---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relates to policies and procedures regarding hate crimes and establishes a hate crimes training program"
description: "Relates to policies and procedures regarding hate crimes and establishes a hate crimes training program."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ny"
legislature: "New York Legislature"
session: "2019-2020"
identifier: "S 3909"
citation: "New York S 3909 (2019-2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["KAMINSKY"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 14
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2019-02-21"
last_action: "2019-11-25"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/71c3e263-d6ff-4047-bbf1-ed6e766ff1fe"
source_url: "http://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2019/S3909"
source_hash: "aa17cb0aeeed919a8d6a5eab11eab4921c5fa2ef6695a7a78e5745e4efbe8e5c"
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 3909 (2019-2020) — Relates to policies and procedures regarding hate crimes and establishes a hate crimes training program

Relates to policies and procedures regarding hate crimes and establishes a hate crimes training program.

## Version chain

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

1. **S3909** (committee substitute) — [source](http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?sh=printbill&bn=S3909&term=2019&Text=Y)
2. **S3909A** (committee substitute) — [source](http://legislation.nysenate.gov/pdf/bills/2019/S3909A)

## Votes

- Floor Vote - Version: A — **62–0** (pass) · upper
- Rules Vote - Version: A — **19–0** (pass) · upper
- Assembly Vote — **147–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

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

## Timeline

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

- **2019-02-21** REFERRED TO FINANCE `referral-committee`
- **2019-06-14** AMEND (T) AND RECOMMIT TO FINANCE `referral-committee, amendment-passage`
- **2019-06-14** PRINT NUMBER 3909A `amendment-passage`
- **2019-06-19** COMMITTEE DISCHARGED AND COMMITTED TO RULES `referral-committee`
- **2019-06-19** ORDERED TO THIRD READING CAL.1686
- **2019-06-19** PASSED SENATE `passage`
- **2019-06-19** DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY
- **2019-06-19** REFERRED TO WAYS AND MEANS `referral-committee`
- **2019-06-19** SUBSTITUTED FOR A3606A
- **2019-06-19** ORDERED TO THIRD READING RULES CAL.445
- **2019-06-19** PASSED ASSEMBLY `passage`
- **2019-06-19** RETURNED TO SENATE
- **2019-11-19** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
- **2019-11-25** SIGNED CHAP.552 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/71c3e263-d6ff-4047-bbf1-ed6e766ff1fe`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New York legislature records).