---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relates to children's non-regulated camps"
description: "Requires children's non-regulated camps to register annually with the department of health; imposes civil penalties for violations."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ny"
legislature: "New York Legislature"
session: "2023-2024"
identifier: "S 3285"
citation: "New York S 3285 (2023-2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Kevin Thomas"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 21
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2023-01-30"
last_action: "2023-12-22"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/7785008f-e4dd-45aa-8113-df79f9c9d49d"
source_url: "http://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2023/S3285"
source_hash: "523ccaf5f638fc34d6b600065b44a2fe73ca41315c68876ad6065d0f8adcc80f"
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 3285 (2023-2024) — Relates to children's non-regulated camps

Requires children's non-regulated camps to register annually with the department of health; imposes civil penalties for violations.

## Version chain

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

1. **S3285** (committee substitute) — [source](http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?sh=printbill&bn=S3285&term=2023&Text=Y)
2. **S3285A** (committee substitute) — [source](http://legislation.nysenate.gov/pdf/bills/2023/S3285A)

## Votes

- Assembly Vote — **140–5** (pass) · lower
- Floor Vote - Version: A — **50–11** (pass) · upper
- Floor Vote — **52–8** (pass) · upper
- Consumer Protection Vote — **7–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Kevin Thomas — primary (person)
- Brad Hoylman-Sigal — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-01-30** REFERRED TO CONSUMER PROTECTION `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-08** 1ST REPORT CAL.330
- **2023-02-13** 2ND REPORT CAL.
- **2023-02-14** ADVANCED TO THIRD READING
- **2023-03-08** PASSED SENATE `passage`
- **2023-03-08** DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY
- **2023-03-09** REFERRED TO CONSUMER AFFAIRS AND PROTECTION `referral-committee`
- **2023-05-30** RECALLED FROM ASSEMBLY
- **2023-05-30** RETURNED TO SENATE
- **2023-05-30** VOTE RECONSIDERED - RESTORED TO THIRD READING
- **2023-05-30** AMENDED ON THIRD READING (T) 3285A `amendment-passage`
- **2023-06-05** REPASSED SENATE `passage`
- **2023-06-05** RETURNED TO ASSEMBLY
- **2023-06-05** REFERRED TO CODES `referral-committee`
- **2023-06-08** SUBSTITUTED FOR A1256A
- **2023-06-08** ORDERED TO THIRD READING RULES CAL.676
- **2023-06-08** PASSED ASSEMBLY `passage`
- **2023-06-08** RETURNED TO SENATE
- **2023-12-12** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
- **2023-12-22** SIGNED CHAP.761 `executive-signature`
- **2023-12-22** APPROVAL MEMO.83

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/7785008f-e4dd-45aa-8113-df79f9c9d49d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New York legislature records).