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legislation/us/states/ny/2023-2024/a-8537.md

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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Relates to the capital access program"
+description: "Relates to the capital access program; focuses on minority and women-owned business enterprises and small businesses located in highly distressed areas to assist them in processing and being approved for qualifying program loans; requires the engagement in outreach and marketing to financial institutions to increase awareness of the program."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/ny"
+legislature: "New York Legislature"
+session: "2023-2024"
+identifier: "A 8537"
+citation: "New York A 8537 (2023-2024)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Pamela J. Hunter"]
+version_count: 1
+action_count: 12
+vote_count: 2
+first_action: "2024-01-08"
+last_action: "2024-02-07"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/624e9a17-e7ba-4822-a113-3c3a2b9a11b1"
+source_url: "http://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2023/A8537"
+source_hash: "084c0a9c521e718abeeca1cf761236b3a5398cbea15b873f12f88ff03e71e922"
+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 8537 (2023-2024) — Relates to the capital access program
+
+Relates to the capital access program; focuses on minority and women-owned business enterprises and small businesses located in highly distressed areas to assist them in processing and being approved for qualifying program loans; requires the engagement in outreach and marketing to financial institutions to increase awareness of the program.
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **A8537** (committee substitute) — [source](http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?sh=printbill&bn=A8537&term=2023&Text=Y)
+
+## Votes
+
+- Floor Vote — **61–0** (pass) · upper
+- Assembly Vote — **148–0** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Pamela J. Hunter — primary (person)
+- Nader Sayegh — cosponsor (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2024-01-08** REFERRED TO BANKS `referral-committee`
+- **2024-01-16** REPORTED
+- **2024-01-18** ADVANCED TO THIRD READING CAL.249
+- **2024-01-23** PASSED ASSEMBLY `passage`
+- **2024-01-23** DELIVERED TO SENATE
+- **2024-01-23** REFERRED TO RULES `referral-committee`
+- **2024-01-31** SUBSTITUTED FOR S8094
+- **2024-01-31** 3RD READING CAL.73
+- **2024-01-31** PASSED SENATE `passage`
+- **2024-01-31** RETURNED TO ASSEMBLY
+- **2024-02-07** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
+- **2024-02-07** SIGNED CHAP.41 `executive-signature`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/624e9a17-e7ba-4822-a113-3c3a2b9a11b1`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New York legislature records).
+