---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relates to the maximum number of employees that a minority and women-owned business enterprise may have during a declared state disaster emergency; limits such provisions to declared state disasters"
description: "Makes technical changes to provisions relating to maximum number of employees that a minority and women-owned business enterprise may have during a declared state disaster emergency."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ny"
legislature: "New York Legislature"
session: "2023-2024"
identifier: "A 8563"
citation: "New York A 8563 (2023-2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Rodneyse Bichotte Hermelyn"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 12
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2024-01-09"
last_action: "2024-02-07"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/80ca6934-a332-46e9-9064-9c9db023f531"
source_url: "http://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2023/A8563"
source_hash: "fea20c92108ecc9af008a00882106a57cc97694789d1f0b103edc309ef667d73"
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 8563 (2023-2024) — Relates to the maximum number of employees that a minority and women-owned business enterprise may have during a declared state disaster emergency; limits such provisions to declared state disasters

Makes technical changes to provisions relating to maximum number of employees that a minority and women-owned business enterprise may have during a declared state disaster emergency.

## Version chain

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

1. **A8563** (committee substitute) — [source](http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?sh=printbill&bn=A8563&term=2023&Text=Y)

## Votes

- Floor Vote — **61–0** (pass) · upper
- Assembly Vote — **146–2** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Rodneyse Bichotte Hermelyn — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-01-09** REFERRED TO GOVERNMENTAL OPERATIONS `referral-committee`
- **2024-01-17** REPORTED
- **2024-01-18** ADVANCED TO THIRD READING CAL.263
- **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 S8027
- **2024-01-31** 3RD READING CAL.178
- **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.44 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/80ca6934-a332-46e9-9064-9c9db023f531`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New York legislature records).