---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relates to taxation of mead and mead products"
description: "Includes mead in various alcohol taxes and licenses."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ny"
legislature: "New York Legislature"
session: "2019-2020"
identifier: "S 1263"
citation: "New York S 1263 (2019-2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["METZGER"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 11
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2019-01-11"
last_action: "2019-08-29"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/bd65a377-03aa-47f3-b8ef-5e7c398c624c"
source_url: "http://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2019/S1263"
source_hash: "3b66f49f255fd3c6635d24a162ce160139c9c4998170d37ac086db3a24d178f1"
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 1263 (2019-2020) — Relates to taxation of mead and mead products

Includes mead in various alcohol taxes and licenses.

## Version chain

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

1. **S1263** (committee substitute) — [source](http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?sh=printbill&bn=S1263&term=2019&Text=Y)

## Votes

- Rules Vote — **18–0** (pass) · upper
- Floor Vote — **61–0** (pass) · upper
- Assembly Vote — **145–2** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- METZGER — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-01-11** REFERRED TO RULES `referral-committee`
- **2019-01-14** ORDERED TO THIRD READING CAL.17
- **2019-01-15** PASSED SENATE `passage`
- **2019-01-15** DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY
- **2019-01-15** REFERRED TO ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT `referral-committee`
- **2019-03-27** SUBSTITUTED FOR A3635
- **2019-03-27** ORDERED TO THIRD READING CAL.155
- **2019-03-27** PASSED ASSEMBLY `passage`
- **2019-03-27** RETURNED TO SENATE
- **2019-08-23** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
- **2019-08-29** SIGNED CHAP.198 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/bd65a377-03aa-47f3-b8ef-5e7c398c624c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New York legislature records).