---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relates to authorizing a tax check-off for gifts contributed to the state library aid program for financial support for public libraries"
description: "Directs the commissioner of taxation and finance to include a space on the personal income tax return for taxpayers to check off if they wish to contribute to the state library aid program for financial support for public libraries."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ny"
legislature: "New York Legislature"
session: "2021-2022"
identifier: "A 1960"
citation: "New York A 1960 (2021-2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["CRUZ"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 16
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2021-01-13"
last_action: "2021-10-25"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f08ff297-3988-47e5-bbfd-f5e3cbf708ac"
source_url: "http://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2021/A1960"
source_hash: "c5bd79483982a62b182e90735e990c78e6012027b926dc5990da23eff555c6eb"
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 A 1960 (2021-2022) — Relates to authorizing a tax check-off for gifts contributed to the state library aid program for financial support for public libraries

Directs the commissioner of taxation and finance to include a space on the personal income tax return for taxpayers to check off if they wish to contribute to the state library aid program for financial support for public libraries.

## Version chain

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

1. **A1960** (committee substitute) — [source](http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?sh=printbill&bn=A1960&term=2021&Text=Y)
2. **A1960A** (committee substitute) — [source](http://legislation.nysenate.gov/pdf/bills/2021/A1960A)

## Votes

- Floor Vote - Version: A — **63–0** (pass) · upper
- Assembly Vote — **143–4** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- CRUZ — primary (person)
- ASHBY — cosponsor (person)
- BARRON — cosponsor (person)
- BUTTENSCHON — cosponsor (person)
- COOK — cosponsor (person)
- DARLING — cosponsor (person)
- GUNTHER — cosponsor (person)
- JACOBSON — cosponsor (person)
- JEAN-PIERRE — cosponsor (person)
- JOYNER — cosponsor (person)
- LUPARDO — cosponsor (person)
- MILLER B — cosponsor (person)
- MONTESANO — cosponsor (person)
- MORINELLO — cosponsor (person)
- OTIS — cosponsor (person)
- ROSENTHAL L — cosponsor (person)
- SANTABARBARA — cosponsor (person)
- SAYEGH — cosponsor (person)
- SCHMITT — cosponsor (person)
- SIMON — cosponsor (person)
- THIELE — cosponsor (person)
- WEPRIN — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-01-13** REFERRED TO WAYS AND MEANS `referral-committee`
- **2021-05-13** AMEND AND RECOMMIT TO WAYS AND MEANS `amendment-passage, referral-committee`
- **2021-05-13** PRINT NUMBER 1960A `amendment-passage`
- **2021-05-19** REPORTED REFERRED TO RULES `referral-committee`
- **2021-05-25** REPORTED
- **2021-05-25** RULES REPORT CAL.101
- **2021-05-25** ORDERED TO THIRD READING RULES CAL.101
- **2021-05-25** PASSED ASSEMBLY `passage`
- **2021-05-25** DELIVERED TO SENATE
- **2021-05-25** REFERRED TO BUDGET AND REVENUE `referral-committee`
- **2021-06-01** SUBSTITUTED FOR S4670A
- **2021-06-01** 3RD READING CAL.521
- **2021-06-01** PASSED SENATE `passage`
- **2021-06-01** RETURNED TO ASSEMBLY
- **2021-10-13** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
- **2021-10-25** SIGNED CHAP.498 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/f08ff297-3988-47e5-bbfd-f5e3cbf708ac`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New York legislature records).