---
type: "Bill"
title: "Designates baseball the official sport of the state of New York"
description: "Designates baseball as the official sport of the state of New York."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ny"
legislature: "New York Legislature"
session: "2021-2022"
identifier: "S 5363"
citation: "New York S 5363 (2021-2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["OBERACKER"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 13
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2021-03-03"
last_action: "2021-07-30"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/41f32865-4dc5-403e-91c2-c64dddd8fca6"
source_url: "http://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2021/S5363"
source_hash: "1cd24644c2170300637f94703cd4edfd96ea37081c581dc89dd4ee31c9228594"
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 5363 (2021-2022) — Designates baseball the official sport of the state of New York

Designates baseball as the official sport of the state of New York.

## Version chain

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

1. **S5363** (committee substitute) — [source](http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?sh=printbill&bn=S5363&term=2021&Text=Y)

## Votes

- Floor Vote — **61–2** (pass) · upper
- Assembly Vote — **147–2** (pass) · lower
- Rules Vote — **20–1** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- OBERACKER — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-03-03** REFERRED TO INVESTIGATIONS AND GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS `referral-committee`
- **2021-04-19** NOTICE OF COMMITTEE CONSIDERATION - REQUESTED
- **2021-06-03** COMMITTEE DISCHARGED AND COMMITTED TO RULES `referral-committee`
- **2021-06-03** ORDERED TO THIRD READING CAL.1492
- **2021-06-07** PASSED SENATE `passage`
- **2021-06-07** DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY
- **2021-06-07** REFERRED TO GOVERNMENTAL OPERATIONS `referral-committee`
- **2021-06-10** SUBSTITUTED FOR A5156
- **2021-06-10** ORDERED TO THIRD READING RULES CAL.759
- **2021-06-10** PASSED ASSEMBLY `passage`
- **2021-06-10** RETURNED TO SENATE
- **2021-07-21** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
- **2021-07-30** SIGNED CHAP.318 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/41f32865-4dc5-403e-91c2-c64dddd8fca6`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New York legislature records).