---
type: "Bill"
title: "Directs the president of the civil service commission to study and publish a report evaluating wage disparities among public employers"
description: "Directs the president of the civil service commission to study and publish a report evaluating public employers' wage disparities related to the job titles segregated by the gender, race and/or national origin of the employees in the title."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ny"
legislature: "New York Legislature"
session: "2017-2018"
identifier: "A 2549"
citation: "New York A 2549 (2017-2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["LIFTON"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 18
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2017-01-20"
last_action: "2018-12-07"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c903f00e-29b4-4048-b1e8-e867f591e272"
source_url: "http://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2017/A2549"
source_hash: "2519e0bf78f00ef6a1382013b0058ef5a3ce204635d1067138ee0efef23d1b3b"
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 2549 (2017-2018) — Directs the president of the civil service commission to study and publish a report evaluating wage disparities among public employers

Directs the president of the civil service commission to study and publish a report evaluating public employers' wage disparities related to the job titles segregated by the gender, race and/or national origin of the employees in the title.

## Version chain

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

1. **A2549 HTML** (committee substitute) — [source](http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?sh=printbill&bn=A2549&term=2017&Text=Y)
2. **A2549 PDF** (committee substitute) — [source](http://legislation.nysenate.gov/pdf/bills/2017/A2549)

## Votes

- Assembly Vote - Vote 2 — **99–33** (pass) · lower
- Assembly Vote — **100–39** (pass) · lower
- Floor Vote — **59–2** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- LIFTON — primary (person)
- AUBRY — cosponsor (person)
- BARRETT — cosponsor (person)
- COLTON — cosponsor (person)
- CRESPO — cosponsor (person)
- ENGLEBRIGHT — cosponsor (person)
- ESPINAL — cosponsor (person)
- GOTTFRIED R — cosponsor (person)
- HEVESI — cosponsor (person)
- JAFFEE — cosponsor (person)
- JENNE — cosponsor (person)
- ORTIZ — cosponsor (person)
- OTIS — cosponsor (person)
- SEAWRIGHT — cosponsor (person)
- WALKER — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-01-20** REFERRED TO GOVERNMENTAL EMPLOYEES `referral-committee`
- **2017-03-22** REPORTED
- **2017-03-23** ADVANCED TO THIRD READING CAL.154
- **2017-04-04** PASSED ASSEMBLY `passage`
- **2017-04-04** DELIVERED TO SENATE
- **2017-04-04** REFERRED TO CIVIL SERVICE AND PENSIONS `referral-committee`
- **2018-01-03** DIED IN SENATE
- **2018-01-03** RETURNED TO ASSEMBLY
- **2018-01-03** ORDERED TO THIRD READING CAL.204
- **2018-04-16** PASSED ASSEMBLY `passage`
- **2018-04-16** DELIVERED TO SENATE
- **2018-04-16** REFERRED TO CIVIL SERVICE AND PENSIONS `referral-committee`
- **2018-06-06** SUBSTITUTED FOR S3262
- **2018-06-06** 3RD READING CAL.1545
- **2018-06-06** PASSED SENATE `passage`
- **2018-06-06** RETURNED TO ASSEMBLY
- **2018-11-26** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
- **2018-12-07** SIGNED CHAP.403 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/c903f00e-29b4-4048-b1e8-e867f591e272`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New York legislature records).