---
type: "Bill"
title: "Enacts \"Matthew's law\""
description: "Enacts Matthew's law which provides for the dispensing of drug adulterant testing supplies by health care professionals or pharmacists to any person."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ny"
legislature: "New York Legislature"
session: "2023-2024"
identifier: "S 2099"
citation: "New York S 2099 (2023-2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Pete Harckham"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 26
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2023-01-18"
last_action: "2023-11-17"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c5fe495f-f793-4d0c-94b1-5e5c5d3a6c35"
source_url: "http://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2023/S2099"
source_hash: "371494bab5ee02cc13e93491e757253f81760548077bf8ea71500dd935657de6"
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 2099 (2023-2024) — Enacts "Matthew's law"

Enacts Matthew's law which provides for the dispensing of drug adulterant testing supplies by health care professionals or pharmacists to any person.

## Version chain

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

1. **S2099** (committee substitute) — [source](http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?sh=printbill&bn=S2099&term=2023&Text=Y)
2. **S2099A** (committee substitute) — [source](http://legislation.nysenate.gov/pdf/bills/2023/S2099A)
3. **S2099B** (committee substitute) — [source](http://legislation.nysenate.gov/pdf/bills/2023/S2099B)
4. **S2099C** (committee substitute) — [source](http://legislation.nysenate.gov/pdf/bills/2023/S2099C)

## Votes

- Floor Vote - Version: C — **61–0** (pass) · upper
- Finance Vote - Version: B — **21–0** (pass) · upper
- Alcoholism And Substance Use Disorders Vote - Version: A — **7–0** (pass) · upper
- Floor Vote - Version: B — **61–0** (pass) · upper
- Assembly Vote — **144–1** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Pete Harckham — primary (person)
- Jeremy Cooney — cosponsor (person)
- Sean Ryan — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-01-18** REFERRED TO ALCOHOLISM AND SUBSTANCE USE DISORDERS `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-28** AMEND AND RECOMMIT TO ALCOHOLISM AND SUBSTANCE USE DISORDERS `amendment-passage, referral-committee`
- **2023-02-28** PRINT NUMBER 2099A `amendment-passage`
- **2023-03-08** REPORTED AND COMMITTED TO FINANCE `referral-committee`
- **2023-04-11** AMEND AND RECOMMIT TO FINANCE `amendment-passage, referral-committee`
- **2023-04-11** PRINT NUMBER 2099B `amendment-passage`
- **2023-05-09** 1ST REPORT CAL.833
- **2023-05-10** 2ND REPORT CAL.
- **2023-05-15** ADVANCED TO THIRD READING
- **2023-05-17** PASSED SENATE `passage`
- **2023-05-17** DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY
- **2023-05-17** REFERRED TO HEALTH `referral-committee`
- **2023-05-18** RECALLED FROM ASSEMBLY
- **2023-05-18** RETURNED TO SENATE
- **2023-05-18** VOTE RECONSIDERED - RESTORED TO THIRD READING
- **2023-05-18** AMENDED ON THIRD READING 2099C `amendment-passage`
- **2023-05-30** REPASSED SENATE `passage`
- **2023-05-30** RETURNED TO ASSEMBLY
- **2023-05-30** REFERRED TO HEALTH `referral-committee`
- **2023-06-05** SUBSTITUTED FOR A5200B
- **2023-06-05** ORDERED TO THIRD READING RULES CAL.508
- **2023-06-05** PASSED ASSEMBLY `passage`
- **2023-06-05** RETURNED TO SENATE
- **2023-11-13** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
- **2023-11-17** SIGNED CHAP.654 `executive-signature`
- **2023-11-17** APPROVAL MEMO.28

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/c5fe495f-f793-4d0c-94b1-5e5c5d3a6c35`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New York legislature records).