---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relates to issuing by the governor of any directive necessary to respond to a state disaster emergency; appropriation"
description: "Permits the governor to issue by executive order any directive necessary to respond to a state disaster emergency; and makes a $40,000,000 appropriation from the state purposes account of the general fund for responding to the outbreak of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19)."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ny"
legislature: "New York Legislature"
session: "2019-2020"
identifier: "S 7919"
citation: "New York S 7919 (2019-2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["STEWART-COUSINS"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 15
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2020-03-02"
last_action: "2020-03-03"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/81f8dc9a-f5cc-46d8-87ca-57b207cd252d"
source_url: "http://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2019/S7919"
source_hash: "68fb91168737a71e8d8b878c3e8ecac5b1f4e5bebc14629ee2df6b722bd932c1"
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 7919 (2019-2020) — Relates to issuing by the governor of any directive necessary to respond to a state disaster emergency; appropriation

Permits the governor to issue by executive order any directive necessary to respond to a state disaster emergency; and makes a $40,000,000 appropriation from the state purposes account of the general fund for responding to the outbreak of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19).

## Version chain

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

1. **S7919** (committee substitute) — [source](http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?sh=printbill&bn=S7919&term=2019&Text=Y)

## Votes

- Assembly Vote — **122–12** (pass) · lower
- Rules Vote — **19–0** (pass) · upper
- Floor Vote — **53–4** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- STEWART-COUSINS — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2020-03-02** REFERRED TO RULES `referral-committee`
- **2020-03-02** ORDERED TO THIRD READING CAL.524
- **2020-03-02** MESSAGE OF NECESSITY - APPROPRIATION
- **2020-03-02** MESSAGE OF NECESSITY - 3 DAY MESSAGE
- **2020-03-02** PASSED SENATE `passage`
- **2020-03-02** DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY
- **2020-03-02** REFERRED TO WAYS AND MEANS `referral-committee`
- **2020-03-02** SUBSTITUTED FOR A9953
- **2020-03-02** ORDERED TO THIRD READING RULES CAL.12
- **2020-03-02** MESSAGE OF NECESSITY - APPROPRIATION
- **2020-03-02** MESSAGE OF NECESSITY - 3 DAY MESSAGE
- **2020-03-02** PASSED ASSEMBLY `passage`
- **2020-03-02** RETURNED TO SENATE
- **2020-03-03** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
- **2020-03-03** SIGNED CHAP.23 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/81f8dc9a-f5cc-46d8-87ca-57b207cd252d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New York legislature records).