---
type: "Bill"
title: "Establishes a brand owner's license"
description: "Allows a person with a federal basic permit to apply to the liquor authority for a brand owner's license; establishes a fee therefor."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ny"
legislature: "New York Legislature"
session: "2025-2026"
identifier: "A 6277"
citation: "New York A 6277 (2025-2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Donna Lupardo"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 18
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2025-03-03"
last_action: "2025-12-19"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e0c8c104-927c-4863-a226-14a34d38b4b8"
source_url: "http://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2025/A6277"
source_hash: "703618ed2357f6bba261c1f9df018ee018cb925aeafb70b4f140230d3461b5d6"
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 6277 (2025-2026) — Establishes a brand owner's license

Allows a person with a federal basic permit to apply to the liquor authority for a brand owner's license; establishes a fee therefor.

## Version chain

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

1. **A6277** (committee substitute) — [source](http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?sh=printbill&bn=A6277&term=2025&Text=Y)
2. **A6277A** (committee substitute) — [source](http://legislation.nysenate.gov/pdf/bills/2025/A6277A)

## Votes

- Assembly Vote — **144–0** (pass) · lower
- Floor Vote - Version: A — **59–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Donna Lupardo — primary (person)
- Rebecca Seawright — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-03-03** REFERRED TO ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT `referral-committee`
- **2025-05-14** AMEND AND RECOMMIT TO ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT `amendment-passage, referral-committee`
- **2025-05-14** PRINT NUMBER 6277A `amendment-passage`
- **2025-05-20** REPORTED REFERRED TO CODES `referral-committee`
- **2025-06-05** REPORTED REFERRED TO WAYS AND MEANS `referral-committee`
- **2025-06-06** REPORTED REFERRED TO RULES `referral-committee`
- **2025-06-09** REPORTED
- **2025-06-09** RULES REPORT CAL.508
- **2025-06-09** ORDERED TO THIRD READING RULES CAL.508
- **2025-06-09** PASSED ASSEMBLY `passage`
- **2025-06-09** DELIVERED TO SENATE
- **2025-06-09** REFERRED TO RULES `referral-committee`
- **2025-06-12** SUBSTITUTED FOR S567A
- **2025-06-12** 3RD READING CAL.242
- **2025-06-12** PASSED SENATE `passage`
- **2025-06-12** RETURNED TO ASSEMBLY
- **2025-12-08** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
- **2025-12-19** SIGNED CHAP.656 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/e0c8c104-927c-4863-a226-14a34d38b4b8`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New York legislature records).