---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relates to allowing the Hebrew Academy of Nassau County to provide driver education courses in middle school or elementary school locations"
description: "Allows the Hebrew Academy of Nassau County to provide driver education courses in middle school or elementary school locations provided such course instruction occurs when elementary or middle school is not in session."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ny"
legislature: "New York Legislature"
session: "2019-2020"
identifier: "S 3998"
citation: "New York S 3998 (2019-2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["GAUGHRAN"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 22
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2019-02-22"
last_action: "2020-10-07"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/0a9dbf92-f513-4db0-8778-bfbea5f3b352"
source_url: "http://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2019/S3998"
source_hash: "2ca3c554d06fb15f05a9637cc2dc345c66b1b9011b2cb7dd5688327201e84bd4"
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 3998 (2019-2020) — Relates to allowing the Hebrew Academy of Nassau County to provide driver education courses in middle school or elementary school locations

Allows the Hebrew Academy of Nassau County to provide driver education courses in middle school or elementary school locations provided such course instruction occurs when elementary or middle school is not in session.

## Version chain

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

1. **S3998** (committee substitute) — [source](http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?sh=printbill&bn=S3998&term=2019&Text=Y)

## Votes

- Floor Vote — **59–0** (pass) · upper
- Floor Vote — **62–0** (pass) · upper
- Assembly Vote — **141–0** (pass) · lower
- Transportation Vote — **15–0** (pass) · upper
- Transportation Vote — **14–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- GAUGHRAN — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-02-22** REFERRED TO TRANSPORTATION `referral-committee`
- **2019-05-13** 1ST REPORT CAL.660
- **2019-05-14** 2ND REPORT CAL.
- **2019-05-15** ADVANCED TO THIRD READING
- **2019-06-04** PASSED SENATE `passage`
- **2019-06-04** DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY
- **2019-06-04** REFERRED TO TRANSPORTATION `referral-committee`
- **2020-01-08** DIED IN ASSEMBLY
- **2020-01-08** RETURNED TO SENATE
- **2020-01-08** REFERRED TO TRANSPORTATION `referral-committee`
- **2020-02-04** 1ST REPORT CAL.351
- **2020-02-05** 2ND REPORT CAL.
- **2020-02-10** ADVANCED TO THIRD READING
- **2020-02-24** PASSED SENATE `passage`
- **2020-02-24** DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY
- **2020-02-24** REFERRED TO TRANSPORTATION `referral-committee`
- **2020-07-23** SUBSTITUTED FOR A5923
- **2020-07-23** ORDERED TO THIRD READING RULES CAL.354
- **2020-07-23** PASSED ASSEMBLY `passage`
- **2020-07-23** RETURNED TO SENATE
- **2020-09-25** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
- **2020-10-07** SIGNED CHAP.230 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/0a9dbf92-f513-4db0-8778-bfbea5f3b352`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New York legislature records).