---
type: "Bill"
title: "Requires the commissioner of education to make recommendations to the board of regents relating to instruction on preventing child sexual exploitation and abuse in grades K - 8"
description: "Requires the commissioner of education to make recommendations to the board of regents relating to instruction on preventing child sexual exploitation and child abuse in grades kindergarten through eight."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ny"
legislature: "New York Legislature"
session: "2019-2020"
identifier: "S 4070"
citation: "New York S 4070 (2019-2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["BIAGGI"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 16
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2019-02-27"
last_action: "2019-08-29"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/3e47965e-26cb-437a-b420-9350935f3b25"
source_url: "http://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2019/S4070"
source_hash: "c5f18f057a33ce089d66aba17efd48f0c1c7656d5b1bfac6bdb7880fc87da714"
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 4070 (2019-2020) — Requires the commissioner of education to make recommendations to the board of regents relating to instruction on preventing child sexual exploitation and abuse in grades K - 8

Requires the commissioner of education to make recommendations to the board of regents relating to instruction on preventing child sexual exploitation and child abuse in grades kindergarten through eight.

## Version chain

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

1. **S4070** (committee substitute) — [source](http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?sh=printbill&bn=S4070&term=2019&Text=Y)
2. **S4070A** (committee substitute) — [source](http://legislation.nysenate.gov/pdf/bills/2019/S4070A)
3. **S4070B** (committee substitute) — [source](http://legislation.nysenate.gov/pdf/bills/2019/S4070B)

## Votes

- Floor Vote - Version: B — **62–0** (pass) · upper
- Rules Vote - Version: B — **19–0** (pass) · upper
- Assembly Vote — **143–1** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- BIAGGI — primary (person)
- ADDABBO — cosponsor (person)
- GIANARIS — cosponsor (person)
- GOUNARDES — cosponsor (person)
- HOYLMAN — cosponsor (person)
- JACKSON — cosponsor (person)
- KAPLAN — cosponsor (person)
- KENNEDY — cosponsor (person)
- LIU — cosponsor (person)
- MAYER — cosponsor (person)
- METZGER — cosponsor (person)
- RAMOS — cosponsor (person)
- SERRANO — cosponsor (person)
- THOMAS — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-02-27** REFERRED TO EDUCATION `referral-committee`
- **2019-03-14** AMEND (T) AND RECOMMIT TO EDUCATION `referral-committee, amendment-passage`
- **2019-03-14** PRINT NUMBER 4070A `amendment-passage`
- **2019-05-28** AMEND AND RECOMMIT TO EDUCATION `referral-committee, amendment-passage`
- **2019-05-28** PRINT NUMBER 4070B `amendment-passage`
- **2019-06-03** COMMITTEE DISCHARGED AND COMMITTED TO RULES `referral-committee`
- **2019-06-03** ORDERED TO THIRD READING CAL.1137
- **2019-06-03** PASSED SENATE `passage`
- **2019-06-03** DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY
- **2019-06-03** REFERRED TO EDUCATION `referral-committee`
- **2019-06-20** SUBSTITUTED FOR A2577B
- **2019-06-20** ORDERED TO THIRD READING RULES CAL.542
- **2019-06-20** PASSED ASSEMBLY `passage`
- **2019-06-20** RETURNED TO SENATE
- **2019-08-28** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
- **2019-08-29** SIGNED CHAP.187 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/3e47965e-26cb-437a-b420-9350935f3b25`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New York legislature records).