---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relates to the Syracuse regional airport authority"
description: "Relates to the powers of the Syracuse regional airport authority; provides that the Syracuse regional airport authority shall determine which positions, with the exception of all police positions, shall be in the exempt class of civil service."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ny"
legislature: "New York Legislature"
session: "2025-2026"
identifier: "A 8116"
citation: "New York A 8116 (2025-2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["William Magnarelli"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 16
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2025-05-01"
last_action: "2025-11-12"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/4a4c2c56-79be-4d16-b87c-3c4d03264240"
source_url: "http://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2025/A8116"
source_hash: "adc5e9921309480eaf30402860c97e6074c2d65deccf486ff8fc3b27686e47b0"
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 8116 (2025-2026) — Relates to the Syracuse regional airport authority

Relates to the powers of the Syracuse regional airport authority; provides that the Syracuse regional airport authority shall determine which positions, with the exception of all police positions, shall be in the exempt class of civil service.

## Version chain

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

1. **A8116** (committee substitute) — [source](http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?sh=printbill&bn=A8116&term=2025&Text=Y)
2. **A8116A** (committee substitute) — [source](http://legislation.nysenate.gov/pdf/bills/2025/A8116A)

## Votes

- Assembly Vote — **144–0** (pass) · lower
- Floor Vote - Version: A — **58–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- William Magnarelli — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-05-01** REFERRED TO CORPORATIONS, AUTHORITIES AND COMMISSIONS `referral-committee`
- **2025-05-12** AMEND (T) AND RECOMMIT TO CORPORATIONS, AUTHORITIES AND COMMISSIONS `amendment-passage, referral-committee`
- **2025-05-12** PRINT NUMBER 8116A `amendment-passage`
- **2025-05-28** REPORTED REFERRED TO RULES `referral-committee`
- **2025-05-29** REPORTED
- **2025-05-29** RULES REPORT CAL.352
- **2025-05-29** ORDERED TO THIRD READING RULES CAL.352
- **2025-05-29** PASSED ASSEMBLY `passage`
- **2025-05-29** DELIVERED TO SENATE
- **2025-05-29** REFERRED TO CORPORATIONS, AUTHORITIES AND COMMISSIONS `referral-committee`
- **2025-06-10** SUBSTITUTED FOR S7548A
- **2025-06-10** 3RD READING CAL.1283
- **2025-06-10** PASSED SENATE `passage`
- **2025-06-10** RETURNED TO ASSEMBLY
- **2025-11-03** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
- **2025-11-12** SIGNED CHAP.496 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/4a4c2c56-79be-4d16-b87c-3c4d03264240`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New York legislature records).