---
type: "Bill"
title: "Authorizes the department of economic development to give a preference to any tourist promotion agency that is promoting the sport of stickball"
description: "Authorizes the department of economic development to give a preference to any tourist promotion agency that is promoting the sport of stickball."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ny"
legislature: "New York Legislature"
session: "2023-2024"
identifier: "A 860"
citation: "New York A 860 (2023-2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Eddie Gibbs"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 15
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2023-01-11"
last_action: "2024-12-21"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/29818632-0c08-4851-89ac-a5fa1753e740"
source_url: "http://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2023/A860"
source_hash: "2bf5bf39fd689a3c6c08f49e63f9c901cbe5e0bb6f4663c9a5a9a90ea45be152"
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 860 (2023-2024) — Authorizes the department of economic development to give a preference to any tourist promotion agency that is promoting the sport of stickball

Authorizes the department of economic development to give a preference to any tourist promotion agency that is promoting the sport of stickball.

## Version chain

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

1. **A860** (committee substitute) — [source](http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?sh=printbill&bn=A860&term=2023&Text=Y)
2. **A860A** (committee substitute) — [source](http://legislation.nysenate.gov/pdf/bills/2023/A860A)

## Votes

- Assembly Vote — **111–37** (pass) · lower
- Floor Vote — **50–11** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Eddie Gibbs — primary (person)
- Al Taylor — cosponsor (person)
- Brian Cunningham — cosponsor (person)
- Jo Anne Simon — cosponsor (person)
- Michael Novakhov — cosponsor (person)
- Nader Sayegh — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-01-11** REFERRED TO TOURISM, PARKS, ARTS AND SPORTS DEVELOPMENT `referral-committee`
- **2024-01-03** REFERRED TO TOURISM, PARKS, ARTS AND SPORTS DEVELOPMENT `referral-committee`
- **2024-03-20** REPORTED
- **2024-03-21** ADVANCED TO THIRD READING CAL.363
- **2024-03-26** AMENDED ON THIRD READING 860A `amendment-passage`
- **2024-04-03** AMEND BY RESTORING TO ORIGINAL PRINT 860
- **2024-05-21** PASSED ASSEMBLY `passage`
- **2024-05-21** DELIVERED TO SENATE
- **2024-05-21** REFERRED TO CULTURAL AFFAIRS, TOURISM, PARKS AND RECREATION `referral-committee`
- **2024-06-06** SUBSTITUTED FOR S8895
- **2024-06-06** 3RD READING CAL.1137
- **2024-06-06** PASSED SENATE `passage`
- **2024-06-06** RETURNED TO ASSEMBLY
- **2024-12-12** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
- **2024-12-21** SIGNED CHAP.678 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/29818632-0c08-4851-89ac-a5fa1753e740`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New York legislature records).