---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relates to designating a small business liaison"
description: "Provides that the departments of agriculture and markets, environmental conservation, labor, transportation and taxation and finance shall designate an existing employee to serve as its liaison to small businesses regulated by such agency; provides the duties of such small business liaison."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ny"
legislature: "New York Legislature"
session: "2021-2022"
identifier: "S 33"
citation: "New York S 33 (2021-2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["KAPLAN"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 13
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2021-01-06"
last_action: "2021-12-01"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a6b9a21a-d30e-442a-9a8c-30c33a868ab4"
source_url: "http://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2021/S33"
source_hash: "0fb0aa743904719a7ca638cab62143ad07afe26fd2ca5dea8c5a3beb03643832"
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 33 (2021-2022) — Relates to designating a small business liaison

Provides that the departments of agriculture and markets, environmental conservation, labor, transportation and taxation and finance shall designate an existing employee to serve as its liaison to small businesses regulated by such agency; provides the duties of such small business liaison.

## Version chain

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

1. **S33** (committee substitute) — [source](http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?sh=printbill&bn=S33&term=2021&Text=Y)

## Votes

- Commerce, Economic Development And Small Business Vote — **9–0** (pass) · upper
- Assembly Vote — **147–0** (pass) · lower
- Floor Vote — **63–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- KAPLAN — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-01-06** REFERRED TO COMMERCE, ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND SMALL BUSINESS `referral-committee`
- **2021-02-24** 1ST REPORT CAL.429
- **2021-03-01** 2ND REPORT CAL.
- **2021-03-02** ADVANCED TO THIRD READING
- **2021-03-09** PASSED SENATE `passage`
- **2021-03-09** DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY
- **2021-03-09** REFERRED TO GOVERNMENTAL OPERATIONS `referral-committee`
- **2021-06-02** SUBSTITUTED FOR A3456
- **2021-06-02** ORDERED TO THIRD READING RULES CAL.303
- **2021-06-02** PASSED ASSEMBLY `passage`
- **2021-06-02** RETURNED TO SENATE
- **2021-11-19** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
- **2021-12-01** SIGNED CHAP.641 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/a6b9a21a-d30e-442a-9a8c-30c33a868ab4`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New York legislature records).