---
type: "Bill"
title: "Prohibits residential and commercial properties from operating digital billboards or signs that use flashing, intermittent or moving lights near certain Mitchell-Lama housing"
description: "Prohibits residential and commercial properties from operating digital billboards or signs that use flashing, intermittent or moving lights near certain Mitchell-Lama housing within a city with a population of one million or more."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ny"
legislature: "New York Legislature"
session: "2023-2024"
identifier: "S 1931"
citation: "New York S 1931 (2023-2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Jamaal Bailey"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 17
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2023-01-17"
last_action: "2023-12-22"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b988dbf3-8f03-49d8-91b7-91806dd93e28"
source_url: "http://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2023/S1931"
source_hash: "5aa14af5bed828c4dcabbb0ecb974ee92050a8209c1a588642fe15b3194bda47"
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 1931 (2023-2024) — Prohibits residential and commercial properties from operating digital billboards or signs that use flashing, intermittent or moving lights near certain Mitchell-Lama housing

Prohibits residential and commercial properties from operating digital billboards or signs that use flashing, intermittent or moving lights near certain Mitchell-Lama housing within a city with a population of one million or more.

## Version chain

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

1. **S1931** (committee substitute) — [source](http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?sh=printbill&bn=S1931&term=2023&Text=Y)
2. **S1931A** (committee substitute) — [source](http://legislation.nysenate.gov/pdf/bills/2023/S1931A)
3. **S1931B** (committee substitute) — [source](http://legislation.nysenate.gov/pdf/bills/2023/S1931B)

## Votes

- Assembly Vote — **140–0** (pass) · lower
- Floor Vote - Version: B — **61–0** (pass) · upper
- Rules Vote - Version: B — **21–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Jamaal Bailey — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-01-17** REFERRED TO CONSUMER PROTECTION `referral-committee`
- **2023-05-31** AMEND (T) AND RECOMMIT TO CONSUMER PROTECTION `amendment-passage, referral-committee`
- **2023-05-31** PRINT NUMBER 1931A `amendment-passage`
- **2023-06-01** AMEND (T) AND RECOMMIT TO CONSUMER PROTECTION `amendment-passage, referral-committee`
- **2023-06-01** PRINT NUMBER 1931B `amendment-passage`
- **2023-06-07** COMMITTEE DISCHARGED AND COMMITTED TO RULES `referral-committee`
- **2023-06-07** ORDERED TO THIRD READING CAL.1663
- **2023-06-07** PASSED SENATE `passage`
- **2023-06-07** DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY
- **2023-06-07** REFERRED TO TRANSPORTATION `referral-committee`
- **2023-06-10** SUBSTITUTED FOR A7456A
- **2023-06-10** ORDERED TO THIRD READING RULES CAL.841
- **2023-06-10** PASSED ASSEMBLY `passage`
- **2023-06-10** RETURNED TO SENATE
- **2023-12-12** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
- **2023-12-22** SIGNED CHAP.756 `executive-signature`
- **2023-12-22** APPROVAL MEMO.78

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/b988dbf3-8f03-49d8-91b7-91806dd93e28`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New York legislature records).