---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relates to including the promotion and expansion of cricket in the state of New York"
description: "Relates to including the promotion and expansion of cricket in the state of New York and to the authorization of the department of economic development to give a preference to any tourist promotion agency that is promoting the sport of cricket."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ny"
legislature: "New York Legislature"
session: "2021-2022"
identifier: "S 7720"
citation: "New York S 7720 (2021-2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["THOMAS"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 11
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2022-01-07"
last_action: "2022-02-24"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/96e7cfe8-d160-48b9-932a-37176e53fbcd"
source_url: "http://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2021/S7720"
source_hash: "9431bac2678b14652e11d0e5c46c92d9986a02467ded02c3d535938d4c99ac04"
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 7720 (2021-2022) — Relates to including the promotion and expansion of cricket in the state of New York

Relates to including the promotion and expansion of cricket in the state of New York and to the authorization of the department of economic development to give a preference to any tourist promotion agency that is promoting the sport of cricket.

## Version chain

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

1. **S7720** (committee substitute) — [source](http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?sh=printbill&bn=S7720&term=2021&Text=Y)

## Votes

- Rules Vote — **19–1** (pass) · upper
- Assembly Vote — **144–1** (pass) · lower
- Rules Vote — **19–1** (pass) · upper
- Floor Vote — **61–2** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- THOMAS — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-01-07** REFERRED TO RULES `referral-committee`
- **2022-01-10** ORDERED TO THIRD READING CAL.48
- **2022-01-19** PASSED SENATE `passage`
- **2022-01-19** DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY
- **2022-01-19** REFERRED TO TOURISM, PARKS, ARTS AND SPORTS DEVELOPMENT `referral-committee`
- **2022-01-31** SUBSTITUTED FOR A8692
- **2022-01-31** ORDERED TO THIRD READING CAL.313
- **2022-01-31** PASSED ASSEMBLY `passage`
- **2022-01-31** RETURNED TO SENATE
- **2022-02-24** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
- **2022-02-24** SIGNED CHAP.86 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/96e7cfe8-d160-48b9-932a-37176e53fbcd`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New York legislature records).