---
type: "Bill"
title: "Prohibits the use of pesticides at children's overnight or summer day camps"
description: "Prohibits the use of pesticides at children's overnight or summer day camps; provides an exception where emergency application is approved by local or state officials."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ny"
legislature: "New York Legislature"
session: "2021-2022"
identifier: "S 4478"
citation: "New York S 4478 (2021-2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["BROUK"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 15
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2021-02-05"
last_action: "2021-12-22"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/83c116fe-0138-41e9-9543-54636c3dedc3"
source_url: "http://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2021/S4478"
source_hash: "4afc39c2eb8348c8d3963c4013c96efda39594d6f67363f6decf231d31915f9d"
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 4478 (2021-2022) — Prohibits the use of pesticides at children's overnight or summer day camps

Prohibits the use of pesticides at children's overnight or summer day camps; provides an exception where emergency application is approved by local or state officials.

## Version chain

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

1. **S4478** (committee substitute) — [source](http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?sh=printbill&bn=S4478&term=2021&Text=Y)
2. **S4478A** (committee substitute) — [source](http://legislation.nysenate.gov/pdf/bills/2021/S4478A)

## Votes

- Health Vote — **10–5** (pass) · upper
- Assembly Vote — **112–35** (pass) · lower
- Floor Vote - Version: A — **46–16** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- BROUK — primary (person)
- HOYLMAN — cosponsor (person)
- SERRANO — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-02-05** REFERRED TO HEALTH `referral-committee`
- **2021-02-22** 1ST REPORT CAL.380
- **2021-02-23** 2ND REPORT CAL.
- **2021-02-24** ADVANCED TO THIRD READING
- **2021-03-30** AMENDED ON THIRD READING 4478A `amendment-passage`
- **2021-04-27** PASSED SENATE `passage`
- **2021-04-27** DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY
- **2021-04-27** REFERRED TO CODES `referral-committee`
- **2021-05-20** SUBSTITUTED FOR A528A
- **2021-05-20** ORDERED TO THIRD READING CAL.94
- **2021-05-20** PASSED ASSEMBLY `passage`
- **2021-05-20** RETURNED TO SENATE
- **2021-12-10** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
- **2021-12-22** SIGNED CHAP.783 `executive-signature`
- **2021-12-22** APPROVAL MEMO.138

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/83c116fe-0138-41e9-9543-54636c3dedc3`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New York legislature records).