---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relates to the accreditation of agencies examining latent fingerprints"
description: "Relates to the accreditation of agencies examining latent fingerprints."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ny"
legislature: "New York Legislature"
session: "2021-2022"
identifier: "A 7679"
citation: "New York A 7679 (2021-2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["DINOWITZ"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 14
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2021-05-19"
last_action: "2021-07-01"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/6693b6a9-f8ef-47e4-9ad9-d6587b7ab156"
source_url: "http://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2021/A7679"
source_hash: "84d1b809666e8b46bd66e0e612c43e5bb7d5e778131b2c520ea6003249e8fd62"
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 7679 (2021-2022) — Relates to the accreditation of agencies examining latent fingerprints

Relates to the accreditation of agencies examining latent fingerprints.

## Version chain

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

1. **A7679** (committee substitute) — [source](http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?sh=printbill&bn=A7679&term=2021&Text=Y)

## Votes

- Assembly Vote — **148–0** (pass) · lower
- Floor Vote — **61–2** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- DINOWITZ — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-05-19** REFERRED TO CODES `referral-committee`
- **2021-05-25** REPORTED REFERRED TO RULES `referral-committee`
- **2021-06-02** REPORTED
- **2021-06-02** RULES REPORT CAL.395
- **2021-06-02** ORDERED TO THIRD READING RULES CAL.395
- **2021-06-03** PASSED ASSEMBLY `passage`
- **2021-06-03** DELIVERED TO SENATE
- **2021-06-03** REFERRED TO RULES `referral-committee`
- **2021-06-07** SUBSTITUTED FOR S7098
- **2021-06-07** 3RD READING CAL.1470
- **2021-06-07** PASSED SENATE `passage`
- **2021-06-07** RETURNED TO ASSEMBLY
- **2021-06-24** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
- **2021-07-01** SIGNED CHAP.209 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/6693b6a9-f8ef-47e4-9ad9-d6587b7ab156`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New York legislature records).