---
type: "Bill"
title: "Designates March 8th each year as a day of commemoration, to be known as International Women's Day"
description: "Designates March 8th each year as a day of commemoration, to be known as International Women's Day."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ny"
legislature: "New York Legislature"
session: "2023-2024"
identifier: "S 1792"
citation: "New York S 1792 (2023-2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Michelle Hinchey"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 13
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2023-01-17"
last_action: "2023-11-17"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/90484c92-332b-40da-b895-0062b520f116"
source_url: "http://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2023/S1792"
source_hash: "6199e425176e1e0f12441964251ce302b5f6f86941bb61621b2f99f2c14a0dff"
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 1792 (2023-2024) — Designates March 8th each year as a day of commemoration, to be known as International Women's Day

Designates March 8th each year as a day of commemoration, to be known as International Women's Day.

## Version chain

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

1. **S1792** (committee substitute) — [source](http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?sh=printbill&bn=S1792&term=2023&Text=Y)

## Votes

- Floor Vote — **60–0** (pass) · upper
- Finance Vote — **22–0** (pass) · upper
- Assembly Vote — **148–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Michelle Hinchey — primary (person)
- Joseph P. Addabbo Jr. — cosponsor (person)
- Julia Salazar — cosponsor (person)
- Lea Webb — cosponsor (person)
- Rachel May — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-01-17** REFERRED TO FINANCE `referral-committee`
- **2023-01-23** 1ST REPORT CAL.190
- **2023-01-24** 2ND REPORT CAL.
- **2023-01-25** ADVANCED TO THIRD READING
- **2023-03-08** PASSED SENATE `passage`
- **2023-03-08** DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY
- **2023-03-09** REFERRED TO GOVERNMENTAL OPERATIONS `referral-committee`
- **2023-04-26** SUBSTITUTED FOR A4349
- **2023-04-26** ORDERED TO THIRD READING CAL.137
- **2023-04-26** PASSED ASSEMBLY `passage`
- **2023-04-26** RETURNED TO SENATE
- **2023-11-13** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
- **2023-11-17** SIGNED CHAP.652 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/90484c92-332b-40da-b895-0062b520f116`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New York legislature records).