---
type: "Bill"
title: "Authorizes regional planning council's eligibility for federal and/or state grants"
description: "Authorizes regional planning council's eligibility to apply for federal and/or state grants."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ny"
legislature: "New York Legislature"
session: "2023-2024"
identifier: "A 8374"
citation: "New York A 8374 (2023-2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["John T. McDonald III"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 16
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2023-12-13"
last_action: "2024-11-22"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/208b7d91-d9ee-45af-8db7-9f02d692b4be"
source_url: "http://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2023/A8374"
source_hash: "6836bb8ae91a811c69467170cadd67c4e6a2a5de19bbee3dddc5bc32a6d72bac"
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 8374 (2023-2024) — Authorizes regional planning council's eligibility for federal and/or state grants

Authorizes regional planning council's eligibility to apply for federal and/or state grants.

## Version chain

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

1. **A8374** (committee substitute) — [source](http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?sh=printbill&bn=A8374&term=2023&Text=Y)

## Votes

- Assembly Vote — **136–0** (pass) · lower
- Floor Vote — **61–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- John T. McDonald III — primary (person)
- Chris Burdick — cosponsor (person)
- Chris Tague — cosponsor (person)
- Dana Levenberg — cosponsor (person)
- Fred Thiele — cosponsor (person)
- Jake Ryan Blumencranz — cosponsor (person)
- John Lemondes — cosponsor (person)
- Josh Jensen — cosponsor (person)
- Mary Beth Walsh — cosponsor (person)
- MaryJane Shimsky — cosponsor (person)
- Nikki Lucas — cosponsor (person)
- Patricia Fahy — cosponsor (person)
- Robert Smullen — cosponsor (person)
- Rodneyse Bichotte Hermelyn — cosponsor (person)
- Scott Gray — cosponsor (person)
- Scott H. Bendett — cosponsor (person)
- Stephen Hawley — cosponsor (person)
- Steve Stern — cosponsor (person)
- Steven Otis — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-12-13** REFERRED TO LOCAL GOVERNMENTS `referral-committee`
- **2024-01-03** REFERRED TO LOCAL GOVERNMENTS `referral-committee`
- **2024-03-05** REPORTED REFERRED TO WAYS AND MEANS `referral-committee`
- **2024-05-20** REPORTED REFERRED TO RULES `referral-committee`
- **2024-05-22** REPORTED
- **2024-05-22** RULES REPORT CAL.108
- **2024-05-22** ORDERED TO THIRD READING RULES CAL.108
- **2024-05-23** PASSED ASSEMBLY `passage`
- **2024-05-23** DELIVERED TO SENATE
- **2024-05-23** REFERRED TO FINANCE `referral-committee`
- **2024-06-06** SUBSTITUTED FOR S8958
- **2024-06-06** 3RD READING CAL.1856
- **2024-06-06** PASSED SENATE `passage`
- **2024-06-06** RETURNED TO ASSEMBLY
- **2024-11-15** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
- **2024-11-22** SIGNED CHAP.479 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/208b7d91-d9ee-45af-8db7-9f02d692b4be`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New York legislature records).