---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relates to disciplinary action against persons employed in the labor class"
description: "Provides that persons employed in the labor class for a minimum of five years shall not be removed or otherwise subjected to any disciplinary penalty provided in this section except for incompetency or misconduct."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ny"
legislature: "New York Legislature"
session: "2017-2018"
identifier: "S 8973"
citation: "New York S 8973 (2017-2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["GOLDEN"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 11
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2018-06-08"
last_action: "2018-09-07"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/8266e3d8-e02e-4791-b01d-ea4951d5be00"
source_url: "http://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2017/S8973"
source_hash: "327b65de23e6609176504c2d1aad56b8bdcfbb0ae7ef8e142c06b36fae3830b2"
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 S 8973 (2017-2018) — Relates to disciplinary action against persons employed in the labor class

Provides that persons employed in the labor class for a minimum of five years shall not be removed or otherwise subjected to any disciplinary penalty provided in this section except for incompetency or misconduct.

## Version chain

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

1. **S8973 HTML** (committee substitute) — [source](http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?sh=printbill&bn=S8973&term=2017&Text=Y)
2. **S8973 PDF** (committee substitute) — [source](http://legislation.nysenate.gov/pdf/bills/2017/S8973)

## Votes

- Rules Vote — **25–0** (pass) · upper
- Assembly Vote — **141–2** (pass) · lower
- Floor Vote — **62–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- GOLDEN — primary (person)
- SEPULVEDA — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-06-08** REFERRED TO RULES `referral-committee`
- **2018-06-18** ORDERED TO THIRD READING CAL.1897
- **2018-06-18** PASSED SENATE `passage`
- **2018-06-18** DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY
- **2018-06-18** REFERRED TO GOVERNMENTAL EMPLOYEES `referral-committee`
- **2018-06-20** SUBSTITUTED FOR A11223
- **2018-06-20** ORDERED TO THIRD READING RULES CAL.398
- **2018-06-20** PASSED ASSEMBLY `passage`
- **2018-06-20** RETURNED TO SENATE
- **2018-08-27** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
- **2018-09-07** SIGNED CHAP.271 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/8266e3d8-e02e-4791-b01d-ea4951d5be00`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New York legislature records).