---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relates to a license to sell liquor at retail for consumption on certain premises"
description: "Allows the state liquor authority to issue a retail license for on-premises consumption for a premises which shall be located within two hundred feet of a building occupied as a church, synagogue or other place of worship."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ny"
legislature: "New York Legislature"
session: "2025-2026"
identifier: "A 8418"
citation: "New York A 8418 (2025-2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Rodneyse Bichotte Hermelyn"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 15
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2025-05-15"
last_action: "2025-08-22"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/cec494f6-c2b2-4ed0-b3e5-600fb70a8e13"
source_url: "http://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2025/A8418"
source_hash: "41486daffc54ed643a58da9c140979d812342e54aa1a508c277b2cd0d18d3e8f"
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 8418 (2025-2026) — Relates to a license to sell liquor at retail for consumption on certain premises

Allows the state liquor authority to issue a retail license for on-premises consumption for a premises which shall be located within two hundred feet of a building occupied as a church, synagogue or other place of worship.

## Version chain

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

1. **A8418** (committee substitute) — [source](http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?sh=printbill&bn=A8418&term=2025&Text=Y)

## Votes

- Assembly Vote — **135–2** (pass) · lower
- Floor Vote — **58–1** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Rodneyse Bichotte Hermelyn — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-05-15** REFERRED TO ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT `referral-committee`
- **2025-05-20** REPORTED REFERRED TO WAYS AND MEANS `referral-committee`
- **2025-05-22** REPORTED REFERRED TO RULES `referral-committee`
- **2025-06-06** REPORTED
- **2025-06-06** RULES REPORT CAL.468
- **2025-06-06** ORDERED TO THIRD READING RULES CAL.468
- **2025-06-06** PASSED ASSEMBLY `passage`
- **2025-06-06** DELIVERED TO SENATE
- **2025-06-06** REFERRED TO RULES `referral-committee`
- **2025-06-12** SUBSTITUTED FOR S8314
- **2025-06-12** 3RD READING CAL.1927
- **2025-06-12** PASSED SENATE `passage`
- **2025-06-12** RETURNED TO ASSEMBLY
- **2025-08-15** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
- **2025-08-22** SIGNED CHAP.347 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/cec494f6-c2b2-4ed0-b3e5-600fb70a8e13`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New York legislature records).