---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relates to the comment period for proposed rules"
description: "Relates to the comment period for proposed rules."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ny"
legislature: "New York Legislature"
session: "2017-2018"
identifier: "A 8408"
citation: "New York A 8408 (2017-2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["SIMOTAS"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 14
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2017-06-13"
last_action: "2017-12-13"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/6b37bc16-0cfa-4dec-ad25-aaab374bbc62"
source_url: "http://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2017/A8408"
source_hash: "1d341c6aaf677cabeb58b524e00882d7556a9920daa856f5f1776d8e5ba39872"
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 8408 (2017-2018) — Relates to the comment period for proposed rules

Relates to the comment period for proposed rules.

## Version chain

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

1. **A8408 HTML** (committee substitute) — [source](http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?sh=printbill&bn=A8408&term=2017&Text=Y)
2. **A8408 PDF** (committee substitute) — [source](http://legislation.nysenate.gov/pdf/bills/2017/A8408)

## Votes

- Floor Vote — **63–0** (pass) · upper
- Assembly Vote — **144–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- SIMOTAS — primary (person)
- ABBATE — cosponsor (person)
- BLAKE — cosponsor (person)
- CAHILL — cosponsor (person)
- CUSICK — cosponsor (person)
- CYMBROWITZ — cosponsor (person)
- DENDEKKER — cosponsor (person)
- ENGLEBRIGHT — cosponsor (person)
- GALEF — cosponsor (person)
- GLICK — cosponsor (person)
- GOTTFRIED R — cosponsor (person)
- HEVESI — cosponsor (person)
- LAVINE — cosponsor (person)
- LENTOL — cosponsor (person)
- LIFTON — cosponsor (person)
- NOLAN — cosponsor (person)
- ORTIZ — cosponsor (person)
- PAULIN — cosponsor (person)
- PEOPLES-STOKE — cosponsor (person)
- ROSENTHAL L — cosponsor (person)
- SCHIMMINGER — cosponsor (person)
- SEPULVEDA — cosponsor (person)
- SIMON — cosponsor (person)
- WEINSTEIN — cosponsor (person)
- ZEBROWSKI O — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-06-13** REFERRED TO GOVERNMENTAL OPERATIONS `referral-committee`
- **2017-06-15** REPORTED REFERRED TO RULES `referral-committee`
- **2017-06-19** REPORTED
- **2017-06-19** RULES REPORT CAL.462
- **2017-06-19** ORDERED TO THIRD READING RULES CAL.462
- **2017-06-19** PASSED ASSEMBLY `passage`
- **2017-06-19** DELIVERED TO SENATE
- **2017-06-19** REFERRED TO RULES `referral-committee`
- **2017-06-20** SUBSTITUTED FOR S5795A
- **2017-06-20** 3RD READING CAL.977
- **2017-06-20** PASSED SENATE `passage`
- **2017-06-20** RETURNED TO ASSEMBLY
- **2017-12-06** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
- **2017-12-13** SIGNED CHAP.455 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/6b37bc16-0cfa-4dec-ad25-aaab374bbc62`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New York legislature records).