---
type: "Bill"
title: "Exempts certain property from the prohibition of alcohol sales within a certain distance from a church"
description: "Exempts certain property from the prohibition of alcohol sales within a certain distance from a church for a certain premises located in the county of Ontario."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ny"
legislature: "New York Legislature"
session: "2025-2026"
identifier: "S 7683"
citation: "New York S 7683 (2025-2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Pamela Helming"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 12
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2025-04-29"
last_action: "2025-08-22"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/fe1c63e5-acb0-4ea7-9771-b202739db0b8"
source_url: "http://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2025/S7683"
source_hash: "99dd95e4101f7855dc4ae3e6569f2ac796d077a6be80d481901925c7d5a82ed6"
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 S 7683 (2025-2026) — Exempts certain property from the prohibition of alcohol sales within a certain distance from a church

Exempts certain property from the prohibition of alcohol sales within a certain distance from a church for a certain premises located in the county of Ontario.

## Version chain

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

1. **S7683** (committee substitute) — [source](http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?sh=printbill&bn=S7683&term=2025&Text=Y)

## Votes

- Floor Vote — **58–1** (pass) · upper
- Assembly Vote — **133–3** (pass) · lower
- Rules Vote — **20–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Pamela Helming — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-04-29** REFERRED TO COMMERCE, ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND SMALL BUSINESS `referral-committee`
- **2025-06-11** COMMITTEE DISCHARGED AND COMMITTED TO RULES `referral-committee`
- **2025-06-11** ORDERED TO THIRD READING CAL.1838
- **2025-06-11** PASSED SENATE `passage`
- **2025-06-11** DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY
- **2025-06-11** REFERRED TO WAYS AND MEANS `referral-committee`
- **2025-06-13** SUBSTITUTED FOR A8199
- **2025-06-13** ORDERED TO THIRD READING RULES CAL.677
- **2025-06-13** PASSED ASSEMBLY `passage`
- **2025-06-13** RETURNED TO SENATE
- **2025-08-15** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
- **2025-08-22** SIGNED CHAP.351 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/fe1c63e5-acb0-4ea7-9771-b202739db0b8`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New York legislature records).