---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relates to the annual maintenance allowance received by employees who are required to wear an employer-approved blazer"
description: "Relates to the annual maintenance allowance received by employees of the unified court system who are required to wear an employer-approved blazer; categorizes such allowance as compensation for retirement purposes, rather than part of the employee's basic annual salary."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ny"
legislature: "New York Legislature"
session: "2023-2024"
identifier: "S 9730"
citation: "New York S 9730 (2023-2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Brad Hoylman-Sigal"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 12
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2024-05-23"
last_action: "2024-11-22"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e987f608-ffc2-4550-9a01-fa6d69d7ea07"
source_url: "http://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2023/S9730"
source_hash: "85333428985f8ef8017404397a6fffddfe5bf5585850a324926f7a995b3a5350"
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 9730 (2023-2024) — Relates to the annual maintenance allowance received by employees who are required to wear an employer-approved blazer

Relates to the annual maintenance allowance received by employees of the unified court system who are required to wear an employer-approved blazer; categorizes such allowance as compensation for retirement purposes, rather than part of the employee's basic annual salary.

## Version chain

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

1. **S9730** (committee substitute) — [source](http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?sh=printbill&bn=S9730&term=2023&Text=Y)

## Votes

- Rules Vote — **20–0** (pass) · upper
- Floor Vote — **61–0** (pass) · upper
- Assembly Vote — **142–2** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Brad Hoylman-Sigal — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-05-23** REFERRED TO JUDICIARY `referral-committee`
- **2024-06-04** COMMITTEE DISCHARGED AND COMMITTED TO RULES `referral-committee`
- **2024-06-04** ORDERED TO THIRD READING CAL.1735
- **2024-06-04** PASSED SENATE `passage`
- **2024-06-04** DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY
- **2024-06-04** REFERRED TO WAYS AND MEANS `referral-committee`
- **2024-06-07** SUBSTITUTED FOR A10197
- **2024-06-07** ORDERED TO THIRD READING RULES CAL.544
- **2024-06-07** PASSED ASSEMBLY `passage`
- **2024-06-07** RETURNED TO SENATE
- **2024-11-15** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
- **2024-11-22** SIGNED CHAP.531 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/e987f608-ffc2-4550-9a01-fa6d69d7ea07`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New York legislature records).