---
type: "Bill"
title: "Extends the expiration date of free one day admission to the zoological park"
description: "Extends the expiration date of free one day admission to the zoological park to December 31, 2030."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ny"
legislature: "New York Legislature"
session: "2025-2026"
identifier: "A 7601"
citation: "New York A 7601 (2025-2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["George Alvarez"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 14
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2025-04-01"
last_action: "2025-08-07"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/81a66b45-c0af-41ee-a64b-e116b85ae044"
source_url: "http://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2025/A7601"
source_hash: "561c526bc4e830df1f56af297c17bcb61f21ffad43fcf7fc316572eee55491cb"
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 7601 (2025-2026) — Extends the expiration date of free one day admission to the zoological park

Extends the expiration date of free one day admission to the zoological park to December 31, 2030.

## Version chain

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

1. **A7601** (committee substitute) — [source](http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?sh=printbill&bn=A7601&term=2025&Text=Y)

## Votes

- Floor Vote — **58–0** (pass) · upper
- Assembly Vote — **145–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- George Alvarez — primary (person)
- Emerita Torres — cosponsor (person)
- Jeffrey Dinowitz — cosponsor (person)
- Landon C. Dais — cosponsor (person)
- MaryJane Shimsky — cosponsor (person)
- Robert C. Carroll — cosponsor (person)
- Ron Kim — cosponsor (person)
- Yudelka Tapia — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-04-01** REFERRED TO TOURISM, PARKS, ARTS AND SPORTS DEVELOPMENT `referral-committee`
- **2025-04-30** REPORTED REFERRED TO RULES `referral-committee`
- **2025-04-30** REPORTED
- **2025-04-30** RULES REPORT CAL.173
- **2025-04-30** ORDERED TO THIRD READING RULES CAL.173
- **2025-04-30** PASSED ASSEMBLY `passage`
- **2025-04-30** DELIVERED TO SENATE
- **2025-04-30** REFERRED TO CULTURAL AFFAIRS, TOURISM, PARKS AND RECREATION `referral-committee`
- **2025-06-04** SUBSTITUTED FOR S6367
- **2025-06-04** 3RD READING CAL.1226
- **2025-06-04** PASSED SENATE `passage`
- **2025-06-04** RETURNED TO ASSEMBLY
- **2025-08-04** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
- **2025-08-07** SIGNED CHAP.232 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/81a66b45-c0af-41ee-a64b-e116b85ae044`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New York legislature records).