
session: "2019-2020"
identifier: "A 8956"
citation: "New York A 8956 (2019-2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["LUPARDO"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 13
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2020-01-06"
last_action: "2020-02-03"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/02dc935d-704f-4be2-a62a-e0bc322bdc33"
source_url: "http://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2019/A8956"
source_hash: "57f6f665c887acf86bddfae66a6151614c0ef6bc152de11262a9358ace513d87"
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 8956 (2019-2020) — Relates to exempting certain beer tastings from retail sales and compensating use taxes

Exempts certain beer tastings from retail sales and compensating use taxes.

## Version chain

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

1. **A8956** (committee substitute) — [source](http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?sh=printbill&bn=A8956&term=2019&Text=Y)

## Votes

- Assembly Vote — **136–4** (pass) · lower
- Floor Vote — **40–21** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- LUPARDO — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2020-01-06** REFERRED TO WAYS AND MEANS `referral-committee`
- **2020-01-08** REFERRED TO WAYS AND MEANS `referral-committee`
- **2020-01-14** REPORTED
- **2020-01-16** ADVANCED TO THIRD READING CAL.333
- **2020-01-21** PASSED ASSEMBLY `passage`
- **2020-01-21** DELIVERED TO SENATE
- **2020-01-21** REFERRED TO RULES `referral-committee`
- **2020-01-22** SUBSTITUTED FOR S7162
- **2020-01-22** 3RD READING CAL.86
- **2020-01-22** PASSED SENATE `passage`
- **2020-01-22** RETURNED TO ASSEMBLY
- **2020-01-30** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
- **2020-02-03** SIGNED CHAP.7 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/02dc935d-704f-4be2-a62a-e0bc322bdc33`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New York legislature records).