---
type: "Bill"
title: "Establishes a threshold for the amount of work needed to be performed by a preferred source which is an approved charitable non-profit-making agency for the blind; provides for the repeal upon expiration thereof"
description: "Requires that when the state is purchasing commodities and such commodities are available and purchased from approved charitable non-profit-making agencies for the blind, the preferred source shall perform fifty percent or more of the work."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ny"
legislature: "New York Legislature"
session: "2023-2024"
identifier: "S 858"
citation: "New York S 858 (2023-2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["John Mannion"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 11
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2023-01-06"
last_action: "2023-03-03"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a61edf78-b5f2-4190-a91d-e07289a5ac40"
source_url: "http://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2023/S858"
source_hash: "68a470017eeea41762e3cbf3d11b04db71ed3bbecaf7db3a3d7fd7d85c4cdd5d"
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 858 (2023-2024) — Establishes a threshold for the amount of work needed to be performed by a preferred source which is an approved charitable non-profit-making agency for the blind; provides for the repeal upon expiration thereof

Requires that when the state is purchasing commodities and such commodities are available and purchased from approved charitable non-profit-making agencies for the blind, the preferred source shall perform fifty percent or more of the work.

## Version chain

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

1. **S858** (committee substitute) — [source](http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?sh=printbill&bn=S858&term=2023&Text=Y)

## Votes

- Floor Vote — **62–0** (pass) · upper
- Rules Vote — **19–0** (pass) · upper
- Assembly Vote — **143–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- John Mannion — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-01-06** REFERRED TO RULES `referral-committee`
- **2023-01-09** ORDERED TO THIRD READING CAL.67
- **2023-01-23** PASSED SENATE `passage`
- **2023-01-23** DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY
- **2023-01-23** REFERRED TO WAYS AND MEANS `referral-committee`
- **2023-01-23** SUBSTITUTED FOR A621
- **2023-01-23** ORDERED TO THIRD READING RULES CAL.25
- **2023-01-23** PASSED ASSEMBLY `passage`
- **2023-01-23** RETURNED TO SENATE
- **2023-03-03** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
- **2023-03-03** SIGNED CHAP.91 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/a61edf78-b5f2-4190-a91d-e07289a5ac40`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New York legislature records).