---
type: "Bill"
title: "Protects certain agreements between public service companies and their employees"
description: "Protects certain agreements between public service companies and their employees."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ny"
legislature: "New York Legislature"
session: "2021-2022"
identifier: "S 8919"
citation: "New York S 8919 (2021-2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["HINCHEY"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 13
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2022-04-28"
last_action: "2022-12-09"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ba30b799-0eff-42e9-97d1-386175b5c968"
source_url: "http://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2021/S8919"
source_hash: "04560108de2fc532e49ed9a80c12a81f16e580a5426cdb5f5d214b08e675d1b5"
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 8919 (2021-2022) — Protects certain agreements between public service companies and their employees

Protects certain agreements between public service companies and their employees.

## Version chain

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

1. **S8919** (committee substitute) — [source](http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?sh=printbill&bn=S8919&term=2021&Text=Y)

## Votes

- Energy And Telecommunications Vote — **9–0** (pass) · upper
- Assembly Vote — **149–1** (pass) · lower
- Floor Vote — **60–1** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- HINCHEY — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-04-28** REFERRED TO ENERGY AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS `referral-committee`
- **2022-05-10** 1ST REPORT CAL.1307
- **2022-05-11** 2ND REPORT CAL.
- **2022-05-16** ADVANCED TO THIRD READING
- **2022-05-23** PASSED SENATE `passage`
- **2022-05-23** DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY
- **2022-05-23** REFERRED TO CORPORATIONS, AUTHORITIES AND COMMISSIONS `referral-committee`
- **2022-06-01** SUBSTITUTED FOR A10216A
- **2022-06-01** ORDERED TO THIRD READING RULES CAL.580
- **2022-06-01** PASSED ASSEMBLY `passage`
- **2022-06-01** RETURNED TO SENATE
- **2022-12-02** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
- **2022-12-09** SIGNED CHAP.675 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/ba30b799-0eff-42e9-97d1-386175b5c968`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New York legislature records).