---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relates to the applicability of the security guard act to facilities owned by a public sports venue"
description: "Relates to the applicability of the security guard act to facilities owned by a public sports venue."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ny"
legislature: "New York Legislature"
session: "2021-2022"
identifier: "A 7960"
citation: "New York A 7960 (2021-2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["BURKE"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 18
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2021-06-03"
last_action: "2021-09-20"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/dcc7d00b-8006-4ab3-8083-87810a8b5f56"
source_url: "http://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2021/A7960"
source_hash: "15bd0f84069a14ed33c3048327a8da03e71e6f7c0d181a67858f0f0a9c17dd6c"
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 7960 (2021-2022) — Relates to the applicability of the security guard act to facilities owned by a public sports venue

Relates to the applicability of the security guard act to facilities owned by a public sports venue.

## Version chain

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

1. **A7960** (committee substitute) — [source](http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?sh=printbill&bn=A7960&term=2021&Text=Y)
2. **A7960A** (committee substitute) — [source](http://legislation.nysenate.gov/pdf/bills/2021/A7960A)

## Votes

- Floor Vote - Version: A — **61–2** (pass) · upper
- Assembly Vote — **148–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- BURKE — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-06-03** REFERRED TO ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT `referral-committee`
- **2021-06-05** REFERENCE CHANGED TO CODES `referral-committee`
- **2021-06-05** AMEND (T) AND RECOMMIT TO CODES `amendment-passage, referral-committee`
- **2021-06-05** PRINT NUMBER 7960A `amendment-passage`
- **2021-06-07** REPORTED REFERRED TO RULES `referral-committee`
- **2021-06-08** REPORTED
- **2021-06-08** RULES REPORT CAL.646
- **2021-06-08** ORDERED TO THIRD READING RULES CAL.646
- **2021-06-09** PASSED ASSEMBLY `passage`
- **2021-06-09** DELIVERED TO SENATE
- **2021-06-09** REFERRED TO RULES `referral-committee`
- **2021-06-10** SUBSTITUTED FOR S7142A
- **2021-06-10** 3RD READING CAL.1757
- **2021-06-10** PASSED SENATE `passage`
- **2021-06-10** RETURNED TO ASSEMBLY
- **2021-09-10** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
- **2021-09-20** SIGNED CHAP.429 `executive-signature`
- **2021-09-20** APPROVAL MEMO.21

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/dcc7d00b-8006-4ab3-8083-87810a8b5f56`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New York legislature records).