---
type: "Bill"
title: "Establishes state university of New York educational opportunity centers; repealer"
description: "Establishes the state university of New York educational opportunity centers which provide an integrated system of education, vocational training and student support services targeted to higher education access and the development of a quality workforce which supports the economic development of New York's distressed communities."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ny"
legislature: "New York Legislature"
session: "2021-2022"
identifier: "S 874"
citation: "New York S 874 (2021-2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["PARKER"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 11
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2021-01-06"
last_action: "2021-01-28"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d96b9bc4-2f21-479e-abe9-b87486cd34bc"
source_url: "http://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2021/S874"
source_hash: "bd5fcb82ed7c8e81d881cf2047b64f6628057c0a085436266071f7fdbf186529"
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 874 (2021-2022) — Establishes state university of New York educational opportunity centers; repealer

Establishes the state university of New York educational opportunity centers which provide an integrated system of education, vocational training and student support services targeted to higher education access and the development of a quality workforce which supports the economic development of New York's distressed communities.

## Version chain

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

1. **S874** (committee substitute) — [source](http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?sh=printbill&bn=S874&term=2021&Text=Y)

## Votes

- Floor Vote — **62–0** (pass) · upper
- Rules Vote — **21–0** (pass) · upper
- Assembly Vote — **150–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- PARKER — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-01-06** REFERRED TO RULES `referral-committee`
- **2021-01-11** ORDERED TO THIRD READING CAL.27
- **2021-01-12** PASSED SENATE `passage`
- **2021-01-12** DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY
- **2021-01-12** REFERRED TO HIGHER EDUCATION `referral-committee`
- **2021-01-25** SUBSTITUTED FOR A982
- **2021-01-25** ORDERED TO THIRD READING CAL.17
- **2021-01-25** PASSED ASSEMBLY `passage`
- **2021-01-25** RETURNED TO SENATE
- **2021-01-27** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
- **2021-01-28** SIGNED CHAP.13 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/d96b9bc4-2f21-479e-abe9-b87486cd34bc`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New York legislature records).