---
type: "Bill"
title: "Requires employment opportunities to be posted on the department of civil service website"
description: "Requires employment opportunities to be posted on the department of civil service website."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ny"
legislature: "New York Legislature"
session: "2021-2022"
identifier: "A 8599"
citation: "New York A 8599 (2021-2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["EPSTEIN"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 14
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2022-01-10"
last_action: "2022-07-21"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/08eccdaa-cbe1-45db-8ce9-0bafc46999ac"
source_url: "http://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2021/A8599"
source_hash: "d085aeb56028f30b0c0add73ae861c3556d276790d3eada479ae66ca4d97d63b"
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 8599 (2021-2022) — Requires employment opportunities to be posted on the department of civil service website

Requires employment opportunities to be posted on the department of civil service website.

## Version chain

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

1. **A8599** (committee substitute) — [source](http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?sh=printbill&bn=A8599&term=2021&Text=Y)
2. **A8599A** (committee substitute) — [source](http://legislation.nysenate.gov/pdf/bills/2021/A8599A)

## Votes

- Floor Vote - Version: A — **61–0** (pass) · upper
- Assembly Vote — **146–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- EPSTEIN — primary (person)
- ABINANTI — cosponsor (person)
- BURDICK — cosponsor (person)
- COOK — cosponsor (person)
- CRUZ — cosponsor (person)
- DESTEFANO — cosponsor (person)
- ENGLEBRIGHT — cosponsor (person)
- FERNANDEZ — cosponsor (person)
- GALLAGHER — cosponsor (person)
- GOTTFRIED — cosponsor (person)
- GRIFFIN — cosponsor (person)
- GUNTHER — cosponsor (person)
- LAWLER — cosponsor (person)
- LEMONDES — cosponsor (person)
- MCDONALD — cosponsor (person)
- MEEKS — cosponsor (person)
- MONTESANO — cosponsor (person)
- OTIS — cosponsor (person)
- SALKA — cosponsor (person)
- SEAWRIGHT — cosponsor (person)
- SILLITTI — cosponsor (person)
- SIMON — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-01-10** REFERRED TO GOVERNMENTAL EMPLOYEES `referral-committee`
- **2022-04-01** AMEND (T) AND RECOMMIT TO GOVERNMENTAL EMPLOYEES `amendment-passage, referral-committee`
- **2022-04-01** PRINT NUMBER 8599A `amendment-passage`
- **2022-04-26** REPORTED
- **2022-04-28** ADVANCED TO THIRD READING CAL.552
- **2022-05-04** PASSED ASSEMBLY `passage`
- **2022-05-04** DELIVERED TO SENATE
- **2022-05-04** REFERRED TO CIVIL SERVICE AND PENSIONS `referral-committee`
- **2022-05-18** SUBSTITUTED FOR S7662A
- **2022-05-18** 3RD READING CAL.1254
- **2022-05-18** PASSED SENATE `passage`
- **2022-05-18** RETURNED TO ASSEMBLY
- **2022-07-11** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
- **2022-07-21** SIGNED CHAP.402 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/08eccdaa-cbe1-45db-8ce9-0bafc46999ac`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New York legislature records).