---
type: "Bill"
title: "Establishes an arts fund to receive contributions for the support of the New York state council on the arts"
description: "Establishes an arts fund to receive contributions for the support of the New York state council on the arts through a personal income tax return check-off; provides that for tax years on or after January 1, 2019, any individual may elect to contribute to the arts fund by indicating such intent on a tax form."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ny"
legislature: "New York Legislature"
session: "2019-2020"
identifier: "S 3570"
citation: "New York S 3570 (2019-2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["SERRANO"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 14
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2019-02-08"
last_action: "2019-11-08"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/21a621af-dc11-430f-8378-8451e668257a"
source_url: "http://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2019/S3570"
source_hash: "ea4746d8ceca0cdce379e1024d19d7b94ee56c9cd3d0a76ba56c694f6b66626d"
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 3570 (2019-2020) — Establishes an arts fund to receive contributions for the support of the New York state council on the arts

Establishes an arts fund to receive contributions for the support of the New York state council on the arts through a personal income tax return check-off; provides that for tax years on or after January 1, 2019, any individual may elect to contribute to the arts fund by indicating such intent on a tax form.

## Version chain

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

1. **S3570** (committee substitute) — [source](http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?sh=printbill&bn=S3570&term=2019&Text=Y)

## Votes

- Assembly Vote — **139–9** (pass) · lower
- Floor Vote — **58–2** (pass) · upper
- Budget And Revenue Vote — **6–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- SERRANO — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-02-08** REFERRED TO BUDGET AND REVENUE `referral-committee`
- **2019-03-12** 1ST REPORT CAL.259
- **2019-03-13** 2ND REPORT CAL.
- **2019-03-14** ADVANCED TO THIRD READING
- **2019-04-09** PASSED SENATE `passage`
- **2019-04-09** DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY
- **2019-04-09** REFERRED TO WAYS AND MEANS `referral-committee`
- **2019-06-18** SUBSTITUTED FOR A7994
- **2019-06-18** ORDERED TO THIRD READING RULES CAL.414
- **2019-06-18** PASSED ASSEMBLY `passage`
- **2019-06-18** RETURNED TO SENATE
- **2019-10-28** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
- **2019-11-08** SIGNED CHAP.467 `executive-signature`
- **2019-11-08** APPROVAL MEMO.14

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/21a621af-dc11-430f-8378-8451e668257a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New York legislature records).