---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relates to general powers and duties of the commissioner of labor"
description: "Relates to general powers and duties of the commissioner of labor; requires the department of labor to publish a catalogue of workforce development funding programs."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ny"
legislature: "New York Legislature"
session: "2017-2018"
identifier: "A 1956"
citation: "New York A 1956 (2017-2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["BRONSON"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 14
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2017-01-17"
last_action: "2017-12-18"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/76ce1d95-ed62-4004-8c45-91838b84237f"
source_url: "http://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2017/A1956"
source_hash: "9beb4df74acf92a8b2c0e13b8c0ddd4713faaba47a532fab4d61c0fd0850296b"
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 1956 (2017-2018) — Relates to general powers and duties of the commissioner of labor

Relates to general powers and duties of the commissioner of labor; requires the department of labor to publish a catalogue of workforce development funding programs.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **A1956 HTML** (committee substitute) — [source](http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?sh=printbill&bn=A1956&term=2017&Text=Y)
2. **A1956 PDF** (committee substitute) — [source](http://legislation.nysenate.gov/pdf/bills/2017/A1956)

## Votes

- Assembly Vote — **132–2** (pass) · lower
- Floor Vote — **62–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- BRONSON — primary (person)
- CARROLL — cosponsor (person)
- COLTON — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2017-01-17** REFERRED TO LABOR `referral-committee`
- **2017-04-25** REPORTED REFERRED TO WAYS AND MEANS `referral-committee`
- **2017-05-16** REPORTED
- **2017-05-18** ADVANCED TO THIRD READING CAL.387
- **2017-05-24** PASSED ASSEMBLY `passage`
- **2017-05-24** DELIVERED TO SENATE
- **2017-05-24** REFERRED TO LABOR `referral-committee`
- **2017-06-07** SUBSTITUTED FOR S3789
- **2017-06-07** 3RD READING CAL.520
- **2017-06-07** PASSED SENATE `passage`
- **2017-06-07** RETURNED TO ASSEMBLY
- **2017-12-06** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
- **2017-12-18** SIGNED CHAP.458 `executive-signature`
- **2017-12-18** APPROVAL MEMO.34

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/76ce1d95-ed62-4004-8c45-91838b84237f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New York legislature records).