---
type: "Bill"
title: "Requires certain commissioners have certain education and training"
description: "Requires certain commissioners to have certain education and training to be appointed to the public service commission."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ny"
legislature: "New York Legislature"
session: "2021-2022"
identifier: "A 476"
citation: "New York A 476 (2021-2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["ROZIC"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 12
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2021-01-06"
last_action: "2021-11-08"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/2df3981c-555c-4221-9516-fc89df914fd3"
source_url: "http://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2021/A476"
source_hash: "bc08e72a8236d65a74f3cc304f20ba351de10734f674e7f7c364bb723fdcc865"
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 476 (2021-2022) — Requires certain commissioners have certain education and training

Requires certain commissioners to have certain education and training to be appointed to the public service commission.

## Version chain

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

1. **A476** (committee substitute) — [source](http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?sh=printbill&bn=A476&term=2021&Text=Y)

## Votes

- Assembly Vote — **148–2** (pass) · lower
- Floor Vote — **58–5** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- ROZIC — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-01-06** REFERRED TO CORPORATIONS, AUTHORITIES AND COMMISSIONS `referral-committee`
- **2021-04-26** REPORTED
- **2021-04-29** ADVANCED TO THIRD READING CAL.235
- **2021-05-04** PASSED ASSEMBLY `passage`
- **2021-05-04** DELIVERED TO SENATE
- **2021-05-04** REFERRED TO CORPORATIONS, AUTHORITIES AND COMMISSIONS `referral-committee`
- **2021-06-10** SUBSTITUTED FOR S7145
- **2021-06-10** 3RD READING CAL.1677
- **2021-06-10** PASSED SENATE `passage`
- **2021-06-10** RETURNED TO ASSEMBLY
- **2021-10-27** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
- **2021-11-08** SIGNED CHAP.584 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/2df3981c-555c-4221-9516-fc89df914fd3`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New York legislature records).