---
type: "Bill"
title: "Exempts certain property from the prohibition of alcohol sales within a certain distance from a place of worship"
description: "Exempts certain property located in the county of Queens from the prohibition of alcohol sales within a certain distance from a place of worship."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ny"
legislature: "New York Legislature"
session: "2025-2026"
identifier: "S 8379"
citation: "New York S 8379 (2025-2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Michael Gianaris"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 11
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2025-06-06"
last_action: "2025-08-22"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/06d0a556-0291-4a04-89df-c9bb5c616720"
source_url: "http://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2025/S8379"
source_hash: "ddc28dd6e018c4988a355a5042f26030250415311ece3b1e89f38a766b3a58cc"
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 8379 (2025-2026) — Exempts certain property from the prohibition of alcohol sales within a certain distance from a place of worship

Exempts certain property located in the county of Queens from the prohibition of alcohol sales within a certain distance from a place of worship.

## Version chain

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

1. **S8379** (committee substitute) — [source](http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?sh=printbill&bn=S8379&term=2025&Text=Y)

## Votes

- Assembly Vote — **132–4** (pass) · lower
- Rules Vote — **20–0** (pass) · upper
- Floor Vote — **58–1** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Michael Gianaris — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-06-06** REFERRED TO RULES `referral-committee`
- **2025-06-12** ORDERED TO THIRD READING CAL.1931
- **2025-06-12** PASSED SENATE `passage`
- **2025-06-12** DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY
- **2025-06-12** REFERRED TO WAYS AND MEANS `referral-committee`
- **2025-06-13** SUBSTITUTED FOR A8803
- **2025-06-13** ORDERED TO THIRD READING RULES CAL.695
- **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.353 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/06d0a556-0291-4a04-89df-c9bb5c616720`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New York legislature records).