---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relates to the capital access program"
description: "Relates to the capital access program; focuses on minority and women-owned business enterprises and small businesses located in highly distressed areas to assist them in processing and being approved for qualifying program loans; requires the engagement in outreach and marketing to financial institutions to increase awareness of the program."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ny"
legislature: "New York Legislature"
session: "2023-2024"
identifier: "A 8537"
citation: "New York A 8537 (2023-2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Pamela J. Hunter"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 12
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2024-01-08"
last_action: "2024-02-07"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/624e9a17-e7ba-4822-a113-3c3a2b9a11b1"
source_url: "http://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2023/A8537"
source_hash: "084c0a9c521e718abeeca1cf761236b3a5398cbea15b873f12f88ff03e71e922"
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 8537 (2023-2024) — Relates to the capital access program

Relates to the capital access program; focuses on minority and women-owned business enterprises and small businesses located in highly distressed areas to assist them in processing and being approved for qualifying program loans; requires the engagement in outreach and marketing to financial institutions to increase awareness of the program.

## Version chain

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

1. **A8537** (committee substitute) — [source](http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?sh=printbill&bn=A8537&term=2023&Text=Y)

## Votes

- Floor Vote — **61–0** (pass) · upper
- Assembly Vote — **148–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Pamela J. Hunter — primary (person)
- Nader Sayegh — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-01-08** REFERRED TO BANKS `referral-committee`
- **2024-01-16** REPORTED
- **2024-01-18** ADVANCED TO THIRD READING CAL.249
- **2024-01-23** PASSED ASSEMBLY `passage`
- **2024-01-23** DELIVERED TO SENATE
- **2024-01-23** REFERRED TO RULES `referral-committee`
- **2024-01-31** SUBSTITUTED FOR S8094
- **2024-01-31** 3RD READING CAL.73
- **2024-01-31** PASSED SENATE `passage`
- **2024-01-31** RETURNED TO ASSEMBLY
- **2024-02-07** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
- **2024-02-07** SIGNED CHAP.41 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/624e9a17-e7ba-4822-a113-3c3a2b9a11b1`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New York legislature records).