---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relates to establishing a historic business preservation registry"
description: "Establishes a historic business preservation registry to serve as an educational and promotional tool to recognize historic community-serving businesses as valuable cultural assets."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ny"
legislature: "New York Legislature"
session: "2019-2020"
identifier: "S 7274"
citation: "New York S 7274 (2019-2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["SERRANO"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 16
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2020-01-15"
last_action: "2020-10-07"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/4eff1a1c-5c0f-4ef9-832a-5e632b92ee46"
source_url: "http://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2019/S7274"
source_hash: "086240d8ece26e60a215ef4b66f725bcca26c533d4c5bc3e5676e977abf1f179"
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 7274 (2019-2020) — Relates to establishing a historic business preservation registry

Establishes a historic business preservation registry to serve as an educational and promotional tool to recognize historic community-serving businesses as valuable cultural assets.

## Version chain

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

1. **S7274** (committee substitute) — [source](http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?sh=printbill&bn=S7274&term=2019&Text=Y)
2. **S7274A** (committee substitute) — [source](http://legislation.nysenate.gov/pdf/bills/2019/S7274A)
3. **S7274B** (committee substitute) — [source](http://legislation.nysenate.gov/pdf/bills/2019/S7274B)

## Votes

- Assembly Vote — **142–0** (pass) · lower
- Floor Vote - Version: B — **60–0** (pass) · upper
- Cultural Affairs, Tourism, Parks And Recreation Vote - Version: A — **7–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- SERRANO — primary (person)
- GAUGHRAN — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2020-01-15** REFERRED TO CULTURAL AFFAIRS, TOURISM, PARKS AND RECREATION `referral-committee`
- **2020-02-14** AMEND AND RECOMMIT TO CULTURAL AFFAIRS, TOURISM, PARKS AND RECREATION `referral-committee, amendment-passage`
- **2020-02-14** PRINT NUMBER 7274A `amendment-passage`
- **2020-02-25** 1ST REPORT CAL.450
- **2020-02-26** 2ND REPORT CAL.
- **2020-02-27** ADVANCED TO THIRD READING
- **2020-03-02** AMENDED ON THIRD READING 7274B `amendment-passage`
- **2020-07-21** PASSED SENATE `passage`
- **2020-07-21** DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY
- **2020-07-21** REFERRED TO TOURISM, PARKS, ARTS AND SPORTS DEVELOPMENT `referral-committee`
- **2020-07-21** SUBSTITUTED FOR A8873A
- **2020-07-21** ORDERED TO THIRD READING CAL.475
- **2020-07-21** PASSED ASSEMBLY `passage`
- **2020-07-21** RETURNED TO SENATE
- **2020-09-25** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
- **2020-10-07** SIGNED CHAP.241 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/4eff1a1c-5c0f-4ef9-832a-5e632b92ee46`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New York legislature records).