---
type: "Bill"
title: "Directs the New York State Office for People With Developmental Disabilities to establish a voluntary training and certification program for employers that have taken the EmployAbility Pledge"
description: "Directs the New York State Office for People With Developmental Disabilities to establish a voluntary training and certification program for employers that have taken the EmployAbility Pledge."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ny"
legislature: "New York Legislature"
session: "2021-2022"
identifier: "A 8915"
citation: "New York A 8915 (2021-2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["BURDICK"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 19
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2022-01-19"
last_action: "2022-10-04"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/064177e9-8ebd-4dda-a0ab-e6ba63b72d45"
source_url: "http://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2021/A8915"
source_hash: "e21d0427dfdcaa61b55239751ac388fcca5f424d4e973baf4d6d8e7b32cdb199"
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 8915 (2021-2022) — Directs the New York State Office for People With Developmental Disabilities to establish a voluntary training and certification program for employers that have taken the EmployAbility Pledge

Directs the New York State Office for People With Developmental Disabilities to establish a voluntary training and certification program for employers that have taken the EmployAbility Pledge.

## Version chain

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

1. **A8915** (committee substitute) — [source](http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?sh=printbill&bn=A8915&term=2021&Text=Y)
2. **A8915A** (committee substitute) — [source](http://legislation.nysenate.gov/pdf/bills/2021/A8915A)
3. **A8915B** (committee substitute) — [source](http://legislation.nysenate.gov/pdf/bills/2021/A8915B)

## Votes

- Floor Vote - Version: B — **63–0** (pass) · upper
- Assembly Vote — **149–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- BURDICK — primary (person)
- ABBATE — cosponsor (person)
- ABINANTI — cosponsor (person)
- DAVILA — cosponsor (person)
- ENGLEBRIGHT — cosponsor (person)
- GALLAGHER — cosponsor (person)
- GIGLIO JM — cosponsor (person)
- GRIFFIN — cosponsor (person)
- MEEKS — cosponsor (person)
- OTIS — cosponsor (person)
- SANTABARBARA — cosponsor (person)
- SEAWRIGHT — cosponsor (person)
- WALSH — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-01-19** REFERRED TO PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES `referral-committee`
- **2022-03-30** AMEND (T) AND RECOMMIT TO PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES `amendment-passage, referral-committee`
- **2022-03-30** PRINT NUMBER 8915A `amendment-passage`
- **2022-05-06** AMEND (T) AND RECOMMIT TO PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES `amendment-passage, referral-committee`
- **2022-05-06** PRINT NUMBER 8915B `amendment-passage`
- **2022-05-10** REPORTED REFERRED TO WAYS AND MEANS `referral-committee`
- **2022-05-25** REPORTED REFERRED TO RULES `referral-committee`
- **2022-05-31** REPORTED
- **2022-05-31** RULES REPORT CAL.467
- **2022-05-31** ORDERED TO THIRD READING RULES CAL.467
- **2022-05-31** PASSED ASSEMBLY `passage`
- **2022-05-31** DELIVERED TO SENATE
- **2022-05-31** REFERRED TO RULES `referral-committee`
- **2022-06-01** SUBSTITUTED FOR S7746B
- **2022-06-01** 3RD READING CAL.1653
- **2022-06-01** PASSED SENATE `passage`
- **2022-06-01** RETURNED TO ASSEMBLY
- **2022-10-04** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
- **2022-10-04** SIGNED CHAP.564 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/064177e9-8ebd-4dda-a0ab-e6ba63b72d45`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New York legislature records).