---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relates to establishing a statewide restaurant meals program as part of the supplemental nutrition assistance program"
description: "Establishes a statewide restaurant meals program as part of the supplemental nutrition assistance program."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ny"
legislature: "New York Legislature"
session: "2021-2022"
identifier: "S 64"
citation: "New York S 64 (2021-2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["PERSAUD"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 13
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2021-01-06"
last_action: "2021-10-04"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e1987038-56cf-4bc0-aea5-e8593f19b93b"
source_url: "http://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2021/S64"
source_hash: "74b6601f94b948dee9dbf02eee3e26edd1bff434a0bb4c7e251c0950657f8cc1"
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 64 (2021-2022) — Relates to establishing a statewide restaurant meals program as part of the supplemental nutrition assistance program

Establishes a statewide restaurant meals program as part of the supplemental nutrition assistance program.

## Version chain

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

1. **S64** (committee substitute) — [source](http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?sh=printbill&bn=S64&term=2021&Text=Y)

## Votes

- Floor Vote — **56–7** (pass) · upper
- Assembly Vote — **112–35** (pass) · lower
- Social Services Vote — **7–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- PERSAUD — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-01-06** REFERRED TO SOCIAL SERVICES `referral-committee`
- **2021-02-23** 1ST REPORT CAL.400
- **2021-02-24** 2ND REPORT CAL.
- **2021-03-01** ADVANCED TO THIRD READING
- **2021-05-04** PASSED SENATE `passage`
- **2021-05-04** DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY
- **2021-05-04** REFERRED TO WAYS AND MEANS `referral-committee`
- **2021-05-10** SUBSTITUTED FOR A1524
- **2021-05-10** ORDERED TO THIRD READING CAL.292
- **2021-05-24** PASSED ASSEMBLY `passage`
- **2021-05-24** RETURNED TO SENATE
- **2021-09-28** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
- **2021-10-04** SIGNED CHAP.430 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/e1987038-56cf-4bc0-aea5-e8593f19b93b`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New York legislature records).