---
type: "Bill"
title: "Authorizes the holding of arbitration and mediation proceedings on Saturday and/or Sunday when all parties and the tribunal consent thereto"
description: "Authorizes the holding of arbitration and mediation proceedings on Saturday and/or Sunday when all parties and the tribunal consent thereto."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ny"
legislature: "New York Legislature"
session: "2017-2018"
identifier: "A 8154"
citation: "New York A 8154 (2017-2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["SIMANOWITZ"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 14
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2017-05-31"
last_action: "2017-08-21"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/3d50c3c5-5519-4843-acf2-49f857f76961"
source_url: "http://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2017/A8154"
source_hash: "7009c8c6f1a358b2416ad6ddb8ef351d41fe34a14942d73a2f8d6dfae276a40a"
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 8154 (2017-2018) — Authorizes the holding of arbitration and mediation proceedings on Saturday and/or Sunday when all parties and the tribunal consent thereto

Authorizes the holding of arbitration and mediation proceedings on Saturday and/or Sunday when all parties and the tribunal consent thereto.

## Version chain

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

1. **A8154 HTML** (committee substitute) — [source](http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?sh=printbill&bn=A8154&term=2017&Text=Y)
2. **A8154 PDF** (committee substitute) — [source](http://legislation.nysenate.gov/pdf/bills/2017/A8154)

## Votes

- Assembly Vote — **142–0** (pass) · lower
- Floor Vote — **60–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- SIMANOWITZ — primary (person)
- WEINSTEIN — cosponsor (person)
- WEPRIN — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-05-31** REFERRED TO JUDICIARY `referral-committee`
- **2017-06-07** REPORTED REFERRED TO RULES `referral-committee`
- **2017-06-12** REPORTED
- **2017-06-12** RULES REPORT CAL.191
- **2017-06-12** ORDERED TO THIRD READING RULES CAL.191
- **2017-06-13** PASSED ASSEMBLY `passage`
- **2017-06-13** DELIVERED TO SENATE
- **2017-06-13** REFERRED TO RULES `referral-committee`
- **2017-06-14** SUBSTITUTED FOR S6077A
- **2017-06-14** 3RD READING CAL.1661
- **2017-06-15** PASSED SENATE `passage`
- **2017-06-15** RETURNED TO ASSEMBLY
- **2017-08-09** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
- **2017-08-21** SIGNED CHAP.215 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/3d50c3c5-5519-4843-acf2-49f857f76961`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New York legislature records).