---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relates to the creation of vacancies in a public office upon entering a guilty plea in federal court to a felony or crime or state offense involving a violation of an oath of office"
description: "Relates to the creation of vacancies in a public office upon entering a guilty plea in federal court to a felony or crime involving a violation of an oath of office."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ny"
legislature: "New York Legislature"
session: "2021-2022"
identifier: "A 10144"
citation: "New York A 10144 (2021-2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["MCDONALD"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 18
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2022-05-02"
last_action: "2022-12-23"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a86bb767-5ad7-4134-87e3-ff1dce1f5643"
source_url: "http://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2021/A10144"
source_hash: "0e26a566cfed359d8c76ac7cc7c42b1c18b17dce4d4482e91303a106458bb767"
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 10144 (2021-2022) — Relates to the creation of vacancies in a public office upon entering a guilty plea in federal court to a felony or crime or state offense involving a violation of an oath of office

Relates to the creation of vacancies in a public office upon entering a guilty plea in federal court to a felony or crime involving a violation of an oath of office.

## Version chain

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

1. **A10144** (committee substitute) — [source](http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?sh=printbill&bn=A10144&term=2021&Text=Y)
2. **A10144A** (committee substitute) — [source](http://legislation.nysenate.gov/pdf/bills/2021/A10144A)
3. **A10144B** (committee substitute) — [source](http://legislation.nysenate.gov/pdf/bills/2021/A10144B)

## Votes

- Assembly Vote — **149–0** (pass) · lower
- Floor Vote - Version: B — **62–1** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- MCDONALD — primary (person)
- GRIFFIN — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-05-02** REFERRED TO GOVERNMENTAL OPERATIONS `referral-committee`
- **2022-05-10** AMEND AND RECOMMIT TO GOVERNMENTAL OPERATIONS `amendment-passage, referral-committee`
- **2022-05-10** PRINT NUMBER 10144A `amendment-passage`
- **2022-05-20** AMEND (T) AND RECOMMIT TO GOVERNMENTAL OPERATIONS `amendment-passage, referral-committee`
- **2022-05-20** PRINT NUMBER 10144B `amendment-passage`
- **2022-05-24** REPORTED REFERRED TO RULES `referral-committee`
- **2022-05-31** REPORTED
- **2022-05-31** RULES REPORT CAL.495
- **2022-05-31** ORDERED TO THIRD READING RULES CAL.495
- **2022-05-31** PASSED ASSEMBLY `passage`
- **2022-05-31** DELIVERED TO SENATE
- **2022-05-31** REFERRED TO INVESTIGATIONS AND GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS `referral-committee`
- **2022-06-02** SUBSTITUTED FOR S978C
- **2022-06-02** 3RD READING CAL.89
- **2022-06-02** PASSED SENATE `passage`
- **2022-06-02** RETURNED TO ASSEMBLY
- **2022-12-12** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
- **2022-12-23** SIGNED CHAP.757 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/a86bb767-5ad7-4134-87e3-ff1dce1f5643`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New York legislature records).