---
type: "Bill"
title: "Authorizes non-membership not-for-profit corporations to classify their boards through their by-laws"
description: "Authorizes non-membership not-for-profit corporations to classify boards through the by-laws and not solely through the certificate of incorporation."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ny"
legislature: "New York Legislature"
session: "2023-2024"
identifier: "A 6940"
citation: "New York A 6940 (2023-2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Tony Simone"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 14
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2023-05-09"
last_action: "2023-10-25"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/5721ad1b-ca83-44fe-83d7-1478dd465a41"
source_url: "http://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2023/A6940"
source_hash: "7619d55b97bf62358c37745d98f601ce64386de99deba95050c60a44328ad890"
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 A 6940 (2023-2024) — Authorizes non-membership not-for-profit corporations to classify their boards through their by-laws

Authorizes non-membership not-for-profit corporations to classify boards through the by-laws and not solely through the certificate of incorporation.

## Version chain

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

1. **A6940** (committee substitute) — [source](http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?sh=printbill&bn=A6940&term=2023&Text=Y)

## Votes

- Floor Vote — **62–0** (pass) · upper
- Assembly Vote — **148–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Tony Simone — primary (person)
- Alex Bores — cosponsor (person)
- Brian Cunningham — cosponsor (person)
- Dana Levenberg — cosponsor (person)
- Daniel Rosenthal — cosponsor (person)
- Eddie Gibbs — cosponsor (person)
- Grace Lee — cosponsor (person)
- Jessica Gonzalez-Rojas — cosponsor (person)
- Jo Anne Simon — cosponsor (person)
- Kenneth Zebrowski — cosponsor (person)
- MaryJane Shimsky — cosponsor (person)
- Nikki Lucas — cosponsor (person)
- Nily Rozic — cosponsor (person)
- Rebecca Seawright — cosponsor (person)
- Stacey Pheffer Amato — cosponsor (person)
- Stefani Zinerman — cosponsor (person)
- Yudelka Tapia — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-05-09** REFERRED TO CORPORATIONS, AUTHORITIES AND COMMISSIONS `referral-committee`
- **2023-05-23** REPORTED REFERRED TO RULES `referral-committee`
- **2023-05-24** REPORTED
- **2023-05-24** RULES REPORT CAL.277
- **2023-05-24** ORDERED TO THIRD READING RULES CAL.277
- **2023-06-06** PASSED ASSEMBLY `passage`
- **2023-06-06** DELIVERED TO SENATE
- **2023-06-06** REFERRED TO RULES `referral-committee`
- **2023-06-08** SUBSTITUTED FOR S5806
- **2023-06-08** 3RD READING CAL.786
- **2023-06-08** PASSED SENATE `passage`
- **2023-06-08** RETURNED TO ASSEMBLY
- **2023-10-13** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
- **2023-10-25** SIGNED CHAP.573 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/5721ad1b-ca83-44fe-83d7-1478dd465a41`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New York legislature records).