---
type: "Bill"
title: "Authorizes retail licensees to purchase beer, wine or liquor by means of a business payment card"
description: "Authorizes retail licensees to purchase beer, wine and liquor by means of a business payment card."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ny"
legislature: "New York Legislature"
session: "2019-2020"
identifier: "S 4241"
citation: "New York S 4241 (2019-2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["KAMINSKY"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 15
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2019-03-05"
last_action: "2019-12-27"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/85768802-27e6-40f5-acb5-e35095e6416b"
source_url: "http://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2019/S4241"
source_hash: "1d4b8b7ae9a209f64cf3f5a75ee20db845cf2bd83687caf4aea3d30c2563b692"
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 4241 (2019-2020) — Authorizes retail licensees to purchase beer, wine or liquor by means of a business payment card

Authorizes retail licensees to purchase beer, wine and liquor by means of a business payment card.

## Version chain

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

1. **S4241** (committee substitute) — [source](http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?sh=printbill&bn=S4241&term=2019&Text=Y)
2. **S4241A** (committee substitute) — [source](http://legislation.nysenate.gov/pdf/bills/2019/S4241A)

## Votes

- Assembly Vote — **133–1** (pass) · lower
- Investigations And Government Operations Vote — **7–0** (pass) · upper
- Floor Vote - Version: A — **58–4** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- KAMINSKY — primary (person)
- ADDABBO — cosponsor (person)
- GOUNARDES — cosponsor (person)
- LANZA — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-03-05** REFERRED TO INVESTIGATIONS AND GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS `referral-committee`
- **2019-04-09** 1ST REPORT CAL.411
- **2019-04-10** 2ND REPORT CAL.
- **2019-04-29** ADVANCED TO THIRD READING
- **2019-06-12** AMENDED ON THIRD READING (T) 4241A `amendment-passage`
- **2019-06-20** PASSED SENATE `passage`
- **2019-06-20** DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY
- **2019-06-20** REFERRED TO ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT `referral-committee`
- **2019-06-20** SUBSTITUTED FOR A6701A
- **2019-06-20** ORDERED TO THIRD READING RULES CAL.703
- **2019-06-20** PASSED ASSEMBLY `passage`
- **2019-06-20** RETURNED TO SENATE
- **2019-12-17** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
- **2019-12-27** SIGNED CHAP.745 `executive-signature`
- **2019-12-27** APPROVAL MEMO.91

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/85768802-27e6-40f5-acb5-e35095e6416b`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New York legislature records).