---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relates to a natural fiber textile development workgroup"
description: "Creates a natural fiber textile development workgroup to study and identify methods of advancing the animal and plant based textile industry in this state."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ny"
legislature: "New York Legislature"
session: "2023-2024"
identifier: "A 617"
citation: "New York A 617 (2023-2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Carrie Woerner"]
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/19e0f647-6a00-4b8b-b079-27f1623e9a98"
source_url: "http://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2023/A617"
source_hash: "18d90f2b5f7003a3af92077beeede6522eaff5e8a2b781716b243ca302b7be6e"
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 617 (2023-2024) — Relates to a natural fiber textile development workgroup

Creates a natural fiber textile development workgroup to study and identify methods of advancing the animal and plant based textile industry in this state.

## Version chain

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

1. **A617** (committee substitute) — [source](http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?sh=printbill&bn=A617&term=2023&Text=Y)

## Votes

- Floor Vote — **61–1** (pass) · upper
- Assembly Vote — **144–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Carrie Woerner — 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.5
- **2023-01-17** ORDERED TO THIRD READING RULES CAL.5
- **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 S847
- **2023-01-23** 3RD READING CAL.56
- **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.13 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/19e0f647-6a00-4b8b-b079-27f1623e9a98`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New York legislature records).