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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Requires the council on the arts to have members from each of the ten regions of the state"
+description: "Requires the council on the arts to have members from each of the ten regions of the state; allows members appointed prior to the effective date to complete the natural end of their term before appointments shall be made in accordance with such requirement."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/ny"
+legislature: "New York Legislature"
+session: "2023-2024"
+identifier: "A 8978"
+citation: "New York A 8978 (2023-2024)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Carrie Woerner"]
+version_count: 2
+action_count: 15
+vote_count: 2
+first_action: "2024-01-31"
+last_action: "2024-12-21"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/18c418d5-bee9-443a-8d9b-dd82f9b99942"
+source_url: "http://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2023/A8978"
+source_hash: "579217d697db5a892e9e3a3be4a1b326bd75e213f6604d8f8499a6003ad3186e"
+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 8978 (2023-2024) — Requires the council on the arts to have members from each of the ten regions of the state
+
+Requires the council on the arts to have members from each of the ten regions of the state; allows members appointed prior to the effective date to complete the natural end of their term before appointments shall be made in accordance with such requirement.
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **A8978** (committee substitute) — [source](http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?sh=printbill&bn=A8978&term=2023&Text=Y)
+2. **A8978A** (committee substitute) — [source](http://legislation.nysenate.gov/pdf/bills/2023/A8978A)
+
+## Votes
+
+- Floor Vote - Version: A — **61–0** (pass) · upper
+- Assembly Vote — **144–0** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Carrie Woerner — primary (person)
+- Aileen Gunther — cosponsor (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2024-01-31** REFERRED TO TOURISM, PARKS, ARTS AND SPORTS DEVELOPMENT `referral-committee`
+- **2024-04-12** AMEND AND RECOMMIT TO TOURISM, PARKS, ARTS AND SPORTS DEVELOPMENT `amendment-passage, referral-committee`
+- **2024-04-12** PRINT NUMBER 8978A `amendment-passage`
+- **2024-04-16** REPORTED
+- **2024-05-02** ADVANCED TO THIRD READING CAL.433
+- **2024-05-06** PASSED ASSEMBLY `passage`
+- **2024-05-06** DELIVERED TO SENATE
+- **2024-05-06** REFERRED TO CULTURAL AFFAIRS, TOURISM, PARKS AND RECREATION `referral-committee`
+- **2024-06-04** SUBSTITUTED FOR S7296A
+- **2024-06-04** 3RD READING CAL.1133
+- **2024-06-04** PASSED SENATE `passage`
+- **2024-06-04** RETURNED TO ASSEMBLY
+- **2024-12-12** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
+- **2024-12-21** SIGNED CHAP.629 `executive-signature`
+- **2024-12-21** APPROVAL MEMO.66
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/18c418d5-bee9-443a-8d9b-dd82f9b99942`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New York legislature records).
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