---
type: "Bill"
title: "Authorizes and directs boards of cooperative educational services to establish an agriculture program for students"
description: "Authorizes and directs boards of cooperative educational services to establish an agriculture program for students."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ny"
legislature: "New York Legislature"
session: "2019-2020"
identifier: "S 3873"
citation: "New York S 3873 (2019-2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["MAY"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 26
vote_count: 7
first_action: "2019-02-20"
last_action: "2020-11-27"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/433c95a8-b06b-4d10-829e-a2f5879f7d39"
source_url: "http://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2019/S3873"
source_hash: "88af83ee0cc62b9c4b21e384afe3c7c182357dc58be244b0aa8d6f8224dd4d85"
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 3873 (2019-2020) — Authorizes and directs boards of cooperative educational services to establish an agriculture program for students

Authorizes and directs boards of cooperative educational services to establish an agriculture program for students.

## Version chain

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

1. **S3873** (committee substitute) — [source](http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?sh=printbill&bn=S3873&term=2019&Text=Y)
2. **S3873A** (committee substitute) — [source](http://legislation.nysenate.gov/pdf/bills/2019/S3873A)

## Votes

- Finance Vote — **23–0** (pass) · upper
- Education Vote — **15–0** (pass) · upper
- Education Vote — **14–0** (pass) · upper
- Finance Vote - Version: A — **22–0** (pass) · upper
- Assembly Vote — **141–0** (pass) · lower
- Floor Vote — **62–0** (pass) · upper
- Floor Vote - Version: A — **61–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- MAY — primary (person)
- BIAGGI — cosponsor (person)
- GALLIVAN — cosponsor (person)
- HELMING — cosponsor (person)
- JORDAN — cosponsor (person)
- KRUEGER — cosponsor (person)
- MARTINEZ — cosponsor (person)
- METZGER — cosponsor (person)
- MONTGOMERY — cosponsor (person)
- RITCHIE — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-02-20** REFERRED TO EDUCATION `referral-committee`
- **2019-03-05** REPORTED AND COMMITTED TO FINANCE `referral-committee`
- **2019-04-09** 1ST REPORT CAL.430
- **2019-04-10** 2ND REPORT CAL.
- **2019-04-29** ADVANCED TO THIRD READING
- **2019-06-13** PASSED SENATE `passage`
- **2019-06-13** DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY
- **2019-06-13** REFERRED TO EDUCATION `referral-committee`
- **2020-01-08** DIED IN ASSEMBLY
- **2020-01-08** RETURNED TO SENATE
- **2020-01-08** REFERRED TO EDUCATION `referral-committee`
- **2020-02-10** REPORTED AND COMMITTED TO FINANCE `referral-committee`
- **2020-02-20** AMEND (T) AND RECOMMIT TO FINANCE `referral-committee, amendment-passage`
- **2020-02-20** PRINT NUMBER 3873A `amendment-passage`
- **2020-02-25** 1ST REPORT CAL.468
- **2020-02-26** 2ND REPORT CAL.
- **2020-02-27** ADVANCED TO THIRD READING
- **2020-03-02** PASSED SENATE `passage`
- **2020-03-02** DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY
- **2020-03-02** REFERRED TO EDUCATION `referral-committee`
- **2020-07-20** SUBSTITUTED FOR A7104A
- **2020-07-20** ORDERED TO THIRD READING RULES CAL.169
- **2020-07-20** PASSED ASSEMBLY `passage`
- **2020-07-20** RETURNED TO SENATE
- **2020-11-18** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
- **2020-11-27** SIGNED CHAP.298 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/433c95a8-b06b-4d10-829e-a2f5879f7d39`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New York legislature records).