---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relates to allowing boards of education of every school district to require minors who are five years of age to attend kindergarten"
description: "Relates to allowing boards of education of every school district to require minors who are five years of age to attend kindergarten."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ny"
legislature: "New York Legislature"
session: "2019-2020"
identifier: "S 1624"
citation: "New York S 1624 (2019-2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["SKOUFIS"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 13
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2019-01-15"
last_action: "2019-12-20"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/6b4b235b-f3c1-4bb6-b089-32c6a7d20086"
source_url: "http://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2019/S1624"
source_hash: "badfad642017cf1231481fab1285f7806d5b5be38b4d73d06d6aeabdb3b14e47"
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 S 1624 (2019-2020) — Relates to allowing boards of education of every school district to require minors who are five years of age to attend kindergarten

Relates to allowing boards of education of every school district to require minors who are five years of age to attend kindergarten.

## Version chain

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

1. **S1624** (committee substitute) — [source](http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?sh=printbill&bn=S1624&term=2019&Text=Y)

## Votes

- Assembly Vote — **142–0** (pass) · lower
- Education Vote — **14–1** (pass) · upper
- Floor Vote — **61–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- SKOUFIS — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-01-15** REFERRED TO EDUCATION `referral-committee`
- **2019-03-19** 1ST REPORT CAL.312
- **2019-03-20** 2ND REPORT CAL.
- **2019-03-25** ADVANCED TO THIRD READING
- **2019-03-26** PASSED SENATE `passage`
- **2019-03-26** DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY
- **2019-03-26** REFERRED TO EDUCATION `referral-committee`
- **2019-06-03** SUBSTITUTED FOR A7112
- **2019-06-03** ORDERED TO THIRD READING CAL.431
- **2019-06-03** PASSED ASSEMBLY `passage`
- **2019-06-03** RETURNED TO SENATE
- **2019-12-17** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
- **2019-12-20** SIGNED CHAP.703 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/6b4b235b-f3c1-4bb6-b089-32c6a7d20086`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New York legislature records).