---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relates to exempting the Smith Opera house from licensing restrictions prohibiting manufacturers, wholesalers and retailers of alcoholic beverages from sharing an interest in a licensed premises"
description: "Exempts certain parcels of land containing the Smith Opera House from licensing restrictions prohibiting manufacturers, wholesalers and retailers of alcoholic beverages from sharing an interest in a licensed premises."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ny"
legislature: "New York Legislature"
session: "2023-2024"
identifier: "S 4999"
citation: "New York S 4999 (2023-2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Pamela Helming"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 24
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2023-02-21"
last_action: "2024-09-27"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/85e4f5ea-01d6-4e87-81a4-2d1a5731270a"
source_url: "http://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2023/S4999"
source_hash: "39a22d33d0d7c211ca4e176451e80a22a19d7e273bd1c7725249bb1ed1f2acbb"
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 4999 (2023-2024) — Relates to exempting the Smith Opera house from licensing restrictions prohibiting manufacturers, wholesalers and retailers of alcoholic beverages from sharing an interest in a licensed premises

Exempts certain parcels of land containing the Smith Opera House from licensing restrictions prohibiting manufacturers, wholesalers and retailers of alcoholic beverages from sharing an interest in a licensed premises.

## Version chain

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

1. **S4999** (committee substitute) — [source](http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?sh=printbill&bn=S4999&term=2023&Text=Y)
2. **S4999A** (committee substitute) — [source](http://legislation.nysenate.gov/pdf/bills/2023/S4999A)
3. **S4999B** (committee substitute) — [source](http://legislation.nysenate.gov/pdf/bills/2023/S4999B)

## Votes

- Floor Vote — **61–0** (pass) · upper
- Rules Vote — **21–0** (pass) · upper
- Investigations And Government Operations Vote - Version: A — **6–0** (pass) · upper
- Floor Vote - Version: B — **58–0** (pass) · upper
- Assembly Vote — **144–2** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Pamela Helming — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-02-21** REFERRED TO INVESTIGATIONS AND GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS `referral-committee`
- **2023-05-22** COMMITTEE DISCHARGED AND COMMITTED TO RULES `referral-committee`
- **2023-05-22** ORDERED TO THIRD READING CAL.1096
- **2023-05-30** PASSED SENATE `passage`
- **2023-05-30** DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY
- **2023-05-30** REFERRED TO ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT `referral-committee`
- **2024-01-03** DIED IN ASSEMBLY
- **2024-01-03** RETURNED TO SENATE
- **2024-01-03** REFERRED TO INVESTIGATIONS AND GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS `referral-committee`
- **2024-01-04** AMEND AND RECOMMIT TO INVESTIGATIONS AND GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS `amendment-passage, referral-committee`
- **2024-01-04** PRINT NUMBER 4999A `amendment-passage`
- **2024-05-06** 1ST REPORT CAL.868
- **2024-05-07** AMENDED 4999B `amendment-passage`
- **2024-05-07** 2ND REPORT CAL.
- **2024-05-08** ADVANCED TO THIRD READING
- **2024-05-16** PASSED SENATE `passage`
- **2024-05-16** DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY
- **2024-05-16** REFERRED TO ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT `referral-committee`
- **2024-06-05** SUBSTITUTED FOR A4051B
- **2024-06-05** ORDERED TO THIRD READING RULES CAL.433
- **2024-06-05** PASSED ASSEMBLY `passage`
- **2024-06-05** RETURNED TO SENATE
- **2024-09-20** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
- **2024-09-27** SIGNED CHAP.375 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/85e4f5ea-01d6-4e87-81a4-2d1a5731270a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New York legislature records).