---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relates to the establishment and priorities of the New York state council on hunger and food policy"
description: "Clarifies the provisions relating to the establishment and priorities of the New York state council on hunger and food policy."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ny"
legislature: "New York Legislature"
session: "2023-2024"
identifier: "A 615"
citation: "New York A 615 (2023-2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Fred Thiele"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 14
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2023-01-10"
last_action: "2023-03-03"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/1660821f-3108-427c-8302-79209b9b42b3"
source_url: "http://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2023/A615"
source_hash: "3a94baef04a3047992f9abddc3488e44c341d603ae225e39d5e34216a07c2995"
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 A 615 (2023-2024) — Relates to the establishment and priorities of the New York state council on hunger and food policy

Clarifies the provisions relating to the establishment and priorities of the New York state council on hunger and food policy.

## Version chain

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

1. **A615** (committee substitute) — [source](http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?sh=printbill&bn=A615&term=2023&Text=Y)

## Votes

- Floor Vote — **62–0** (pass) · upper
- Assembly Vote — **144–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Fred Thiele — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-01-10** REFERRED TO AGRICULTURE `referral-committee`
- **2023-01-17** REPORTED REFERRED TO RULES `referral-committee`
- **2023-01-17** REPORTED
- **2023-01-17** RULES REPORT CAL.4
- **2023-01-17** ORDERED TO THIRD READING RULES CAL.4
- **2023-01-17** PASSED ASSEMBLY `passage`
- **2023-01-17** DELIVERED TO SENATE
- **2023-01-17** REFERRED TO RULES `referral-committee`
- **2023-01-23** SUBSTITUTED FOR S829
- **2023-01-23** 3RD READING CAL.38
- **2023-01-23** PASSED SENATE `passage`
- **2023-01-23** RETURNED TO ASSEMBLY
- **2023-03-03** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
- **2023-03-03** SIGNED CHAP.11 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/1660821f-3108-427c-8302-79209b9b42b3`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New York legislature records).