---
type: "Bill"
title: "Enacts the \"women on corporate boards study\""
description: "Enacts the \"women on corporate boards study\"; requires the department of state, in collaboration with the department of taxation and finance, to conduct a study on the number of women directors who serve on each board of directors of domestic corporations and foreign corporations authorized to do business in New York state."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ny"
legislature: "New York Legislature"
session: "2019-2020"
identifier: "S 4278"
citation: "New York S 4278 (2019-2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["KRUEGER"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 14
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2019-03-06"
last_action: "2019-12-30"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/0328f52a-a3db-4b0a-a933-43269137256f"
source_url: "http://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2019/S4278"
source_hash: "c1d7a49a2699263560018497ce4413f7f7a9ffdd3d836e5c3f14fbbffeb93678"
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 4278 (2019-2020) — Enacts the "women on corporate boards study"

Enacts the "women on corporate boards study"; requires the department of state, in collaboration with the department of taxation and finance, to conduct a study on the number of women directors who serve on each board of directors of domestic corporations and foreign corporations authorized to do business in New York state.

## Version chain

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

1. **S4278** (committee substitute) — [source](http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?sh=printbill&bn=S4278&term=2019&Text=Y)

## Votes

- Assembly Vote — **135–11** (pass) · lower
- Corporations, Authorities And Commissions Vote — **7–0** (pass) · upper
- Floor Vote — **61–1** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- KRUEGER — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-03-06** REFERRED TO CORPORATIONS, AUTHORITIES AND COMMISSIONS `referral-committee`
- **2019-05-20** 1ST REPORT CAL.778
- **2019-05-21** 2ND REPORT CAL.
- **2019-05-22** ADVANCED TO THIRD READING
- **2019-06-13** PASSED SENATE `passage`
- **2019-06-13** DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY
- **2019-06-13** REFERRED TO WAYS AND MEANS `referral-committee`
- **2019-06-20** SUBSTITUTED FOR A6330
- **2019-06-20** ORDERED TO THIRD READING CAL.424
- **2019-06-20** PASSED ASSEMBLY `passage`
- **2019-06-20** RETURNED TO SENATE
- **2019-12-20** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
- **2019-12-30** SIGNED CHAP.747 `executive-signature`
- **2019-12-30** APPROVAL MEMO.93

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/0328f52a-a3db-4b0a-a933-43269137256f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New York legislature records).