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NY S 4697

in committee

Creates the Checkout NY pass

New York · 2025-2026 Regular Session · upper

Quick answers

Did NY S 4697 pass?

Not yet. NY S 4697 is in committee as of 2026-06-05 and has not come to a final vote. Latest recorded action (2026-06-05): COMMITTED TO RULES

What is NY S 4697 about?

Creates the "Checkout NY" pass, a comprehensive pass that allows for free or discounted use of state parks, historic sites and recreational facilities; provides one such pass to each consolidated, federated and cooperative public library system within the state free of charge for circulation.

Who sponsors NY S 4697?

Cordell Cleare is the primary sponsor of NY S 4697.

Description

Creates the "Checkout NY" pass, a comprehensive pass that allows for free or discounted use of state parks, historic sites and recreational facilities; provides one such pass to each consolidated, federated and cooperative public library system within the state free of charge for circulation.

Introduced
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Latest action
2026-06-05 — COMMITTED TO RULES
Bill type
bill
Last updated
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Sponsors

  • Cordell Cleareprimary

Committees

Not provided by source.

Action timeline

  1. 2025-02-11

    REFERRED TO CULTURAL AFFAIRS, TOURISM, PARKS AND RECREATION

    referral-committee

  2. 2026-01-07

    REFERRED TO CULTURAL AFFAIRS, TOURISM, PARKS AND RECREATION

    referral-committee

  3. 2026-05-19

    1ST REPORT CAL.1219

  4. 2026-05-20

    2ND REPORT CAL.

  5. 2026-05-21

    ADVANCED TO THIRD READING

  6. 2026-06-05

    COMMITTED TO RULES

    referral-committee

Versions

Documents

Votes

  • Cultural Affairs, Tourism, Parks And Recreation Vote

    2026-05-19 · pass · 7-0

    Member-level votes (7)
    • April Baskin: yes
    • Jeremy Cooney: yes
    • Pamela Helming: yes
    • Michelle Hinchey: yes
    • Jessica Scarcella-Spanton: yes
    • José M. Serrano: yes
    • James Tedisco: yes

Related bills

  • Prior session: S 5956not in this corpus
  • Companion bill: A 4909

Official source

https://legislation.nysenate.gov/api/3/bills/2025-2026/S4697?summary=&detail=

Attribution

Data from openstates_bulk_csv, retrieved 2026-07-24T05:28:30.722574Z

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