---
type: "Bill"
title: "Establishes the New York Asian American and Pacific Islander commission; repealer"
description: "Establishes a 13 member New York Asian American and Pacific Islander commission to develop policies to improve the community, economic and social well-being, and the health and educational needs important to Asian American and Pacific Islander communities in the state; provides for the duties of the commission."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ny"
legislature: "New York Legislature"
session: "2023-2024"
identifier: "A 8550"
citation: "New York A 8550 (2023-2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Jenifer Rajkumar"]
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/7e0fb53e-372f-489a-8f0c-ce67e0b698b0"
source_url: "http://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2023/A8550"
source_hash: "d51427008e21d24d67e89cb0d09807cbf9d54b4087c90f85bba15f2f48a2b522"
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 8550 (2023-2024) — Establishes the New York Asian American and Pacific Islander commission; repealer

Establishes a 13 member New York Asian American and Pacific Islander commission to develop policies to improve the community, economic and social well-being, and the health and educational needs important to Asian American and Pacific Islander communities in the state; provides for the duties of the commission.

## Version chain

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

1. **A8550** (committee substitute) — [source](http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?sh=printbill&bn=A8550&term=2023&Text=Y)

## Votes

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

## Sponsors

- Jenifer Rajkumar — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-01-08** REFERRED TO GOVERNMENTAL OPERATIONS `referral-committee`
- **2024-01-17** REPORTED
- **2024-01-18** ADVANCED TO THIRD READING CAL.258
- **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 S8023
- **2024-01-31** 3RD READING CAL.177
- **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.43 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/7e0fb53e-372f-489a-8f0c-ce67e0b698b0`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New York legislature records).