---
type: "Bill"
title: "Directs the New York state department of health to conduct a study on the incidences of asthma in cities and towns having a population of more than ninety thousand"
description: "Directs the New York state department of health to conduct a study on the incidences of asthma in cities having a population of more than ninety thousand and to prepare a report."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ny"
legislature: "New York Legislature"
session: "2021-2022"
identifier: "S 646"
citation: "New York S 646 (2021-2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["SANDERS"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 22
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2021-01-06"
last_action: "2021-12-22"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/3ef7dfd4-5d38-49c3-aebd-bfb3acbaeefd"
source_url: "http://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2021/S646"
source_hash: "a13434755b2a95b3dcdb1f86636ec43a8cb42347ede2a7d8f13a3ab7afe57cda"
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 646 (2021-2022) — Directs the New York state department of health to conduct a study on the incidences of asthma in cities and towns having a population of more than ninety thousand

Directs the New York state department of health to conduct a study on the incidences of asthma in cities having a population of more than ninety thousand and to prepare a report.

## Version chain

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

1. **S646** (committee substitute) — [source](http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?sh=printbill&bn=S646&term=2021&Text=Y)
2. **S646A** (committee substitute) — [source](http://legislation.nysenate.gov/pdf/bills/2021/S646A)
3. **S646B** (committee substitute) — [source](http://legislation.nysenate.gov/pdf/bills/2021/S646B)

## Votes

- Floor Vote - Version: A — **63–0** (pass) · upper
- Floor Vote - Version: B — **63–0** (pass) · upper
- Assembly Vote — **148–1** (pass) · lower
- Health Vote - Version: A — **15–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- SANDERS — primary (person)
- GAUGHRAN — cosponsor (person)
- HOYLMAN — cosponsor (person)
- KENNEDY — cosponsor (person)
- KRUEGER — cosponsor (person)
- MYRIE — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-01-06** REFERRED TO HEALTH `referral-committee`
- **2021-01-12** AMEND (T) AND RECOMMIT TO HEALTH `amendment-passage, referral-committee`
- **2021-01-12** PRINT NUMBER 646A `amendment-passage`
- **2021-01-19** 1ST REPORT CAL.106
- **2021-01-20** 2ND REPORT CAL.
- **2021-01-25** ADVANCED TO THIRD READING
- **2021-02-01** PASSED SENATE `passage`
- **2021-02-01** DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY
- **2021-02-01** REFERRED TO HEALTH `referral-committee`
- **2021-02-03** RECALLED FROM ASSEMBLY
- **2021-02-03** RETURNED TO SENATE
- **2021-02-03** VOTE RECONSIDERED - RESTORED TO THIRD READING
- **2021-02-03** AMENDED ON THIRD READING 646B `amendment-passage`
- **2021-02-24** PASSED SENATE `passage`
- **2021-02-24** DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY
- **2021-02-24** REFERRED TO HEALTH `referral-committee`
- **2021-06-08** SUBSTITUTED FOR A2670B
- **2021-06-08** ORDERED TO THIRD READING RULES CAL.540
- **2021-06-08** PASSED ASSEMBLY `passage`
- **2021-06-08** RETURNED TO SENATE
- **2021-12-10** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
- **2021-12-22** SIGNED CHAP.760 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/3ef7dfd4-5d38-49c3-aebd-bfb3acbaeefd`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New York legislature records).