---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relates to the operation of certain bingo games"
description: "Limits the operation of certain bingo games run by retirement communities and social or charitable organizations to no more than 1 day per week and no more than 30 times per year."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ny"
legislature: "New York Legislature"
session: "2019-2020"
identifier: "S 3917"
citation: "New York S 3917 (2019-2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["STAVISKY"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 19
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2019-02-21"
last_action: "2019-11-08"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/51398cc6-8967-40fb-96aa-3a66eabf7bab"
source_url: "http://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2019/S3917"
source_hash: "7901737b94385477f1f9e83881a5ca7915c25204b8a2ea9874a529adb5984fb9"
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 3917 (2019-2020) — Relates to the operation of certain bingo games

Limits the operation of certain bingo games run by retirement communities and social or charitable organizations to no more than 1 day per week and no more than 30 times per year.

## Version chain

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

1. **S3917** (committee substitute) — [source](http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?sh=printbill&bn=S3917&term=2019&Text=Y)
2. **S3917A** (committee substitute) — [source](http://legislation.nysenate.gov/pdf/bills/2019/S3917A)

## Votes

- Rules Vote — **18–1** (pass) · upper
- Assembly Vote — **145–2** (pass) · lower
- Floor Vote — **59–0** (pass) · upper
- Floor Vote - Version: A — **53–9** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- STAVISKY — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-02-21** REFERRED TO RACING, GAMING AND WAGERING `referral-committee`
- **2019-03-26** COMMITTEE DISCHARGED AND COMMITTED TO RULES `referral-committee`
- **2019-03-26** ORDERED TO THIRD READING CAL.350
- **2019-04-08** PASSED SENATE `passage`
- **2019-04-08** DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY
- **2019-04-08** REFERRED TO RACING AND WAGERING `referral-committee`
- **2019-05-29** RECALLED FROM ASSEMBLY
- **2019-05-29** RETURNED TO SENATE
- **2019-05-29** VOTE RECONSIDERED - RESTORED TO THIRD READING
- **2019-05-29** AMENDED ON THIRD READING 3917A `amendment-passage`
- **2019-06-03** REPASSED SENATE `passage`
- **2019-06-03** RETURNED TO ASSEMBLY
- **2019-06-03** REFERRED TO RACING AND WAGERING `referral-committee`
- **2019-06-04** SUBSTITUTED FOR A6212A
- **2019-06-04** ORDERED TO THIRD READING CAL.526
- **2019-06-04** PASSED ASSEMBLY `passage`
- **2019-06-04** RETURNED TO SENATE
- **2019-10-28** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
- **2019-11-08** SIGNED CHAP.470 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/51398cc6-8967-40fb-96aa-3a66eabf7bab`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New York legislature records).