---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relates to preferred source status for entities that provide employment to certain persons"
description: "Relates to preferred source status for entities that provide employment to certain persons; provides for the repeal of certain provisions upon the expiration thereof."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ny"
legislature: "New York Legislature"
session: "2021-2022"
identifier: "S 7578"
citation: "New York S 7578 (2021-2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["MANNION"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 19
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2021-12-08"
last_action: "2022-10-04"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/399021c5-e056-4a62-9f87-03449e023b4a"
source_url: "http://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2021/S7578"
source_hash: "40fad6ea698e9df8978fe8d065ca932eda5beb0f27b22bd530af43955065b194"
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 S 7578 (2021-2022) — Relates to preferred source status for entities that provide employment to certain persons

Relates to preferred source status for entities that provide employment to certain persons; provides for the repeal of certain provisions upon the expiration thereof.

## Version chain

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

1. **S7578** (committee substitute) — [source](http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?sh=printbill&bn=S7578&term=2021&Text=Y)
2. **S7578A** (committee substitute) — [source](http://legislation.nysenate.gov/pdf/bills/2021/S7578A)
3. **S7578B** (committee substitute) — [source](http://legislation.nysenate.gov/pdf/bills/2021/S7578B)
4. **S7578C** (committee substitute) — [source](http://legislation.nysenate.gov/pdf/bills/2021/S7578C)

## Votes

- Procurement And Contracts Vote - Version: A — **7–0** (pass) · upper
- Assembly Vote — **150–0** (pass) · lower
- Floor Vote - Version: C — **63–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- MANNION — primary (person)
- CLEARE — cosponsor (person)
- HELMING — cosponsor (person)
- JORDAN — cosponsor (person)
- PALUMBO — cosponsor (person)
- SKOUFIS — cosponsor (person)
- THOMAS — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-12-08** REFERRED TO RULES `referral-committee`
- **2022-01-05** REFERRED TO PROCUREMENT AND CONTRACTS `referral-committee`
- **2022-03-24** AMEND AND RECOMMIT TO PROCUREMENT AND CONTRACTS `amendment-passage, referral-committee`
- **2022-03-24** PRINT NUMBER 7578A `amendment-passage`
- **2022-04-26** 1ST REPORT CAL.828
- **2022-04-27** 2ND REPORT CAL.
- **2022-05-02** ADVANCED TO THIRD READING
- **2022-05-23** AMENDED ON THIRD READING (T) 7578B `amendment-passage`
- **2022-05-24** AMENDED ON THIRD READING 7578C `amendment-passage`
- **2022-05-31** PASSED SENATE `passage`
- **2022-05-31** DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY
- **2022-05-31** REFERRED TO WAYS AND MEANS `referral-committee`
- **2022-06-01** SUBSTITUTED FOR A8549C
- **2022-06-01** ORDERED TO THIRD READING RULES CAL.549
- **2022-06-01** PASSED ASSEMBLY `passage`
- **2022-06-01** RETURNED TO SENATE
- **2022-10-04** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
- **2022-10-04** SIGNED CHAP.565 `executive-signature`
- **2022-10-04** APPROVAL MEMO.17

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/399021c5-e056-4a62-9f87-03449e023b4a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New York legislature records).