---
type: "Bill"
title: "Exempts certain property from the prohibition of alcohol sales within a certain distance of a church"
description: "Exempts certain property located in the city of Glens Falls, county of Warren, from the prohibition of alcohol sales 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 8795"
citation: "New York A 8795 (2025-2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Carrie Woerner"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 15
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2025-06-05"
last_action: "2025-08-22"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/13ea3bb5-0ba0-4dc6-8b01-700c614afae0"
source_url: "http://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2025/A8795"
source_hash: "79d9bb70f01f0d04661a2f5db5e5063e725d55051d8e261622446d85148b9d2f"
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 8795 (2025-2026) — Exempts certain property from the prohibition of alcohol sales within a certain distance of a church

Exempts certain property located in the city of Glens Falls, county of Warren, from the prohibition of alcohol sales 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. **A8795** (committee substitute) — [source](http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?sh=printbill&bn=A8795&term=2025&Text=Y)

## Votes

- Floor Vote — **58–1** (pass) · upper
- Assembly Vote — **143–4** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Carrie Woerner — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-06-05** REFERRED TO ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT `referral-committee`
- **2025-06-08** REFERENCE CHANGED TO WAYS AND MEANS `referral-committee`
- **2025-06-09** REPORTED REFERRED TO RULES `referral-committee`
- **2025-06-10** REPORTED
- **2025-06-10** RULES REPORT CAL.595
- **2025-06-10** ORDERED TO THIRD READING RULES CAL.595
- **2025-06-10** PASSED ASSEMBLY `passage`
- **2025-06-10** DELIVERED TO SENATE
- **2025-06-10** REFERRED TO RULES `referral-committee`
- **2025-06-12** SUBSTITUTED FOR S8328
- **2025-06-12** 3RD READING CAL.1929
- **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.349 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/13ea3bb5-0ba0-4dc6-8b01-700c614afae0`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New York legislature records).