---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relates to a license to sell liquor at retail for consumption on certain premises"
description: "Authorizes the issuance of a license to sell liquor at retail for consumption on certain premises in the city of Beacon located within two hundred feet of a building occupied as a church, synagogue or other place of worship."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ny"
legislature: "New York Legislature"
session: "2021-2022"
identifier: "A 7989"
citation: "New York A 7989 (2021-2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["JACOBSON"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 16
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2021-06-04"
last_action: "2022-06-30"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f4672776-07f7-467f-8eae-1e67c574e635"
source_url: "http://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2021/A7989"
source_hash: "34659e0bf298b6ad1a877dc2915dd2542718537fc49e7cebacc544f12601a009"
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 7989 (2021-2022) — Relates to a license to sell liquor at retail for consumption on certain premises

Authorizes the issuance of a license to sell liquor at retail for consumption on certain premises in the city of Beacon located within two hundred feet of a building occupied as a church, synagogue or other place of worship.

## Version chain

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

1. **A7989** (committee substitute) — [source](http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?sh=printbill&bn=A7989&term=2021&Text=Y)
2. **A7989A** (committee substitute) — [source](http://legislation.nysenate.gov/pdf/bills/2021/A7989A)

## Votes

- Floor Vote - Version: A — **61–0** (pass) · upper
- Assembly Vote — **147–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- JACOBSON — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-06-04** REFERRED TO ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT `referral-committee`
- **2022-01-05** REFERRED TO ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT `referral-committee`
- **2022-02-16** AMEND AND RECOMMIT TO ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT `amendment-passage, referral-committee`
- **2022-02-16** PRINT NUMBER 7989A `amendment-passage`
- **2022-03-15** REPORTED REFERRED TO WAYS AND MEANS `referral-committee`
- **2022-05-03** REPORTED
- **2022-05-05** ADVANCED TO THIRD READING CAL.607
- **2022-05-09** PASSED ASSEMBLY `passage`
- **2022-05-09** DELIVERED TO SENATE
- **2022-05-09** REFERRED TO COMMERCE, ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND SMALL BUSINESS `referral-committee`
- **2022-05-18** SUBSTITUTED FOR S6927A
- **2022-05-18** 3RD READING CAL.925
- **2022-05-18** PASSED SENATE `passage`
- **2022-05-18** RETURNED TO ASSEMBLY
- **2022-06-23** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
- **2022-06-30** SIGNED CHAP.247 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/f4672776-07f7-467f-8eae-1e67c574e635`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New York legislature records).