---
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 school, church, synagogue or other place of worship."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ny"
legislature: "New York Legislature"
session: "2025-2026"
identifier: "A 8639"
citation: "New York A 8639 (2025-2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Rodneyse Bichotte Hermelyn"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 17
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2025-05-22"
last_action: "2025-08-22"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/1de1558f-caa0-4133-8a27-cf1fee66c48a"
source_url: "http://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2025/A8639"
source_hash: "3e73142768133f905696d8b444ad3e33df302b673394baddd4da4e9a8287c6e5"
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 8639 (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 school, church, synagogue or other place of worship.

## Version chain

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

1. **A8639** (committee substitute) — [source](http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?sh=printbill&bn=A8639&term=2025&Text=Y)
2. **A8639A** (committee substitute) — [source](http://legislation.nysenate.gov/pdf/bills/2025/A8639A)

## Votes

- Floor Vote - Version: A — **58–1** (pass) · upper
- Assembly Vote — **141–3** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Rodneyse Bichotte Hermelyn — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-05-22** REFERRED TO ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT `referral-committee`
- **2025-05-23** AMEND AND RECOMMIT TO ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT `amendment-passage, referral-committee`
- **2025-05-23** PRINT NUMBER 8639A `amendment-passage`
- **2025-05-27** REPORTED REFERRED TO WAYS AND MEANS `referral-committee`
- **2025-06-04** REPORTED REFERRED TO RULES `referral-committee`
- **2025-06-06** REPORTED
- **2025-06-06** RULES REPORT CAL.476
- **2025-06-06** ORDERED TO THIRD READING RULES CAL.476
- **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 S8315
- **2025-06-12** 3RD READING CAL.1928
- **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.348 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/1de1558f-caa0-4133-8a27-cf1fee66c48a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New York legislature records).