---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relates to the capital access program"
description: "Relates to the capital access program; focuses on minority and women-owned business enterprises and small businesses located in highly distressed areas to assist them in processing and being approved for qualifying program loans; requires the engagement in outreach and marketing to financial institutions to increase awareness of the program."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ny"
legislature: "New York Legislature"
session: "2023-2024"
identifier: "S 1690"
citation: "New York S 1690 (2023-2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["James Sanders Jr."]
version_count: 2
action_count: 16
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2023-01-13"
last_action: "2023-12-08"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/1a574550-8fbe-4d62-b263-2f7d94cab409"
source_url: "http://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2023/S1690"
source_hash: "e2164d7313868b5d3dca8fd12afd97c62c6edaa6066033ee5bcedb63f3b172b0"
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 1690 (2023-2024) — Relates to the capital access program

Relates to the capital access program; focuses on minority and women-owned business enterprises and small businesses located in highly distressed areas to assist them in processing and being approved for qualifying program loans; requires the engagement in outreach and marketing to financial institutions to increase awareness of the program.

## Version chain

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

1. **S1690** (committee substitute) — [source](http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?sh=printbill&bn=S1690&term=2023&Text=Y)
2. **S1690A** (committee substitute) — [source](http://legislation.nysenate.gov/pdf/bills/2023/S1690A)

## Votes

- Rules Vote - Version: A — **21–0** (pass) · upper
- Floor Vote - Version: A — **61–0** (pass) · upper
- Banks Vote — **7–0** (pass) · upper
- Assembly Vote — **149–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- James Sanders Jr. — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-01-13** REFERRED TO BANKS `referral-committee`
- **2023-05-16** REPORTED AND COMMITTED TO FINANCE `referral-committee`
- **2023-06-01** AMEND AND RECOMMIT TO FINANCE `amendment-passage, referral-committee`
- **2023-06-01** PRINT NUMBER 1690A `amendment-passage`
- **2023-06-05** COMMITTEE DISCHARGED AND COMMITTED TO RULES `referral-committee`
- **2023-06-05** ORDERED TO THIRD READING CAL.1458
- **2023-06-05** PASSED SENATE `passage`
- **2023-06-05** DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY
- **2023-06-05** REFERRED TO WAYS AND MEANS `referral-committee`
- **2023-06-07** SUBSTITUTED FOR A6716A
- **2023-06-07** ORDERED TO THIRD READING RULES CAL.652
- **2023-06-07** PASSED ASSEMBLY `passage`
- **2023-06-07** RETURNED TO SENATE
- **2023-11-29** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
- **2023-12-08** SIGNED CHAP.699 `executive-signature`
- **2023-12-08** APPROVAL MEMO.45

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/1a574550-8fbe-4d62-b263-2f7d94cab409`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New York legislature records).