---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relates to granting time off for public employees to receive a COVID 19 vaccination"
description: "Grants time off for public employees to receive a COVID-19 vaccination."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ny"
legislature: "New York Legislature"
session: "2021-2022"
identifier: "A 3354"
citation: "New York A 3354 (2021-2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["FALL"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 20
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2021-01-22"
last_action: "2021-03-12"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/2bb15a48-887d-432d-a84a-07b2674461c3"
source_url: "http://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2021/A3354"
source_hash: "f5240cbb2fa898d26dfa681f3ac84b0ae4597106a4b4e4b3c832229fc5181a61"
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 3354 (2021-2022) — Relates to granting time off for public employees to receive a COVID 19 vaccination

Grants time off for public employees to receive a COVID-19 vaccination.

## Version chain

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

1. **A3354** (committee substitute) — [source](http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?sh=printbill&bn=A3354&term=2021&Text=Y)
2. **A3354A** (committee substitute) — [source](http://legislation.nysenate.gov/pdf/bills/2021/A3354A)
3. **A3354B** (committee substitute) — [source](http://legislation.nysenate.gov/pdf/bills/2021/A3354B)

## Votes

- MOTION:GOODELL; To amend — **54–95** (fail) · lower
- Assembly Vote — **136–13** (pass) · lower
- Floor Vote - Version: B — **62–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- FALL — primary (person)
- ABBATE — cosponsor (person)
- AUBRY — cosponsor (person)
- BICHOTTE HERMELYN — cosponsor (person)
- EPSTEIN — cosponsor (person)
- FORREST — cosponsor (person)
- GOTTFRIED — cosponsor (person)
- JACKSON — cosponsor (person)
- MEEKS — cosponsor (person)
- RAJKUMAR — cosponsor (person)
- ROSENTHAL D — cosponsor (person)
- ROSENTHAL L — cosponsor (person)
- SEAWRIGHT — cosponsor (person)
- SILLITTI — cosponsor (person)
- SIMON — cosponsor (person)
- TAYLOR — cosponsor (person)
- THIELE — cosponsor (person)
- WEPRIN — cosponsor (person)
- ZINERMAN — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-01-22** REFERRED TO GOVERNMENTAL EMPLOYEES `referral-committee`
- **2021-01-28** AMEND (T) AND RECOMMIT TO GOVERNMENTAL EMPLOYEES `amendment-passage, referral-committee`
- **2021-01-28** PRINT NUMBER 3354A `amendment-passage`
- **2021-01-29** AMEND AND RECOMMIT TO GOVERNMENTAL EMPLOYEES `amendment-passage, referral-committee`
- **2021-01-29** PRINT NUMBER 3354B `amendment-passage`
- **2021-02-02** REPORTED REFERRED TO WAYS AND MEANS `referral-committee`
- **2021-02-03** REPORTED REFERRED TO RULES `referral-committee`
- **2021-02-03** REPORTED
- **2021-02-03** RULES REPORT CAL.16
- **2021-02-03** ORDERED TO THIRD READING RULES CAL.16
- **2021-02-03** MOTION TO AMEND LOST
- **2021-02-03** PASSED ASSEMBLY `passage`
- **2021-02-03** DELIVERED TO SENATE
- **2021-02-03** REFERRED TO CIVIL SERVICE AND PENSIONS `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-01** SUBSTITUTED FOR S2588A
- **2021-03-01** 3RD READING CAL.304
- **2021-03-01** PASSED SENATE `passage`
- **2021-03-01** RETURNED TO ASSEMBLY
- **2021-03-12** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
- **2021-03-12** SIGNED CHAP.77 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/2bb15a48-887d-432d-a84a-07b2674461c3`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New York legislature records).