---
type: "Bill"
title: "Provides for the declination of a designation as a candidate or nomination for a party position under special circumstances"
description: "Provides for the declination of a designation as a candidate or nomination for a party position where the person so nominated or designated has been arrested or charged with one or more state or federal misdemeanors or felonies, or convicted of a crime after designation."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ny"
legislature: "New York Legislature"
session: "2021-2022"
identifier: "S 8949"
citation: "New York S 8949 (2021-2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["KRUEGER"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 11
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2022-04-29"
last_action: "2022-05-02"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/9788bd2f-de0c-4c51-b006-c42c2a85b1cb"
source_url: "http://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2021/S8949"
source_hash: "96e0f765b1934a82dd7bbefe0808bac92c304f3db0a0df3fa440b98d487bbc3e"
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 8949 (2021-2022) — Provides for the declination of a designation as a candidate or nomination for a party position under special circumstances

Provides for the declination of a designation as a candidate or nomination for a party position where the person so nominated or designated has been arrested or charged with one or more state or federal misdemeanors or felonies, or convicted of a crime after designation.

## Version chain

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

1. **S8949** (committee substitute) — [source](http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?sh=printbill&bn=S8949&term=2021&Text=Y)

## Votes

- Rules Vote — **13–8** (pass) · upper
- Floor Vote — **33–29** (pass) · upper
- Assembly Vote — **84–58** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- KRUEGER — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-04-29** REFERRED TO RULES `referral-committee`
- **2022-05-02** ORDERED TO THIRD READING CAL.932
- **2022-05-02** PASSED SENATE `passage`
- **2022-05-02** DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY
- **2022-05-02** REFERRED TO ELECTION LAW `referral-committee`
- **2022-05-02** SUBSTITUTED FOR A10135
- **2022-05-02** ORDERED TO THIRD READING RULES CAL.92
- **2022-05-02** PASSED ASSEMBLY `passage`
- **2022-05-02** RETURNED TO SENATE
- **2022-05-02** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
- **2022-05-02** SIGNED CHAP.178 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/9788bd2f-de0c-4c51-b006-c42c2a85b1cb`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New York legislature records).