---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relates to the award of grants to support preservation and/or conservation of library research materials"
description: "Relates to changing the time for calculating amounts for awards of grants to support preservation and/or conservation of library research materials from being calculated for each state fiscal year, to each academic year."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ny"
legislature: "New York Legislature"
session: "2023-2024"
identifier: "A 7246"
citation: "New York A 7246 (2023-2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Carrie Woerner"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 15
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2023-05-15"
last_action: "2023-10-25"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/64d84643-8c86-447d-9282-2c36f614a035"
source_url: "http://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2023/A7246"
source_hash: "465a1084ba2da7565dbeb2ebd104a42a4731719bae801b6ae068af2a251d2d02"
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 7246 (2023-2024) — Relates to the award of grants to support preservation and/or conservation of library research materials

Relates to changing the time for calculating amounts for awards of grants to support preservation and/or conservation of library research materials from being calculated for each state fiscal year, to each academic year.

## Version chain

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

1. **A7246** (committee substitute) — [source](http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?sh=printbill&bn=A7246&term=2023&Text=Y)

## Votes

- Assembly Vote — **145–0** (pass) · lower
- Floor Vote — **61–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Carrie Woerner — primary (person)
- Steven Otis — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-05-15** REFERRED TO LIBRARIES AND EDUCATION TECHNOLOGY `referral-committee`
- **2023-05-23** REPORTED REFERRED TO WAYS AND MEANS `referral-committee`
- **2023-06-01** REPORTED REFERRED TO RULES `referral-committee`
- **2023-06-05** REPORTED
- **2023-06-05** RULES REPORT CAL.545
- **2023-06-05** ORDERED TO THIRD READING RULES CAL.545
- **2023-06-05** PASSED ASSEMBLY `passage`
- **2023-06-05** DELIVERED TO SENATE
- **2023-06-05** REFERRED TO RULES `referral-committee`
- **2023-06-07** SUBSTITUTED FOR S6938A
- **2023-06-07** 3RD READING CAL.1216
- **2023-06-07** PASSED SENATE `passage`
- **2023-06-07** RETURNED TO ASSEMBLY
- **2023-10-13** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
- **2023-10-25** SIGNED CHAP.578 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/64d84643-8c86-447d-9282-2c36f614a035`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New York legislature records).