---
type: "Bill"
title: "Provides a program to promote leukemia, lymphoma and myeloma research, education and treatment and establishes the leukemia, lymphoma and myeloma research, education and treatment fund"
description: "Provides a program to promote leukemia, lymphoma and myeloma research, education and treatment and establishes the leukemia, lymphoma and myeloma research, education and treatment fund; authorizes the commissioner of taxation and finance to create a check-off gift on individual income tax returns for contributions to leukemia, lymphoma and myeloma research, education and treatment."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ny"
legislature: "New York Legislature"
session: "2019-2020"
identifier: "A 4481"
citation: "New York A 4481 (2019-2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["CUSICK"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 13
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2019-02-04"
last_action: "2019-09-13"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/58f320e1-0603-45a2-a489-aa2de7f5b174"
source_url: "http://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2019/A4481"
source_hash: "b7a24386b01581c44e71c6d02c3f8f2aa5e887c90d41310324ee1843a1a8a649"
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 4481 (2019-2020) — Provides a program to promote leukemia, lymphoma and myeloma research, education and treatment and establishes the leukemia, lymphoma and myeloma research, education and treatment fund

Provides a program to promote leukemia, lymphoma and myeloma research, education and treatment and establishes the leukemia, lymphoma and myeloma research, education and treatment fund; authorizes the commissioner of taxation and finance to create a check-off gift on individual income tax returns for contributions to leukemia, lymphoma and myeloma research, education and treatment.

## Version chain

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

1. **A4481** (committee substitute) — [source](http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?sh=printbill&bn=A4481&term=2019&Text=Y)

## Votes

- Floor Vote — **62–0** (pass) · upper
- Assembly Vote — **140–7** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- CUSICK — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-02-04** REFERRED TO HEALTH `referral-committee`
- **2019-02-28** REPORTED REFERRED TO WAYS AND MEANS `referral-committee`
- **2019-05-30** REPORTED
- **2019-05-30** ADVANCED TO THIRD READING CAL.502
- **2019-06-04** PASSED ASSEMBLY `passage`
- **2019-06-04** DELIVERED TO SENATE
- **2019-06-04** REFERRED TO RULES `referral-committee`
- **2019-06-19** SUBSTITUTED FOR S4423
- **2019-06-19** 3RD READING CAL.1768
- **2019-06-19** PASSED SENATE `passage`
- **2019-06-19** RETURNED TO ASSEMBLY
- **2019-09-13** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
- **2019-09-13** SIGNED CHAP.266 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/58f320e1-0603-45a2-a489-aa2de7f5b174`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New York legislature records).