---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relates to authorizing the sale of certain beverages at games of chance"
description: "Authorizes the sale of cider, mead, braggot and wine at games of chance."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ny"
legislature: "New York Legislature"
session: "2019-2020"
identifier: "S 3281"
citation: "New York S 3281 (2019-2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["KAPLAN"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 14
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2019-02-05"
last_action: "2019-08-29"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/9df5254a-7442-4d45-b919-650978ba8cad"
source_url: "http://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2019/S3281"
source_hash: "b96d26945d211e36cf774ee73d8f4b5dd5fd1b1a86e0e8a968abca4ef094b20a"
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 3281 (2019-2020) — Relates to authorizing the sale of certain beverages at games of chance

Authorizes the sale of cider, mead, braggot and wine at games of chance.

## Version chain

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

1. **S3281** (committee substitute) — [source](http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?sh=printbill&bn=S3281&term=2019&Text=Y)
2. **S3281A** (committee substitute) — [source](http://legislation.nysenate.gov/pdf/bills/2019/S3281A)

## Votes

- Floor Vote - Version: A — **62–0** (pass) · upper
- Assembly Vote — **142–4** (pass) · lower
- Commerce, Economic Development And Small Business Vote — **9–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- KAPLAN — primary (person)
- CARLUCCI — cosponsor (person)
- SANDERS — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-02-05** REFERRED TO COMMERCE, ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND SMALL BUSINESS `referral-committee`
- **2019-05-07** 1ST REPORT CAL.590
- **2019-05-08** 2ND REPORT CAL.
- **2019-05-13** ADVANCED TO THIRD READING
- **2019-06-11** AMENDED ON THIRD READING (T) 3281A `amendment-passage`
- **2019-06-14** PASSED SENATE `passage`
- **2019-06-14** DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY
- **2019-06-14** REFERRED TO CODES `referral-committee`
- **2019-06-18** SUBSTITUTED FOR A5059A
- **2019-06-18** ORDERED TO THIRD READING RULES CAL.349
- **2019-06-18** PASSED ASSEMBLY `passage`
- **2019-06-18** RETURNED TO SENATE
- **2019-08-28** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
- **2019-08-29** SIGNED CHAP.188 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/9df5254a-7442-4d45-b919-650978ba8cad`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New York legislature records).