---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relates to providing for taxpayer gifts for Lyme and tick-borne diseases education, research and prevention and establishing the Lyme and tick-borne diseases education, research and prevention fund"
description: "Provides for taxpayer gifts for Lyme and tick-borne diseases education, research and prevention; establishes the Lyme and tick-borne diseases education, research and prevention fund."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ny"
legislature: "New York Legislature"
session: "2021-2022"
identifier: "S 6871"
citation: "New York S 6871 (2021-2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["HARCKHAM"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 23
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2021-05-20"
last_action: "2022-07-21"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/6a98acee-dca5-415f-856b-8b1258a77cab"
source_url: "http://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2021/S6871"
source_hash: "b0482d50566a284657b503d6479c8680b08587686d016c4e519203889959673b"
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 6871 (2021-2022) — Relates to providing for taxpayer gifts for Lyme and tick-borne diseases education, research and prevention and establishing the Lyme and tick-borne diseases education, research and prevention fund

Provides for taxpayer gifts for Lyme and tick-borne diseases education, research and prevention; establishes the Lyme and tick-borne diseases education, research and prevention fund.

## Version chain

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

1. **S6871** (committee substitute) — [source](http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?sh=printbill&bn=S6871&term=2021&Text=Y)
2. **S6871A** (committee substitute) — [source](http://legislation.nysenate.gov/pdf/bills/2021/S6871A)

## Votes

- Budget And Revenue Vote - Version: A — **7–0** (pass) · upper
- Assembly Vote — **129–15** (pass) · lower
- Floor Vote — **63–0** (pass) · upper
- Rules Vote — **21–0** (pass) · upper
- Floor Vote - Version: A — **62–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- HARCKHAM — primary (person)
- HELMING — cosponsor (person)
- MAY — cosponsor (person)
- SERINO — cosponsor (person)
- WEIK — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-05-20** REFERRED TO BUDGET AND REVENUE `referral-committee`
- **2021-06-03** COMMITTEE DISCHARGED AND COMMITTED TO RULES `referral-committee`
- **2021-06-03** ORDERED TO THIRD READING CAL.1505
- **2021-06-10** PASSED SENATE `passage`
- **2021-06-10** DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY
- **2021-06-10** REFERRED TO WAYS AND MEANS `referral-committee`
- **2022-01-05** DIED IN ASSEMBLY
- **2022-01-05** RETURNED TO SENATE
- **2022-01-05** REFERRED TO BUDGET AND REVENUE `referral-committee`
- **2022-03-03** AMEND AND RECOMMIT TO BUDGET AND REVENUE `amendment-passage, referral-committee`
- **2022-03-03** PRINT NUMBER 6871A `amendment-passage`
- **2022-03-07** 1ST REPORT CAL.637
- **2022-03-08** 2ND REPORT CAL.
- **2022-03-09** ADVANCED TO THIRD READING
- **2022-04-06** PASSED SENATE `passage`
- **2022-04-06** DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY
- **2022-04-06** REFERRED TO WAYS AND MEANS `referral-committee`
- **2022-05-11** SUBSTITUTED FOR A7400A
- **2022-05-11** ORDERED TO THIRD READING RULES CAL.127
- **2022-05-11** PASSED ASSEMBLY `passage`
- **2022-05-11** RETURNED TO SENATE
- **2022-07-11** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
- **2022-07-21** SIGNED CHAP.444 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/6a98acee-dca5-415f-856b-8b1258a77cab`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New York legislature records).