---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relates to subway track safety; repealer"
description: "Relates to subway track safety; provides instructions shall be provided on how to react safely, timely, and effectively when a person falls onto the subway tracks as part of its ongoing safety education campaigns."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ny"
legislature: "New York Legislature"
session: "2021-2022"
identifier: "A 8794"
citation: "New York A 8794 (2021-2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["CARROLL"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 14
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2022-01-12"
last_action: "2022-02-24"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/94718116-6814-4ec9-a673-de0c99c46481"
source_url: "http://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2021/A8794"
source_hash: "8f5a3b4ce6bc7747621840af704bdaa6ec3fc3b1a7d564cb50b9cf40b132fb7c"
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 8794 (2021-2022) — Relates to subway track safety; repealer

Relates to subway track safety; provides instructions shall be provided on how to react safely, timely, and effectively when a person falls onto the subway tracks as part of its ongoing safety education campaigns.

## Version chain

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

1. **A8794** (committee substitute) — [source](http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?sh=printbill&bn=A8794&term=2021&Text=Y)

## Votes

- Assembly Vote — **142–0** (pass) · lower
- Floor Vote — **62–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- CARROLL — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-01-12** REFERRED TO CORPORATIONS, AUTHORITIES AND COMMISSIONS `referral-committee`
- **2022-01-19** REPORTED REFERRED TO RULES `referral-committee`
- **2022-01-19** REPORTED
- **2022-01-19** RULES REPORT CAL.51
- **2022-01-19** ORDERED TO THIRD READING RULES CAL.51
- **2022-01-20** PASSED ASSEMBLY `passage`
- **2022-01-20** DELIVERED TO SENATE
- **2022-01-20** REFERRED TO RULES `referral-committee`
- **2022-01-25** SUBSTITUTED FOR S7822
- **2022-01-25** 3RD READING CAL.185
- **2022-01-25** PASSED SENATE `passage`
- **2022-01-25** RETURNED TO ASSEMBLY
- **2022-02-24** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
- **2022-02-24** SIGNED CHAP.62 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/94718116-6814-4ec9-a673-de0c99c46481`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New York legislature records).