---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relates to certification of public employment for purposes of the federal public service loan forgiveness program"
description: "Relates to certification of public employment for purposes of the federal public service loan forgiveness program; requires public employers to provide certain notices and program forms; provides that an average of 30 hours per week shall be considered full-time for purposes of certifying public employment under the federal program."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ny"
legislature: "New York Legislature"
session: "2021-2022"
identifier: "S 8389"
citation: "New York S 8389 (2021-2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["THOMAS"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 17
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2022-02-22"
last_action: "2022-09-15"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/43fee663-7cb3-4746-beaa-ca9d2d71536e"
source_url: "http://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2021/S8389"
source_hash: "6a170e9e54706af73809ae785affb7af53c3919cf9592728d39509cf52f182f8"
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 8389 (2021-2022) — Relates to certification of public employment for purposes of the federal public service loan forgiveness program

Relates to certification of public employment for purposes of the federal public service loan forgiveness program; requires public employers to provide certain notices and program forms; provides that an average of 30 hours per week shall be considered full-time for purposes of certifying public employment under the federal program.

## Version chain

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

1. **S8389** (committee substitute) — [source](http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?sh=printbill&bn=S8389&term=2021&Text=Y)
2. **S8389A** (committee substitute) — [source](http://legislation.nysenate.gov/pdf/bills/2021/S8389A)
3. **S8389B** (committee substitute) — [source](http://legislation.nysenate.gov/pdf/bills/2021/S8389B)
4. **S8389C** (committee substitute) — [source](http://legislation.nysenate.gov/pdf/bills/2021/S8389C)

## Votes

- Floor Vote - Version: C — **63–0** (pass) · upper
- Assembly Vote — **149–0** (pass) · lower
- Labor Vote - Version: A — **13–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- THOMAS — primary (person)
- MAY — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-02-22** REFERRED TO LABOR `referral-committee`
- **2022-03-09** AMEND (T) AND RECOMMIT TO LABOR `amendment-passage, referral-committee`
- **2022-03-09** PRINT NUMBER 8389A `amendment-passage`
- **2022-05-10** 1ST REPORT CAL.1289
- **2022-05-11** 2ND REPORT CAL.
- **2022-05-16** AMENDED (T) 8389B
- **2022-05-16** ADVANCED TO THIRD READING
- **2022-05-23** AMENDED ON THIRD READING 8389C `amendment-passage`
- **2022-05-31** PASSED SENATE `passage`
- **2022-05-31** DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY
- **2022-05-31** REFERRED TO WAYS AND MEANS `referral-committee`
- **2022-05-31** SUBSTITUTED FOR A9523B
- **2022-05-31** ORDERED TO THIRD READING RULES CAL.349
- **2022-05-31** PASSED ASSEMBLY `passage`
- **2022-05-31** RETURNED TO SENATE
- **2022-09-14** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
- **2022-09-15** SIGNED CHAP.562 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/43fee663-7cb3-4746-beaa-ca9d2d71536e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New York legislature records).