---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relates to project costs for buildings of public libraries located in economically distressed communities"
description: "Provides that state aid may be provided for up to 90% of the total project approved costs for buildings of public libraries that are located in an economically distressed community."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ny"
legislature: "New York Legislature"
session: "2019-2020"
identifier: "A 3771"
citation: "New York A 3771 (2019-2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["BARRETT"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 17
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2019-01-31"
last_action: "2019-10-22"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/740cf4b6-8ce0-4ef8-888d-6e3bb764f01d"
source_url: "http://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2019/A3771"
source_hash: "364afbd83e1b6a26a3cbb47aeaf4e56b65f330fa30a38a57829eb1d9485917bd"
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 3771 (2019-2020) — Relates to project costs for buildings of public libraries located in economically distressed communities

Provides that state aid may be provided for up to 90% of the total project approved costs for buildings of public libraries that are located in an economically distressed community.

## Version chain

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

1. **A3771** (committee substitute) — [source](http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?sh=printbill&bn=A3771&term=2019&Text=Y)
2. **A3771A** (committee substitute) — [source](http://legislation.nysenate.gov/pdf/bills/2019/A3771A)

## Votes

- Assembly Vote — **137–0** (pass) · lower
- Floor Vote - Version: A — **61–1** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- BARRETT — primary (person)
- JACOBSON — cosponsor (person)
- LUPARDO — cosponsor (person)
- OTIS — cosponsor (person)
- PALMESANO — cosponsor (person)
- RYAN — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-01-31** REFERRED TO LIBRARIES AND EDUCATION TECHNOLOGY `referral-committee`
- **2019-05-08** AMEND (T) AND RECOMMIT TO LIBRARIES AND EDUCATION TECHNOLOGY `referral-committee, amendment-passage`
- **2019-05-08** PRINT NUMBER 3771A `amendment-passage`
- **2019-05-21** REPORTED REFERRED TO WAYS AND MEANS `referral-committee`
- **2019-06-04** REPORTED REFERRED TO RULES `referral-committee`
- **2019-06-05** REPORTED
- **2019-06-05** RULES REPORT CAL.74
- **2019-06-05** ORDERED TO THIRD READING RULES CAL.74
- **2019-06-06** PASSED ASSEMBLY `passage`
- **2019-06-06** DELIVERED TO SENATE
- **2019-06-06** REFERRED TO RULES `referral-committee`
- **2019-06-13** SUBSTITUTED FOR S5589
- **2019-06-13** 3RD READING CAL.1048
- **2019-06-13** PASSED SENATE `passage`
- **2019-06-13** RETURNED TO ASSEMBLY
- **2019-10-11** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
- **2019-10-22** SIGNED CHAP.381 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/740cf4b6-8ce0-4ef8-888d-6e3bb764f01d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New York legislature records).