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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Replaces all instances of the words councilman or councilmen with the words council member or council members"
+description: "Replaces all instances of the words councilman or councilmen with the words council member or council members."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/ny"
+legislature: "New York Legislature"
+session: "2021-2022"
+identifier: "A 8272"
+citation: "New York A 8272 (2021-2022)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["WOERNER"]
+version_count: 2
+action_count: 15
+vote_count: 2
+first_action: "2021-08-25"
+last_action: "2022-08-17"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/3b3c1764-f5d9-48f3-8403-093a46ee011c"
+source_url: "http://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2021/A8272"
+source_hash: "9ee30a0e801c9dd0389a09651224e07a7946cb5ee9b9e37f7be8ea184f9c4da4"
+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 A 8272 (2021-2022) — Replaces all instances of the words councilman or councilmen with the words council member or council members
+
+Replaces all instances of the words councilman or councilmen with the words council member or council members.
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **A8272** (committee substitute) — [source](http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?sh=printbill&bn=A8272&term=2021&Text=Y)
+2. **A8272A** (committee substitute) — [source](http://legislation.nysenate.gov/pdf/bills/2021/A8272A)
+
+## Votes
+
+- Assembly Vote — **138–5** (pass) · lower
+- Floor Vote - Version: A — **61–0** (pass) · upper
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- WOERNER — primary (person)
+- ABINANTI — cosponsor (person)
+- BARRETT — cosponsor (person)
+- BRONSON — cosponsor (person)
+- DINOWITZ — cosponsor (person)
+- ENGLEBRIGHT — cosponsor (person)
+- GALEF — cosponsor (person)
+- GLICK — cosponsor (person)
+- GOTTFRIED — cosponsor (person)
+- GRIFFIN — cosponsor (person)
+- GUNTHER — cosponsor (person)
+- JACOBSON — cosponsor (person)
+- JONES — cosponsor (person)
+- KELLES — cosponsor (person)
+- LAWLER — cosponsor (person)
+- LUNSFORD — cosponsor (person)
+- MAGNARELLI — cosponsor (person)
+- MCDONALD — cosponsor (person)
+- O'DONNELL — cosponsor (person)
+- OTIS — cosponsor (person)
+- ROSENTHAL L — cosponsor (person)
+- ROZIC — cosponsor (person)
+- SEAWRIGHT — cosponsor (person)
+- SIMON — cosponsor (person)
+- SMITH — cosponsor (person)
+- STECK — cosponsor (person)
+- STIRPE — cosponsor (person)
+- THIELE — cosponsor (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2021-08-25** REFERRED TO LOCAL GOVERNMENTS `referral-committee`
+- **2021-09-15** AMEND AND RECOMMIT TO LOCAL GOVERNMENTS `amendment-passage, referral-committee`
+- **2021-09-15** PRINT NUMBER 8272A `amendment-passage`
+- **2022-01-05** REFERRED TO LOCAL GOVERNMENTS `referral-committee`
+- **2022-01-19** REPORTED
+- **2022-01-20** ADVANCED TO THIRD READING CAL.296
+- **2022-01-25** PASSED ASSEMBLY `passage`
+- **2022-01-25** DELIVERED TO SENATE
+- **2022-01-25** REFERRED TO CITIES 2 `referral-committee`
+- **2022-05-18** SUBSTITUTED FOR S7389
+- **2022-05-18** 3RD READING CAL.1162
+- **2022-05-18** PASSED SENATE `passage`
+- **2022-05-18** RETURNED TO ASSEMBLY
+- **2022-08-05** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
+- **2022-08-17** SIGNED CHAP.513 `executive-signature`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/3b3c1764-f5d9-48f3-8403-093a46ee011c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New York legislature records).
+