---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relates to regulation of toxic chemicals in children's products"
description: "Relates to regulation of toxic chemicals in children's products."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ny"
legislature: "New York Legislature"
session: "2019-2020"
identifier: "S 501"
citation: "New York S 501 (2019-2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["KAMINSKY"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 17
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2019-01-09"
last_action: "2020-02-07"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ae0998f5-efb5-4e59-86fd-d60acb547f30"
source_url: "http://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2019/S501"
source_hash: "ccec6a4fba0fcc55de004846169dd5d763bdb22795f37e826912ca141e71fa3b"
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 501 (2019-2020) — Relates to regulation of toxic chemicals in children's products

Relates to regulation of toxic chemicals in children's products.

## Version chain

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

1. **S501** (committee substitute) — [source](http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?sh=printbill&bn=S501&term=2019&Text=Y)
2. **S501A** (committee substitute) — [source](http://legislation.nysenate.gov/pdf/bills/2019/S501A)
3. **S501B** (committee substitute) — [source](http://legislation.nysenate.gov/pdf/bills/2019/S501B)

## Votes

- Assembly Vote — **119–25** (pass) · lower
- Environmental Conservation Vote - Version: A — **9–2** (pass) · upper
- Floor Vote - Version: B — **53–9** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- KAMINSKY — primary (person)
- ADDABBO — cosponsor (person)
- BIAGGI — cosponsor (person)
- BOYLE — cosponsor (person)
- CARLUCCI — cosponsor (person)
- COMRIE — cosponsor (person)
- GAUGHRAN — cosponsor (person)
- GOUNARDES — cosponsor (person)
- HARCKHAM — cosponsor (person)
- HOYLMAN — cosponsor (person)
- KAPLAN — cosponsor (person)
- KRUEGER — cosponsor (person)
- LIU — cosponsor (person)
- MARTINEZ — cosponsor (person)
- MAY — cosponsor (person)
- MAYER — cosponsor (person)
- METZGER — cosponsor (person)
- SERRANO — cosponsor (person)
- SKOUFIS — cosponsor (person)
- STAVISKY — cosponsor (person)
- THOMAS — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-01-09** REFERRED TO ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION `referral-committee`
- **2019-03-28** AMEND AND RECOMMIT TO ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION `referral-committee, amendment-passage`
- **2019-03-28** PRINT NUMBER 501A `amendment-passage`
- **2019-04-09** 1ST REPORT CAL.457
- **2019-04-10** AMENDED 501B `amendment-passage`
- **2019-04-10** 2ND REPORT CAL.
- **2019-04-29** ADVANCED TO THIRD READING
- **2019-04-30** PASSED SENATE `passage`
- **2019-04-30** DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY
- **2019-04-30** REFERRED TO WAYS AND MEANS `referral-committee`
- **2019-04-30** SUBSTITUTED FOR A6296A
- **2019-04-30** ORDERED TO THIRD READING CAL.207
- **2019-04-30** PASSED ASSEMBLY `passage`
- **2019-04-30** RETURNED TO SENATE
- **2019-12-30** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
- **2020-02-07** SIGNED CHAP.756 `executive-signature`
- **2020-02-07** APPROVAL MEMO.100

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/ae0998f5-efb5-4e59-86fd-d60acb547f30`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New York legislature records).