---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relates to payment in construction contracts"
description: "Relates to payment in construction contracts; specifies the meaning of \"substantial completion\" for the purposes of requisition payments in construction contracts."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ny"
legislature: "New York Legislature"
session: "2021-2022"
identifier: "S 880"
citation: "New York S 880 (2021-2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["BRESLIN"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 11
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2021-01-06"
last_action: "2021-06-11"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ad83377b-0915-4db8-be31-c82599c86d24"
source_url: "http://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2021/S880"
source_hash: "2bfc1861035f903b100b5d7d2dd9d456bf32ea91c81ccb6f821fd8a4e5bc3d99"
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 880 (2021-2022) — Relates to payment in construction contracts

Relates to payment in construction contracts; specifies the meaning of "substantial completion" for the purposes of requisition payments in construction contracts.

## Version chain

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

1. **S880** (committee substitute) — [source](http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?sh=printbill&bn=S880&term=2021&Text=Y)

## Votes

- Floor Vote — **63–0** (pass) · upper
- Rules Vote — **21–0** (pass) · upper
- Assembly Vote — **150–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- BRESLIN — 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.33
- **2021-01-20** PASSED SENATE `passage`
- **2021-01-20** DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY
- **2021-01-20** REFERRED TO WAYS AND MEANS `referral-committee`
- **2021-05-04** SUBSTITUTED FOR A967
- **2021-05-04** ORDERED TO THIRD READING CAL.236
- **2021-05-04** PASSED ASSEMBLY `passage`
- **2021-05-04** RETURNED TO SENATE
- **2021-06-11** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
- **2021-06-11** SIGNED CHAP.128 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/ad83377b-0915-4db8-be31-c82599c86d24`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New York legislature records).