---
type: "Bill"
title: "Requires the secretary of state to compile, make public and keep current certain information on persons subjected to section 73-a of the public officers law and who hold policy-making positions"
description: "Requires the secretary of state to compile, make public and keep current certain information on persons subjected to section 73-a of the public officers law and who hold policy-making positions; further requires the secretary of state to post such information on the department of state website."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ny"
legislature: "New York Legislature"
session: "2017-2018"
identifier: "A 5487"
citation: "New York A 5487 (2017-2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["SEAWRIGHT"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 18
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2017-02-09"
last_action: "2018-12-21"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/fa8287bf-cda7-4e0a-909a-94703636412d"
source_url: "http://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2017/A5487"
source_hash: "e39035edd9509b845ebd7fc0830d193f0f6ba530d5c759ff4e16c08b087f9638"
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 5487 (2017-2018) — Requires the secretary of state to compile, make public and keep current certain information on persons subjected to section 73-a of the public officers law and who hold policy-making positions

Requires the secretary of state to compile, make public and keep current certain information on persons subjected to section 73-a of the public officers law and who hold policy-making positions; further requires the secretary of state to post such information on the department of state website.

## Version chain

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

1. **A5487 HTML** (committee substitute) — [source](http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?sh=printbill&bn=A5487&term=2017&Text=Y)
2. **A5487 PDF** (committee substitute) — [source](http://legislation.nysenate.gov/pdf/bills/2017/A5487)

## Votes

- Assembly Vote - Vote 2 — **136–0** (pass) · lower
- Floor Vote — **60–1** (pass) · upper
- Assembly Vote — **139–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- SEAWRIGHT — primary (person)
- ROSENTHAL L — cosponsor (person)
- SIMON — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-02-09** REFERRED TO GOVERNMENTAL OPERATIONS `referral-committee`
- **2017-03-07** REPORTED
- **2017-03-09** ADVANCED TO THIRD READING CAL.124
- **2017-03-20** PASSED ASSEMBLY `passage`
- **2017-03-20** DELIVERED TO SENATE
- **2017-03-20** REFERRED TO FINANCE `referral-committee`
- **2018-01-03** DIED IN SENATE
- **2018-01-03** RETURNED TO ASSEMBLY
- **2018-01-03** ORDERED TO THIRD READING CAL.389
- **2018-03-20** PASSED ASSEMBLY `passage`
- **2018-03-20** DELIVERED TO SENATE
- **2018-03-20** REFERRED TO FINANCE `referral-committee`
- **2018-06-06** SUBSTITUTED FOR S3810
- **2018-06-06** 3RD READING CAL.1551
- **2018-06-06** PASSED SENATE `passage`
- **2018-06-06** RETURNED TO ASSEMBLY
- **2018-12-11** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
- **2018-12-21** SIGNED CHAP.461 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/fa8287bf-cda7-4e0a-909a-94703636412d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New York legislature records).