---
type: "Bill"
title: "Provides distillers with the same privileges currently enjoyed by other New York manufacturers"
description: "Authorizes tastings at licensed premises by distillers; authorizes the sale of any liquor manufactured by the licensee; makes related provisions."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ny"
legislature: "New York Legislature"
session: "2021-2022"
identifier: "S 5438"
citation: "New York S 5438 (2021-2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["HINCHEY"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 25
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2021-03-05"
last_action: "2022-06-30"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/9a7aca9f-291d-456b-90a2-9ee45a8814cb"
source_url: "http://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2021/S5438"
source_hash: "2bdc034718bc22ef49fa8cb49e0fbec08fc501e50963bee802dcd6c5d6a532fb"
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 5438 (2021-2022) — Provides distillers with the same privileges currently enjoyed by other New York manufacturers

Authorizes tastings at licensed premises by distillers; authorizes the sale of any liquor manufactured by the licensee; makes related provisions.

## Version chain

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

1. **S5438** (committee substitute) — [source](http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?sh=printbill&bn=S5438&term=2021&Text=Y)
2. **S5438A** (committee substitute) — [source](http://legislation.nysenate.gov/pdf/bills/2021/S5438A)

## Votes

- Finance Vote — **23–0** (pass) · upper
- Commerce, Economic Development And Small Business Vote - Version: A — **9–0** (pass) · upper
- Floor Vote - Version: A — **61–0** (pass) · upper
- Floor Vote — **63–0** (pass) · upper
- Commerce, Economic Development And Small Business Vote — **9–0** (pass) · upper
- Assembly Vote — **148–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- HINCHEY — primary (person)
- BORRELLO — cosponsor (person)
- BRISPORT — cosponsor (person)
- GALLIVAN — cosponsor (person)
- GOUNARDES — cosponsor (person)
- MAY — cosponsor (person)
- O'MARA — cosponsor (person)
- OBERACKER — cosponsor (person)
- RITCHIE — cosponsor (person)
- SAVINO — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-03-05** REFERRED TO COMMERCE, ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND SMALL BUSINESS `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-23** REPORTED AND COMMITTED TO FINANCE `referral-committee`
- **2021-04-26** 1ST REPORT CAL.789
- **2021-04-27** 2ND REPORT CAL.
- **2021-04-28** ADVANCED TO THIRD READING
- **2021-05-24** PASSED SENATE `passage`
- **2021-05-24** DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY
- **2021-05-24** REFERRED TO ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT `referral-committee`
- **2022-01-05** DIED IN ASSEMBLY
- **2022-01-05** RETURNED TO SENATE
- **2022-01-05** REFERRED TO COMMERCE, ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND SMALL BUSINESS `referral-committee`
- **2022-05-05** AMEND AND RECOMMIT TO COMMERCE, ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND SMALL BUSINESS `amendment-passage, referral-committee`
- **2022-05-05** PRINT NUMBER 5438A `amendment-passage`
- **2022-05-11** 1ST REPORT CAL.1323
- **2022-05-16** 2ND REPORT CAL.
- **2022-05-17** ADVANCED TO THIRD READING
- **2022-05-23** PASSED SENATE `passage`
- **2022-05-23** DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY
- **2022-05-23** REFERRED TO WAYS AND MEANS `referral-committee`
- **2022-05-24** SUBSTITUTED FOR A6233A
- **2022-05-24** ORDERED TO THIRD READING RULES CAL.401
- **2022-05-24** PASSED ASSEMBLY `passage`
- **2022-05-24** RETURNED TO SENATE
- **2022-06-23** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
- **2022-06-30** SIGNED CHAP.315 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/9a7aca9f-291d-456b-90a2-9ee45a8814cb`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New York legislature records).