---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relates to an exemption for certain property from the prohibition of alcohol sales within a certain distance from a church"
description: "Exempts certain property from the prohibition of alcohol sales within a certain distance from a church."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ny"
legislature: "New York Legislature"
session: "2019-2020"
identifier: "S 6462"
citation: "New York S 6462 (2019-2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["STEWART-COUSINS"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 11
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2019-06-12"
last_action: "2019-08-30"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/96bea7e9-c9bc-47a5-9827-134e2e8f600e"
source_url: "http://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2019/S6462"
source_hash: "63ab1b2b67fe5435aefa5085fbfbfe890be6c3db8ca1e18750eac495bb12a499"
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 6462 (2019-2020) — Relates to an exemption for certain property from the prohibition of alcohol sales within a certain distance from a church

Exempts certain property from the prohibition of alcohol sales within a certain distance from a church.

## Version chain

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

1. **S6462** (committee substitute) — [source](http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?sh=printbill&bn=S6462&term=2019&Text=Y)

## Votes

- Assembly Vote — **130–10** (pass) · lower
- Floor Vote — **61–1** (pass) · upper
- Rules Vote — **18–1** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- STEWART-COUSINS — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-06-12** REFERRED TO RULES `referral-committee`
- **2019-06-18** ORDERED TO THIRD READING CAL.1637
- **2019-06-18** PASSED SENATE `passage`
- **2019-06-18** DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY
- **2019-06-19** REFERRED TO WAYS AND MEANS `referral-committee`
- **2019-06-20** SUBSTITUTED FOR A8273
- **2019-06-20** ORDERED TO THIRD READING RULES CAL.666
- **2019-06-20** PASSED ASSEMBLY `passage`
- **2019-06-20** RETURNED TO SENATE
- **2019-08-23** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
- **2019-08-30** SIGNED CHAP.239 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/96bea7e9-c9bc-47a5-9827-134e2e8f600e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New York legislature records).