---
type: "Bill"
title: "Establishes the \"New York State 250th Commemoration act\""
description: "Establishes the \"New York state two hundred fiftieth commemoration act\" which creates the New York state two hundred fiftieth commemoration commission to develop a plan to celebrate the 250th anniversary of the American Revolution; establishes the New York state two hundred fiftieth commemoration commission fund."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ny"
legislature: "New York Legislature"
session: "2021-2022"
identifier: "A 4742"
citation: "New York A 4742 (2021-2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["WOERNER"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 21
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2021-02-08"
last_action: "2021-12-22"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/4dddf874-b42d-4a17-b983-33eb1c15eae3"
source_url: "http://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2021/A4742"
source_hash: "96f0ca0ac80b8595d81fb447e85cca5bb7a73ffa93ddd3c733ac4a356689c4bc"
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 4742 (2021-2022) — Establishes the "New York State 250th Commemoration act"

Establishes the "New York state two hundred fiftieth commemoration act" which creates the New York state two hundred fiftieth commemoration commission to develop a plan to celebrate the 250th anniversary of the American Revolution; establishes the New York state two hundred fiftieth commemoration commission fund.

## Version chain

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

1. **A4742** (committee substitute) — [source](http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?sh=printbill&bn=A4742&term=2021&Text=Y)
2. **A4742A** (committee substitute) — [source](http://legislation.nysenate.gov/pdf/bills/2021/A4742A)
3. **A4742B** (committee substitute) — [source](http://legislation.nysenate.gov/pdf/bills/2021/A4742B)

## Votes

- Assembly Vote — **149–0** (pass) · lower
- Floor Vote - Version: B — **63–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- WOERNER — primary (person)
- ABINANTI — cosponsor (person)
- ENGLEBRIGHT — cosponsor (person)
- GRIFFIN — cosponsor (person)
- JONES — cosponsor (person)
- LUPARDO — cosponsor (person)
- MCMAHON — cosponsor (person)
- OTIS — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-02-08** REFERRED TO GOVERNMENTAL OPERATIONS `referral-committee`
- **2021-05-20** REFERENCE CHANGED TO TOURISM, PARKS, ARTS AND SPORTS DEVELOPMENT `referral-committee`
- **2021-05-20** AMEND AND RECOMMIT TO TOURISM, PARKS, ARTS AND SPORTS DEVELOPMENT `amendment-passage, referral-committee`
- **2021-05-20** PRINT NUMBER 4742A `amendment-passage`
- **2021-05-25** REPORTED REFERRED TO WAYS AND MEANS `referral-committee`
- **2021-06-02** AMEND AND RECOMMIT TO WAYS AND MEANS `amendment-passage, referral-committee`
- **2021-06-02** PRINT NUMBER 4742B `amendment-passage`
- **2021-06-07** REPORTED REFERRED TO RULES `referral-committee`
- **2021-06-08** REPORTED
- **2021-06-08** RULES REPORT CAL.552
- **2021-06-08** ORDERED TO THIRD READING RULES CAL.552
- **2021-06-08** PASSED ASSEMBLY `passage`
- **2021-06-08** DELIVERED TO SENATE
- **2021-06-08** REFERRED TO RULES `referral-committee`
- **2021-06-08** SUBSTITUTED FOR S4410C
- **2021-06-08** 3RD READING CAL.1540
- **2021-06-08** PASSED SENATE `passage`
- **2021-06-08** RETURNED TO ASSEMBLY
- **2021-12-10** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
- **2021-12-22** SIGNED CHAP.732 `executive-signature`
- **2021-12-22** APPROVAL MEMO.99

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/4dddf874-b42d-4a17-b983-33eb1c15eae3`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New York legislature records).