---
type: "Bill"
title: "Extends the time within which certain elected officials may file their oaths of office"
description: "Allows certain elected officials in the town of Clarkson, in the county of Monroe, who failed to take or file their respective oaths of office for the three-year term beginning January 1, 2020 to continue serving in their respective capacities provided they take and file their oaths of office within thirty days from the effective date."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ny"
legislature: "New York Legislature"
session: "2021-2022"
identifier: "S 8775"
citation: "New York S 8775 (2021-2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["COONEY"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 14
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2022-04-14"
last_action: "2022-07-21"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/8621a9a9-96f5-479c-9b1a-42ab26c2b1c7"
source_url: "http://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2021/S8775"
source_hash: "c3e42e4acded3082d89714b89eea3be62d6d87593bed67fad1e4455ea3880abf"
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 8775 (2021-2022) — Extends the time within which certain elected officials may file their oaths of office

Allows certain elected officials in the town of Clarkson, in the county of Monroe, who failed to take or file their respective oaths of office for the three-year term beginning January 1, 2020 to continue serving in their respective capacities provided they take and file their oaths of office within thirty days from the effective date.

## Version chain

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

1. **S8775** (committee substitute) — [source](http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?sh=printbill&bn=S8775&term=2021&Text=Y)

## Votes

- Assembly Vote — **142–2** (pass) · lower
- Rules Vote — **20–0** (pass) · upper
- Floor Vote — **62–1** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- COONEY — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-04-14** REFERRED TO LOCAL GOVERNMENT `referral-committee`
- **2022-05-31** COMMITTEE DISCHARGED AND COMMITTED TO RULES `referral-committee`
- **2022-05-31** ORDERED TO THIRD READING CAL.1679
- **2022-06-02** HOME RULE REQUEST
- **2022-06-02** PASSED SENATE `passage`
- **2022-06-02** DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY
- **2022-06-02** REFERRED TO GOVERNMENTAL OPERATIONS `referral-committee`
- **2022-06-03** SUBSTITUTED FOR A9862
- **2022-06-03** ORDERED TO THIRD READING RULES CAL.720
- **2022-06-03** HOME RULE REQUEST
- **2022-06-03** PASSED ASSEMBLY `passage`
- **2022-06-03** RETURNED TO SENATE
- **2022-07-11** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
- **2022-07-21** SIGNED CHAP.457 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/8621a9a9-96f5-479c-9b1a-42ab26c2b1c7`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New York legislature records).