---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relates to the use of pesticides to protect livestock and farm property against Asian longhorned ticks"
description: "Provides for recommendations on the effective use of pesticides to protect livestock and farm property against Asian longhorned ticks."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ny"
legislature: "New York Legislature"
session: "2019-2020"
identifier: "S 6966"
citation: "New York S 6966 (2019-2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["METZGER"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 12
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2020-01-06"
last_action: "2020-04-17"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/38521548-bd22-416d-859c-380d0bfd152b"
source_url: "http://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2019/S6966"
source_hash: "c4cda63353ca6ee9c88c957e6bed4a00743c0d7f6b5dc901fa1e1a86694c789d"
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 6966 (2019-2020) — Relates to the use of pesticides to protect livestock and farm property against Asian longhorned ticks

Provides for recommendations on the effective use of pesticides to protect livestock and farm property against Asian longhorned ticks.

## Version chain

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

1. **S6966** (committee substitute) — [source](http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?sh=printbill&bn=S6966&term=2019&Text=Y)

## Votes

- Rules Vote — **18–0** (pass) · upper
- Assembly Vote — **138–0** (pass) · lower
- Floor Vote — **61–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- METZGER — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2020-01-06** REFERRED TO RULES `referral-committee`
- **2020-01-08** REFERRED TO RULES `referral-committee`
- **2020-01-09** ORDERED TO THIRD READING CAL.45
- **2020-01-15** PASSED SENATE `passage`
- **2020-01-15** DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY
- **2020-01-15** REFERRED TO AGRICULTURE `referral-committee`
- **2020-03-04** SUBSTITUTED FOR A9742
- **2020-03-04** ORDERED TO THIRD READING CAL.446
- **2020-03-04** PASSED ASSEMBLY `passage`
- **2020-03-04** RETURNED TO SENATE
- **2020-04-17** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
- **2020-04-17** SIGNED CHAP.67 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/38521548-bd22-416d-859c-380d0bfd152b`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New York legislature records).