---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relates to the effectiveness of provisions of law which requires appointing authorities to provide appointment and promotion letters"
description: "Relates to the effectiveness of provisions of law which requires appointing authorities to provide appointment and promotion letters when extending an offer of appointment or promotion to a position in the classified service."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ny"
legislature: "New York Legislature"
session: "2025-2026"
identifier: "A 9450"
citation: "New York A 9450 (2025-2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Stacey Pheffer Amato"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 15
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2026-01-06"
last_action: "2026-02-13"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/9e3eaec8-a7c2-4761-86d1-32b50ebfd0b8"
source_url: "http://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2025/A9450"
source_hash: "d266d0323ac124d9a4476b68295fe799fb393f2d1f6b264ffa95e65151551a0a"
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 9450 (2025-2026) — Relates to the effectiveness of provisions of law which requires appointing authorities to provide appointment and promotion letters

Relates to the effectiveness of provisions of law which requires appointing authorities to provide appointment and promotion letters when extending an offer of appointment or promotion to a position in the classified service.

## Version chain

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

1. **A9450** (committee substitute) — [source](http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?sh=printbill&bn=A9450&term=2025&Text=Y)

## Votes

- Floor Vote — **58–1** (pass) · upper
- Assembly Vote — **143–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Stacey Pheffer Amato — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2026-01-06** REFERRED TO GOVERNMENTAL EMPLOYEES `referral-committee`
- **2026-01-07** REFERRED TO GOVERNMENTAL EMPLOYEES `referral-committee`
- **2026-01-12** REPORTED REFERRED TO RULES `referral-committee`
- **2026-01-12** REPORTED
- **2026-01-12** RULES REPORT CAL.5
- **2026-01-12** ORDERED TO THIRD READING RULES CAL.5
- **2026-01-13** PASSED ASSEMBLY `passage`
- **2026-01-13** DELIVERED TO SENATE
- **2026-01-13** REFERRED TO RULES `referral-committee`
- **2026-01-28** SUBSTITUTED FOR S8796
- **2026-01-28** 3RD READING CAL.81
- **2026-01-28** PASSED SENATE `passage`
- **2026-01-28** RETURNED TO ASSEMBLY
- **2026-02-13** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
- **2026-02-13** SIGNED CHAP.14 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/9e3eaec8-a7c2-4761-86d1-32b50ebfd0b8`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New York legislature records).