---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relates to an exemption for 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."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ny"
legislature: "New York Legislature"
session: "2017-2018"
identifier: "A 9851"
citation: "New York A 9851 (2017-2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["WOERNER"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 13
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2018-02-14"
last_action: "2018-08-24"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/291ffaef-055b-47d5-8e9a-73604d80d21e"
source_url: "http://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2017/A9851"
source_hash: "ffcab3565d4349380341fa4c9be6ffbb954e5f8fe44bb4e90fadb093992fe279"
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 9851 (2017-2018) — Relates to an exemption for 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.

## Version chain

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

1. **A9851 HTML** (committee substitute) — [source](http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?sh=printbill&bn=A9851&term=2017&Text=Y)
2. **A9851 PDF** (committee substitute) — [source](http://legislation.nysenate.gov/pdf/bills/2017/A9851)

## Votes

- Assembly Vote — **122–18** (pass) · lower
- Floor Vote — **62–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- WOERNER — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-02-14** REFERRED TO ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT `referral-committee`
- **2018-04-17** REPORTED REFERRED TO CODES `referral-committee`
- **2018-04-23** REPORTED
- **2018-04-26** ADVANCED TO THIRD READING CAL.814
- **2018-05-07** PASSED ASSEMBLY `passage`
- **2018-05-07** DELIVERED TO SENATE
- **2018-05-07** REFERRED TO COMMERCE, ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND SMALL BUSINESS `referral-committee`
- **2018-05-30** SUBSTITUTED FOR S7943
- **2018-05-30** 3RD READING CAL.1082
- **2018-06-04** PASSED SENATE `passage`
- **2018-06-04** RETURNED TO ASSEMBLY
- **2018-08-13** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
- **2018-08-24** SIGNED CHAP.240 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/291ffaef-055b-47d5-8e9a-73604d80d21e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New York legislature records).