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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Relates to certain provisions on elevator licensing and temporary elevator mechanics"
+description: "Relates to certain provisions on elevator licensing and temporary elevator mechanics; relates to civil penalties for unlicensed mechanics; clarifies inspection provisions."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/ny"
+legislature: "New York Legislature"
+session: "2025-2026"
+identifier: "S 7944"
+citation: "New York S 7944 (2025-2026)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Jessica Ramos"]
+version_count: 2
+action_count: 21
+vote_count: 4
+first_action: "2025-05-14"
+last_action: "2025-12-12"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/1663b74c-d658-4667-aa07-0ac051db2def"
+source_url: "http://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2025/S7944"
+source_hash: "7402737d539903d388599d470e5ee1f92d5a0bf79870efc0592e85cf2e1bbda5"
+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 S 7944 (2025-2026) — Relates to certain provisions on elevator licensing and temporary elevator mechanics
+
+Relates to certain provisions on elevator licensing and temporary elevator mechanics; relates to civil penalties for unlicensed mechanics; clarifies inspection provisions.
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **S7944** (committee substitute) — [source](http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?sh=printbill&bn=S7944&term=2025&Text=Y)
+2. **S7944A** (committee substitute) — [source](http://legislation.nysenate.gov/pdf/bills/2025/S7944A)
+
+## Votes
+
+- Floor Vote - Version: A — **57–2** (pass) · upper
+- Assembly Vote — **144–0** (pass) · lower
+- Labor Vote — **13–0** (pass) · upper
+- Floor Vote — **56–4** (pass) · upper
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Jessica Ramos — primary (person)
+- Christopher Ryan — cosponsor (person)
+- Jessica Scarcella-Spanton — cosponsor (person)
+- Robert Jackson — cosponsor (person)
+- Sean Ryan — cosponsor (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2025-05-14** REFERRED TO LABOR `referral-committee`
+- **2025-05-27** 1ST REPORT CAL.1300
+- **2025-05-28** 2ND REPORT CAL.
+- **2025-05-29** ADVANCED TO THIRD READING
+- **2025-06-05** PASSED SENATE `passage`
+- **2025-06-05** DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY
+- **2025-06-05** REFERRED TO CODES `referral-committee`
+- **2025-06-09** RECALLED FROM ASSEMBLY
+- **2025-06-09** RETURNED TO SENATE
+- **2025-06-09** VOTE RECONSIDERED - RESTORED TO THIRD READING
+- **2025-06-09** AMENDED ON THIRD READING 7944A `amendment-passage`
+- **2025-06-12** REPASSED SENATE `passage`
+- **2025-06-12** RETURNED TO ASSEMBLY
+- **2025-06-12** REFERRED TO CODES `referral-committee`
+- **2025-06-16** SUBSTITUTED FOR A8032A
+- **2025-06-16** ORDERED TO THIRD READING RULES CAL.819
+- **2025-06-16** PASSED ASSEMBLY `passage`
+- **2025-06-16** RETURNED TO SENATE
+- **2025-12-08** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
+- **2025-12-12** SIGNED CHAP.640 `executive-signature`
+- **2025-12-12** APPROVAL MEMO.26
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/1663b74c-d658-4667-aa07-0ac051db2def`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New York legislature records).
+