---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relates to expenses for potable water testing"
description: "Relates to expenses for potable water testing in school buildings."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ny"
legislature: "New York Legislature"
session: "2021-2022"
identifier: "S 7840"
citation: "New York S 7840 (2021-2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["RIVERA"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 11
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2022-01-12"
last_action: "2022-02-24"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/502254bb-85f5-467d-b46d-3e9fa8235d7f"
source_url: "http://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2021/S7840"
source_hash: "e16b3811a738c049eae7b0f3a066a74c14947b7c7a2bfbdfc170058de37ec00e"
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 7840 (2021-2022) — Relates to expenses for potable water testing

Relates to expenses for potable water testing in school buildings.

## Version chain

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

1. **S7840** (committee substitute) — [source](http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?sh=printbill&bn=S7840&term=2021&Text=Y)

## Votes

- Rules Vote — **21–0** (pass) · upper
- Floor Vote — **63–0** (pass) · upper
- Assembly Vote — **144–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- RIVERA — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-01-12** REFERRED TO RULES `referral-committee`
- **2022-01-18** ORDERED TO THIRD READING CAL.198
- **2022-01-31** PASSED SENATE `passage`
- **2022-01-31** DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY
- **2022-01-31** REFERRED TO WAYS AND MEANS `referral-committee`
- **2022-02-14** SUBSTITUTED FOR A8833
- **2022-02-14** ORDERED TO THIRD READING CAL.402
- **2022-02-14** PASSED ASSEMBLY `passage`
- **2022-02-14** RETURNED TO SENATE
- **2022-02-24** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
- **2022-02-24** SIGNED CHAP.130 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/502254bb-85f5-467d-b46d-3e9fa8235d7f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New York legislature records).