---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relates to increasing the revised rule public comment period from thirty days to forty-five days"
description: "Relates to increasing the revised rule public comment period from thirty days to forty-five days."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ny"
legislature: "New York Legislature"
session: "2017-2018"
identifier: "A 9643"
citation: "New York A 9643 (2017-2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["WALLACE"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 12
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2018-01-30"
last_action: "2018-12-21"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c0f5266e-76a7-474c-9b2a-09408b23e8f4"
source_url: "http://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2017/A9643"
source_hash: "3a7eacffcd7e035646041f386d35190745acbd7f1506e22348e8794199d4c8f7"
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 9643 (2017-2018) — Relates to increasing the revised rule public comment period from thirty days to forty-five days

Relates to increasing the revised rule public comment period from thirty days to forty-five days.

## Version chain

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

1. **A9643 HTML** (committee substitute) — [source](http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?sh=printbill&bn=A9643&term=2017&Text=Y)
2. **A9643 PDF** (committee substitute) — [source](http://legislation.nysenate.gov/pdf/bills/2017/A9643)

## Votes

- Floor Vote — **62–0** (pass) · upper
- Assembly Vote — **135–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- WALLACE — primary (person)
- GALEF — cosponsor (person)
- STECK — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-01-30** REFERRED TO GOVERNMENTAL OPERATIONS `referral-committee`
- **2018-05-08** REPORTED
- **2018-05-10** ADVANCED TO THIRD READING CAL.881
- **2018-05-22** PASSED ASSEMBLY `passage`
- **2018-05-22** DELIVERED TO SENATE
- **2018-05-22** REFERRED TO COMMERCE, ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND SMALL BUSINESS `referral-committee`
- **2018-06-19** SUBSTITUTED FOR S6916
- **2018-06-19** 3RD READING CAL.1944
- **2018-06-19** PASSED SENATE `passage`
- **2018-06-19** RETURNED TO ASSEMBLY
- **2018-12-11** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
- **2018-12-21** SIGNED CHAP.408 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/c0f5266e-76a7-474c-9b2a-09408b23e8f4`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New York legislature records).