---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relates to establishing a pre-licensing course internet program"
description: "Relates to establishing a pre-licensing course internet program."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ny"
legislature: "New York Legislature"
session: "2019-2020"
identifier: "S 3965"
citation: "New York S 3965 (2019-2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["KENNEDY"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 20
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2019-02-22"
last_action: "2019-10-11"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/4c3d99fa-7ff6-473c-bf5a-56b7a819db05"
source_url: "http://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2019/S3965"
source_hash: "b085223d4c8a840fe22e5cec37b1484c2dcd0f09b47df3a370d458a421e07da5"
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 3965 (2019-2020) — Relates to establishing a pre-licensing course internet program

Relates to establishing a pre-licensing course internet program.

## Version chain

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

1. **S3965** (committee substitute) — [source](http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?sh=printbill&bn=S3965&term=2019&Text=Y)
2. **S3965A** (committee substitute) — [source](http://legislation.nysenate.gov/pdf/bills/2019/S3965A)

## Votes

- Rules Vote — **19–0** (pass) · upper
- Floor Vote — **62–0** (pass) · upper
- Assembly Vote — **144–0** (pass) · lower
- Floor Vote - Version: A — **62–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- KENNEDY — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-02-22** REFERRED TO TRANSPORTATION `referral-committee`
- **2019-06-12** COMMITTEE DISCHARGED AND COMMITTED TO RULES `referral-committee`
- **2019-06-12** ORDERED TO THIRD READING CAL.1305
- **2019-06-12** PASSED SENATE `passage`
- **2019-06-12** DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY
- **2019-06-12** REFERRED TO TRANSPORTATION `referral-committee`
- **2019-06-13** RECALLED FROM ASSEMBLY
- **2019-06-13** RETURNED TO SENATE
- **2019-06-13** VOTE RECONSIDERED - RESTORED TO THIRD READING
- **2019-06-13** AMENDED ON THIRD READING (T) 3965A `amendment-passage`
- **2019-06-17** REPASSED SENATE `passage`
- **2019-06-17** RETURNED TO ASSEMBLY
- **2019-06-17** REFERRED TO WAYS AND MEANS `referral-committee`
- **2019-06-20** SUBSTITUTED FOR A5874A
- **2019-06-20** ORDERED TO THIRD READING RULES CAL.621
- **2019-06-20** PASSED ASSEMBLY `passage`
- **2019-06-20** RETURNED TO SENATE
- **2019-10-01** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
- **2019-10-11** SIGNED CHAP.368 `executive-signature`
- **2019-10-11** APPROVAL MEMO.6

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/4c3d99fa-7ff6-473c-bf5a-56b7a819db05`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New York legislature records).