---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relates to the age requirement for appointments or promotions of public employees in N.Y. cities"
description: "Specifies that in calculating the age requirement applicable to appointments or promotions of public employees in cities with a population of one million or more, the total time deducted for absent military duty in computing the age of a candidate or eligible shall not exceed seven years."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ny"
legislature: "New York Legislature"
session: "2019-2020"
identifier: "A 8282"
citation: "New York A 8282 (2019-2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["ABBATE"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 14
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2019-06-12"
last_action: "2019-11-11"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/8fb1ccc5-4115-491e-b8f3-5150631bf226"
source_url: "http://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2019/A8282"
source_hash: "0cf19cc8f586af102b6fe324e4d13a3dc1e0b17256631516d5952ef17b4204c4"
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 8282 (2019-2020) — Relates to the age requirement for appointments or promotions of public employees in N.Y. cities

Specifies that in calculating the age requirement applicable to appointments or promotions of public employees in cities with a population of one million or more, the total time deducted for absent military duty in computing the age of a candidate or eligible shall not exceed seven years.

## Version chain

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

1. **A8282** (committee substitute) — [source](http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?sh=printbill&bn=A8282&term=2019&Text=Y)

## Votes

- Floor Vote — **62–0** (pass) · upper
- Assembly Vote — **148–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- ABBATE — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-06-12** REFERRED TO GOVERNMENTAL EMPLOYEES `referral-committee`
- **2019-06-14** REPORTED REFERRED TO RULES `referral-committee`
- **2019-06-17** REPORTED
- **2019-06-17** RULES REPORT CAL.437
- **2019-06-17** ORDERED TO THIRD READING RULES CAL.437
- **2019-06-19** PASSED ASSEMBLY `passage`
- **2019-06-19** DELIVERED TO SENATE
- **2019-06-19** REFERRED TO RULES `referral-committee`
- **2019-06-20** SUBSTITUTED FOR S6474
- **2019-06-20** 3RD READING CAL.1837
- **2019-06-20** PASSED SENATE `passage`
- **2019-06-20** RETURNED TO ASSEMBLY
- **2019-11-08** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
- **2019-11-11** SIGNED CHAP.484 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/8fb1ccc5-4115-491e-b8f3-5150631bf226`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New York legislature records).