---
type: "Bill"
title: "Establishes the chief disability officer; repealer"
description: "Establishes the chief disability officer to advocate on behalf of persons with disabilities and assure that persons with disabilities are afforded the opportunity to exercise all of the rights and responsibilities accorded to citizens of the state of New York."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ny"
legislature: "New York Legislature"
session: "2021-2022"
identifier: "S 8288"
citation: "New York S 8288 (2021-2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["SKOUFIS"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 11
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2022-02-09"
last_action: "2022-03-18"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/8781efed-1f1a-49bb-aac5-8cb6fc79256d"
source_url: "http://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2021/S8288"
source_hash: "33bc9b6a20f19b2754b20a1b0ac044fcca5db24797d6985de39883aeab6f18b5"
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 8288 (2021-2022) — Establishes the chief disability officer; repealer

Establishes the chief disability officer to advocate on behalf of persons with disabilities and assure that persons with disabilities are afforded the opportunity to exercise all of the rights and responsibilities accorded to citizens of the state of New York.

## Version chain

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

1. **S8288** (committee substitute) — [source](http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?sh=printbill&bn=S8288&term=2021&Text=Y)

## Votes

- Floor Vote — **63–0** (pass) · upper
- Assembly Vote — **146–0** (pass) · lower
- Rules Vote — **21–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- SKOUFIS — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-02-09** REFERRED TO RULES `referral-committee`
- **2022-02-14** ORDERED TO THIRD READING CAL.463
- **2022-02-28** PASSED SENATE `passage`
- **2022-02-28** DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY
- **2022-02-28** REFERRED TO GOVERNMENTAL OPERATIONS `referral-committee`
- **2022-03-15** SUBSTITUTED FOR A9277
- **2022-03-15** ORDERED TO THIRD READING CAL.486
- **2022-03-15** PASSED ASSEMBLY `passage`
- **2022-03-15** RETURNED TO SENATE
- **2022-03-18** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
- **2022-03-18** SIGNED CHAP.170 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/8781efed-1f1a-49bb-aac5-8cb6fc79256d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New York legislature records).