---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relates to entrepreneurship assistance centers; repealer"
description: "Establishes entrepreneurship assistance centers to provide assistance to primarily minority group members, women, individuals with a disability and dislocated workers and veterans; requires the department of economic development to establish criteria and designation of such centers; sets forth requirements for each center."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ny"
legislature: "New York Legislature"
session: "2017-2018"
identifier: "A 2805"
citation: "New York A 2805 (2017-2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["THIELE"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 20
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2017-01-23"
last_action: "2018-12-07"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/15eb71af-685d-479c-8ad9-7197ac6ef423"
source_url: "http://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2017/A2805"
source_hash: "63658e6af762032d0315b66223217be9ab090763db51f9e110679810d6507423"
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 2805 (2017-2018) — Relates to entrepreneurship assistance centers; repealer

Establishes entrepreneurship assistance centers to provide assistance to primarily minority group members, women, individuals with a disability and dislocated workers and veterans; requires the department of economic development to establish criteria and designation of such centers; sets forth requirements for each center.

## Version chain

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

1. **A2805 HTML** (committee substitute) — [source](http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?sh=printbill&bn=A2805&term=2017&Text=Y)
2. **A2805 PDF** (committee substitute) — [source](http://legislation.nysenate.gov/pdf/bills/2017/A2805)

## Votes

- Floor Vote — **62–0** (pass) · upper
- Assembly Vote - Vote 2 — **131–3** (pass) · lower
- Assembly Vote — **132–2** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- THIELE — primary (person)
- BICHOTTE — cosponsor (person)
- HYNDMAN — cosponsor (person)
- RIVERA — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-01-23** REFERRED TO SMALL BUSINESS `referral-committee`
- **2017-05-02** REPORTED REFERRED TO WAYS AND MEANS `referral-committee`
- **2017-05-16** REPORTED
- **2017-05-18** ADVANCED TO THIRD READING CAL.396
- **2017-05-24** PASSED ASSEMBLY `passage`
- **2017-05-24** DELIVERED TO SENATE
- **2017-05-24** REFERRED TO COMMERCE, ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND SMALL BUSINESS `referral-committee`
- **2018-01-03** DIED IN SENATE
- **2018-01-03** RETURNED TO ASSEMBLY
- **2018-01-03** ORDERED TO THIRD READING CAL.224
- **2018-03-19** PASSED ASSEMBLY `passage`
- **2018-03-19** DELIVERED TO SENATE
- **2018-03-19** REFERRED TO COMMERCE, ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND SMALL BUSINESS `referral-committee`
- **2018-06-19** SUBSTITUTED FOR S3804
- **2018-06-19** 3RD READING CAL.1828
- **2018-06-19** PASSED SENATE `passage`
- **2018-06-19** RETURNED TO ASSEMBLY
- **2018-11-26** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
- **2018-12-07** SIGNED CHAP.398 `executive-signature`
- **2018-12-07** APPROVAL MEMO.8

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/15eb71af-685d-479c-8ad9-7197ac6ef423`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New York legislature records).