---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relates to opportunities for small businesses and businesses owned by women and minorities"
description: "Relates to opportunities for small businesses and businesses owned by women and minorities."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ny"
legislature: "New York Legislature"
session: "2019-2020"
identifier: "S 6418"
citation: "New York S 6418 (2019-2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["PARKER"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 13
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2019-06-10"
last_action: "2019-07-15"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e1dbdcf0-e763-4911-99a1-7b9e5dbec666"
source_url: "http://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2019/S6418"
source_hash: "6b592567bb539de989498b7aa496c379f55a5f92c46e311b8d40fc4401164f65"
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 6418 (2019-2020) — Relates to opportunities for small businesses and businesses owned by women and minorities

Relates to opportunities for small businesses and businesses owned by women and minorities.

## Version chain

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

1. **S6418** (committee substitute) — [source](http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?sh=printbill&bn=S6418&term=2019&Text=Y)
2. **S6418A** (committee substitute) — [source](http://legislation.nysenate.gov/pdf/bills/2019/S6418A)

## Votes

- Rules Vote - Version: A — **19–0** (pass) · upper
- Floor Vote - Version: A — **53–9** (pass) · upper
- Assembly Vote — **127–20** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- PARKER — primary (person)
- KAPLAN — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-06-10** REFERRED TO RULES `referral-committee`
- **2019-06-16** AMEND (T) AND RECOMMIT TO RULES `referral-committee, amendment-passage`
- **2019-06-16** PRINT NUMBER 6418A `amendment-passage`
- **2019-06-19** ORDERED TO THIRD READING CAL.1718
- **2019-06-19** PASSED SENATE `passage`
- **2019-06-19** DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY
- **2019-06-19** REFERRED TO WAYS AND MEANS `referral-committee`
- **2019-06-19** SUBSTITUTED FOR A8407
- **2019-06-19** ORDERED TO THIRD READING RULES CAL.577
- **2019-06-19** PASSED ASSEMBLY `passage`
- **2019-06-19** RETURNED TO SENATE
- **2019-07-12** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
- **2019-07-15** SIGNED CHAP.98 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/e1dbdcf0-e763-4911-99a1-7b9e5dbec666`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New York legislature records).