---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relates to certificates of acceptance"
description: "Relates to certificates of acceptance."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ny"
legislature: "New York Legislature"
session: "2019-2020"
identifier: "A 8999"
citation: "New York A 8999 (2019-2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["GALEF"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 12
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2020-01-09"
last_action: "2020-04-17"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/30a9a279-dccb-45d6-b26e-b5d48a0c0fa6"
source_url: "http://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2019/A8999"
source_hash: "7497e93cfe612276c4c8a50843d0e5d943e18c5e30efe7bb90918a3c297bf97a"
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 8999 (2019-2020) — Relates to certificates of acceptance

Relates to certificates of acceptance.

## Version chain

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

1. **A8999** (committee substitute) — [source](http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?sh=printbill&bn=A8999&term=2019&Text=Y)

## Votes

- Floor Vote — **61–0** (pass) · upper
- Assembly Vote — **110–31** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- GALEF — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2020-01-09** REFERRED TO ELECTION LAW `referral-committee`
- **2020-01-29** REPORTED
- **2020-01-30** ADVANCED TO THIRD READING CAL.378
- **2020-02-03** PASSED ASSEMBLY `passage`
- **2020-02-03** DELIVERED TO SENATE
- **2020-02-03** REFERRED TO RULES `referral-committee`
- **2020-02-05** SUBSTITUTED FOR S7196
- **2020-02-05** 3RD READING CAL.120
- **2020-02-05** PASSED SENATE `passage`
- **2020-02-05** RETURNED TO ASSEMBLY
- **2020-04-17** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
- **2020-04-17** SIGNED CHAP.33 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/30a9a279-dccb-45d6-b26e-b5d48a0c0fa6`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New York legislature records).