---
type: "Bill"
title: "Establishes a pilot program to provide job and vocational skills training to youth"
description: "Establishes a pilot program to provide job and vocational skills training to youth who have been adjudicated juvenile delinquents or juvenile offenders residing in a facility overseen by the office of children and family services."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ny"
legislature: "New York Legislature"
session: "2017-2018"
identifier: "A 2449"
citation: "New York A 2449 (2017-2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["HYNDMAN"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 20
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2017-01-20"
last_action: "2018-12-07"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/2ff588b2-6255-418a-89dd-e9cc48e144d2"
source_url: "http://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2017/A2449"
source_hash: "a671c2e688aa7616ee859125affd57f697eec88dda0b49a0ab8703677d1ffec3"
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 2449 (2017-2018) — Establishes a pilot program to provide job and vocational skills training to youth

Establishes a pilot program to provide job and vocational skills training to youth who have been adjudicated juvenile delinquents or juvenile offenders residing in a facility overseen by the office of children and family services.

## Version chain

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

1. **A2449 HTML** (committee substitute) — [source](http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?sh=printbill&bn=A2449&term=2017&Text=Y)
2. **A2449 PDF** (committee substitute) — [source](http://legislation.nysenate.gov/pdf/bills/2017/A2449)

## Votes

- Assembly Vote - Vote 2 — **130–0** (pass) · lower
- Floor Vote — **60–0** (pass) · upper
- Assembly Vote — **133–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- HYNDMAN — primary (person)
- BARRETT — cosponsor (person)
- BICHOTTE — cosponsor (person)
- BLAKE — cosponsor (person)
- COOK — cosponsor (person)
- CRESPO — cosponsor (person)
- CROUCH — cosponsor (person)
- GALEF — cosponsor (person)
- GOTTFRIED R — cosponsor (person)
- HOOPER — cosponsor (person)
- JAFFEE — cosponsor (person)
- JEAN-PIERRE — cosponsor (person)
- JOYNER — cosponsor (person)
- MOSLEY — cosponsor (person)
- PEOPLES-STOKE — cosponsor (person)
- SEPULVEDA — cosponsor (person)
- SIMON — cosponsor (person)
- SOLAGES — cosponsor (person)
- TITONE — cosponsor (person)
- WALKER — cosponsor (person)
- WILLIAMS — cosponsor (person)
- WRIGHT — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-01-20** REFERRED TO CHILDREN AND FAMILIES `referral-committee`
- **2017-02-07** REPORTED REFERRED TO WAYS AND MEANS `referral-committee`
- **2017-05-09** REPORTED
- **2017-05-11** ADVANCED TO THIRD READING CAL.325
- **2017-05-17** PASSED ASSEMBLY `passage`
- **2017-05-17** DELIVERED TO SENATE
- **2017-05-17** REFERRED TO CHILDREN AND FAMILIES `referral-committee`
- **2018-01-03** DIED IN SENATE
- **2018-01-03** RETURNED TO ASSEMBLY
- **2018-01-03** ORDERED TO THIRD READING CAL.193
- **2018-02-27** PASSED ASSEMBLY `passage`
- **2018-02-27** DELIVERED TO SENATE
- **2018-02-27** REFERRED TO CHILDREN AND FAMILIES `referral-committee`
- **2018-06-13** SUBSTITUTED FOR S2084
- **2018-06-13** 3RD READING CAL.1747
- **2018-06-13** PASSED SENATE `passage`
- **2018-06-13** RETURNED TO ASSEMBLY
- **2018-11-26** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
- **2018-12-07** SIGNED CHAP.397 `executive-signature`
- **2018-12-07** APPROVAL MEMO.7

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/2ff588b2-6255-418a-89dd-e9cc48e144d2`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New York legislature records).