---
type: "Bill"
title: "Updates the effectiveness and makes technical changes to the effective date language of S. 538-B and A. 4638-B"
description: "Changes the effectiveness to nine months after such language takes effect; makes technical changes to the effective date language by removing unnecessary language as chapter 392 of the laws of 2019 has since taken effect."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ny"
legislature: "New York Legislature"
session: "2021-2022"
identifier: "A 8847"
citation: "New York A 8847 (2021-2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["SILLITTI"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 12
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2022-01-18"
last_action: "2022-02-24"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/7fb892cd-b278-42c4-bd1c-54acd8cdace6"
source_url: "http://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2021/A8847"
source_hash: "fafd37f3e3d85fd0fdd6c71b2e918485e106fda2b3d252892b05ca81a77fb1b3"
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 8847 (2021-2022) — Updates the effectiveness and makes technical changes to the effective date language of S. 538-B and A. 4638-B

Changes the effectiveness to nine months after such language takes effect; makes technical changes to the effective date language by removing unnecessary language as chapter 392 of the laws of 2019 has since taken effect.

## Version chain

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

1. **A8847** (committee substitute) — [source](http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?sh=printbill&bn=A8847&term=2021&Text=Y)

## Votes

- Assembly Vote — **144–1** (pass) · lower
- Floor Vote — **61–2** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- SILLITTI — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-01-18** REFERRED TO JUDICIARY `referral-committee`
- **2022-02-01** REPORTED
- **2022-02-03** ADVANCED TO THIRD READING CAL.375
- **2022-02-07** PASSED ASSEMBLY `passage`
- **2022-02-07** DELIVERED TO SENATE
- **2022-02-07** REFERRED TO RULES `referral-committee`
- **2022-02-07** SUBSTITUTED FOR S7769
- **2022-02-07** 3RD READING CAL.281
- **2022-02-07** PASSED SENATE `passage`
- **2022-02-07** RETURNED TO ASSEMBLY
- **2022-02-24** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
- **2022-02-24** SIGNED CHAP.67 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/7fb892cd-b278-42c4-bd1c-54acd8cdace6`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New York legislature records).