republic-os/legislation/us/states/ny/2019-2020/s-8247.md

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Bill	Authorizes the use of supplemental nutrition assistance program benefits to purchase online groceries and relates to the state supplemental nutrition assistance program outreach program	Authorizes the use of supplemental nutrition assistance program benefits to purchase online groceries in accordance with federal laws and regulations and relates to the state supplemental nutrition assistance program outreach program.	us/states/ny	New York Legislature	2019-2020	S 8247	New York S 8247 (2019-2020)	bill		enacted	KAMINSKY	2	15	4	2020-04-27	2020-12-15	openstates	ocd-bill/2198d198-c1e5-4c00-97c6-9cb0964960b3	http://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2019/S8247	4ef11756abf43539fc1c8e151152fa1c73164b779ff223204022b60e6d8a9d8c	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ny

New York S 8247 (2019-2020) — Authorizes the use of supplemental nutrition assistance program benefits to purchase online groceries and relates to the state supplemental nutrition assistance program outreach program

Authorizes the use of supplemental nutrition assistance program benefits to purchase online groceries in accordance with federal laws and regulations and relates to the state supplemental nutrition assistance program outreach program.

Version chain

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

1. S8247 (committee substitute) — source
2. S8247A (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• Floor Vote - Version: A — 59–1 (pass) · upper
• Assembly Vote — 137–4 (pass) · lower
• Rules Vote - Version: A — 19–0 (pass) · upper
• Social Services Vote - Version: A — 7–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• KAMINSKY — primary (person)
• ADDABBO — cosponsor (person)
• BOYLE — cosponsor (person)
• FELDER — cosponsor (person)
• GAUGHRAN — cosponsor (person)
• GOUNARDES — cosponsor (person)
• HOYLMAN — cosponsor (person)
• KAPLAN — cosponsor (person)
• KENNEDY — cosponsor (person)
• LITTLE — cosponsor (person)
• LIU — cosponsor (person)
• MAY — cosponsor (person)
• ORTT — cosponsor (person)
• PARKER — cosponsor (person)
• PERSAUD — cosponsor (person)
• SEPULVEDA — cosponsor (person)
• THOMAS — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2020-04-27 REFERRED TO SOCIAL SERVICES referral-committee
• 2020-06-04 AMEND AND RECOMMIT TO SOCIAL SERVICES referral-committee, amendment-passage
• 2020-06-04 PRINT NUMBER 8247A amendment-passage
• 2020-07-21 REPORTED AND COMMITTED TO RULES referral-committee
• 2020-07-22 ORDERED TO THIRD READING CAL.989
• 2020-07-22 PASSED SENATE passage
• 2020-07-22 DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY
• 2020-07-22 REFERRED TO WAYS AND MEANS referral-committee
• 2020-07-23 SUBSTITUTED FOR A10673
• 2020-07-23 ORDERED TO THIRD READING RULES CAL.276
• 2020-07-23 PASSED ASSEMBLY passage
• 2020-07-23 RETURNED TO SENATE
• 2020-12-03 DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR executive-receipt
• 2020-12-15 SIGNED CHAP.342 executive-signature
• 2020-12-15 APPROVAL MEMO.46

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/2198d198-c1e5-4c00-97c6-9cb0964960b3. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New York legislature records).