---
type: "Bill"
title: "Requires places of public accommodation, resort or amusement that operate televisions during regular hours of operation to provide closed captioning on certain televisions upon request"
description: "Requires places of public accommodation, resort or amusement that operate televisions during regular hours of operation to provide closed captioning on certain televisions upon request."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ny"
legislature: "New York Legislature"
session: "2019-2020"
identifier: "S 1650"
citation: "New York S 1650 (2019-2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["SKOUFIS"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 14
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2019-01-15"
last_action: "2019-09-13"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/8e8945a6-d5c9-46a7-9d64-a339a9937fce"
source_url: "http://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2019/S1650"
source_hash: "dcae1106d1356524bcced840a2ab0ac8d18596ac64f7d5dba64136b6bba013cb"
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 1650 (2019-2020) — Requires places of public accommodation, resort or amusement that operate televisions during regular hours of operation to provide closed captioning on certain televisions upon request

Requires places of public accommodation, resort or amusement that operate televisions during regular hours of operation to provide closed captioning on certain televisions upon request.

## Version chain

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

1. **S1650** (committee substitute) — [source](http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?sh=printbill&bn=S1650&term=2019&Text=Y)

## Votes

- Codes Vote — **12–1** (pass) · upper
- Finance Vote — **21–1** (pass) · upper
- Assembly Vote — **142–1** (pass) · lower
- Floor Vote — **56–4** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- SKOUFIS — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-01-15** REFERRED TO CODES `referral-committee`
- **2019-05-06** REPORTED AND COMMITTED TO FINANCE `referral-committee`
- **2019-05-14** 1ST REPORT CAL.719
- **2019-05-15** 2ND REPORT CAL.
- **2019-05-20** ADVANCED TO THIRD READING
- **2019-05-29** PASSED SENATE `passage`
- **2019-05-29** DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY
- **2019-05-29** REFERRED TO GOVERNMENTAL OPERATIONS `referral-committee`
- **2019-05-30** SUBSTITUTED FOR A2076
- **2019-05-30** ORDERED TO THIRD READING CAL.388
- **2019-05-30** PASSED ASSEMBLY `passage`
- **2019-05-30** RETURNED TO SENATE
- **2019-09-13** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
- **2019-09-13** SIGNED CHAP.295 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/8e8945a6-d5c9-46a7-9d64-a339a9937fce`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New York legislature records).