---
type: "Bill"
title: "Creates a temporary \"commission to prevent childhood drowning\"; provides for repeal upon expiration"
description: "Creates the temporary \"commission to prevent childhood drowning\" to evaluate and develop programs to properly educate and instruct children how to swim and water safety."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ny"
legislature: "New York Legislature"
session: "2021-2022"
identifier: "A 7734"
citation: "New York A 7734 (2021-2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["PHEFFER AMATO"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 14
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2021-05-20"
last_action: "2021-12-22"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/48950216-5fba-435f-9eb2-b8d582973278"
source_url: "http://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2021/A7734"
source_hash: "0ade4c626682111fb801be56f0d963a76cb52cc73edb80185005d869230e256f"
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 7734 (2021-2022) — Creates a temporary "commission to prevent childhood drowning"; provides for repeal upon expiration

Creates the temporary "commission to prevent childhood drowning" to evaluate and develop programs to properly educate and instruct children how to swim and water safety.

## Version chain

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

1. **A7734** (committee substitute) — [source](http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?sh=printbill&bn=A7734&term=2021&Text=Y)

## Votes

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

## Sponsors

- PHEFFER AMATO — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-05-20** REFERRED TO GOVERNMENTAL OPERATIONS `referral-committee`
- **2021-05-26** REPORTED REFERRED TO RULES `referral-committee`
- **2021-06-07** REPORTED
- **2021-06-07** RULES REPORT CAL.510
- **2021-06-07** ORDERED TO THIRD READING RULES CAL.510
- **2021-06-07** PASSED ASSEMBLY `passage`
- **2021-06-07** DELIVERED TO SENATE
- **2021-06-07** REFERRED TO RULES `referral-committee`
- **2021-06-09** SUBSTITUTED FOR S7129
- **2021-06-09** 3RD READING CAL.1713
- **2021-06-09** PASSED SENATE `passage`
- **2021-06-09** RETURNED TO ASSEMBLY
- **2021-12-10** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
- **2021-12-22** SIGNED CHAP.756 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/48950216-5fba-435f-9eb2-b8d582973278`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New York legislature records).