---
type: "Bill"
title: "Establishes light duty during pregnancy and parental leave for certain commuter rail employees"
description: "Establishes light duty during pregnancy and parental leave for certain commuter rail service employees."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ny"
legislature: "New York Legislature"
session: "2021-2022"
identifier: "A 9964"
citation: "New York A 9964 (2021-2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["JOYNER"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 12
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2022-04-21"
last_action: "2022-12-09"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/33ac5153-c8aa-4079-b77f-bd82bbf163f2"
source_url: "http://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2021/A9964"
source_hash: "638f1e871f00508f1dac904d316ddef698fc8d5caeb2800f980beb3a36de36da"
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 9964 (2021-2022) — Establishes light duty during pregnancy and parental leave for certain commuter rail employees

Establishes light duty during pregnancy and parental leave for certain commuter rail service employees.

## Version chain

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

1. **A9964** (committee substitute) — [source](http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?sh=printbill&bn=A9964&term=2021&Text=Y)

## Votes

- Assembly Vote — **146–0** (pass) · lower
- Floor Vote — **63–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- JOYNER — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-04-21** REFERRED TO CORPORATIONS, AUTHORITIES AND COMMISSIONS `referral-committee`
- **2022-04-25** REPORTED
- **2022-04-28** ADVANCED TO THIRD READING CAL.585
- **2022-05-04** PASSED ASSEMBLY `passage`
- **2022-05-04** DELIVERED TO SENATE
- **2022-05-04** REFERRED TO TRANSPORTATION `referral-committee`
- **2022-06-02** SUBSTITUTED FOR S8831
- **2022-06-02** 3RD READING CAL.1681
- **2022-06-02** PASSED SENATE `passage`
- **2022-06-02** RETURNED TO ASSEMBLY
- **2022-12-02** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
- **2022-12-09** SIGNED CHAP.668 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/33ac5153-c8aa-4079-b77f-bd82bbf163f2`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New York legislature records).