---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relates to making appropriation to the children of the late David F Gantt, member of the assembly, the balance due of his unpaid annual compensation for a portion of the year 2020"
description: "Makes an appropriation to pay to Kathleen A. Hope, Troy C. Hightower and Troy E. Sizer, the children of the late David F. Gantt, member of the Assembly, the balance due of his unpaid annual compensation for a portion of the year 2020."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ny"
legislature: "New York Legislature"
session: "2021-2022"
identifier: "A 8012"
citation: "New York A 8012 (2021-2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["MEEKS"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 15
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2021-06-04"
last_action: "2021-12-21"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/2170fd35-fccf-4ec0-a8ca-db6e2a992580"
source_url: "http://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2021/A8012"
source_hash: "013617532766b660bda0f7e40fbe68a415d0a700d74b06a66867731bb27b4991"
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 8012 (2021-2022) — Relates to making appropriation to the children of the late David F Gantt, member of the assembly, the balance due of his unpaid annual compensation for a portion of the year 2020

Makes an appropriation to pay to Kathleen A. Hope, Troy C. Hightower and Troy E. Sizer, the children of the late David F. Gantt, member of the Assembly, the balance due of his unpaid annual compensation for a portion of the year 2020.

## Version chain

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

1. **A8012** (committee substitute) — [source](http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?sh=printbill&bn=A8012&term=2021&Text=Y)

## Votes

- Floor Vote — **63–0** (pass) · upper
- Assembly Vote — **148–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- MEEKS — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-06-04** REFERRED TO GOVERNMENTAL EMPLOYEES `referral-committee`
- **2021-06-07** REPORTED REFERRED TO WAYS AND MEANS `referral-committee`
- **2021-06-08** REPORTED REFERRED TO RULES `referral-committee`
- **2021-06-08** REPORTED
- **2021-06-08** RULES REPORT CAL.648
- **2021-06-08** ORDERED TO THIRD READING RULES CAL.648
- **2021-06-09** PASSED ASSEMBLY `passage`
- **2021-06-09** DELIVERED TO SENATE
- **2021-06-09** REFERRED TO RULES `referral-committee`
- **2021-06-09** SUBSTITUTED FOR S7187
- **2021-06-09** 3RD READING CAL.1610
- **2021-06-09** PASSED SENATE `passage`
- **2021-06-09** RETURNED TO ASSEMBLY
- **2021-12-09** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
- **2021-12-21** SIGNED CHAP.685 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/2170fd35-fccf-4ec0-a8ca-db6e2a992580`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New York legislature records).