---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relates to library and school district petitioning"
description: "Relates to library and school district petitioning."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ny"
legislature: "New York Legislature"
session: "2021-2022"
identifier: "S 4430"
citation: "New York S 4430 (2021-2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["RYAN"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 12
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2021-02-04"
last_action: "2021-03-07"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/67ed4d70-3ec5-45e0-9859-cdd0bbbe5423"
source_url: "http://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2021/S4430"
source_hash: "c2ce7345d713e54266a0009c0b442898a161a3c0184f8d6d976840a2217629b5"
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 S 4430 (2021-2022) — Relates to library and school district petitioning

Relates to library and school district petitioning.

## Version chain

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

1. **S4430** (committee substitute) — [source](http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?sh=printbill&bn=S4430&term=2021&Text=Y)

## Votes

- Rules Vote — **21–0** (pass) · upper
- Assembly Vote — **149–1** (pass) · lower
- Libraries Vote — **7–0** (pass) · upper
- Floor Vote — **62–1** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- RYAN — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-02-04** REFERRED TO LIBRARIES `referral-committee`
- **2021-02-09** REPORTED AND COMMITTED TO RULES `referral-committee`
- **2021-02-09** ORDERED TO THIRD READING CAL.316
- **2021-02-10** PASSED SENATE `passage`
- **2021-02-10** DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY
- **2021-02-10** REFERRED TO LIBRARIES AND EDUCATION TECHNOLOGY `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-03** SUBSTITUTED FOR A5456
- **2021-03-03** ORDERED TO THIRD READING CAL.134
- **2021-03-03** PASSED ASSEMBLY `passage`
- **2021-03-03** RETURNED TO SENATE
- **2021-03-05** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
- **2021-03-07** SIGNED CHAP.70 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/67ed4d70-3ec5-45e0-9859-cdd0bbbe5423`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New York legislature records).