---
type: "Bill"
title: "Allows an individual with disabilities or a disabled veteran to hold full-time or part-time positions for purposes of eligibility for recruitment for state employment"
description: "Allows an individual with disabilities or a disabled veteran to hold full-time or part-time positions for purposes of eligibility for recruitment for state employment."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ny"
legislature: "New York Legislature"
session: "2023-2024"
identifier: "A 6480"
citation: "New York A 6480 (2023-2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Chris Burdick"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 12
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2023-04-11"
last_action: "2023-10-05"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f28e2170-b3ea-4854-bec4-4f26204957ca"
source_url: "http://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2023/A6480"
source_hash: "2b3a9eade3aba7ab4b2020a1ef7a3d6fa3c889c9cd494879e417bae1223e5117"
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 6480 (2023-2024) — Allows an individual with disabilities or a disabled veteran to hold full-time or part-time positions for purposes of eligibility for recruitment for state employment

Allows an individual with disabilities or a disabled veteran to hold full-time or part-time positions for purposes of eligibility for recruitment for state employment.

## Version chain

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

1. **A6480** (committee substitute) — [source](http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?sh=printbill&bn=A6480&term=2023&Text=Y)

## Votes

- Floor Vote — **58–0** (pass) · upper
- Assembly Vote — **146–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Chris Burdick — primary (person)
- Angelo Santabarbara — cosponsor (person)
- Charles Fall — cosponsor (person)
- Christopher Eachus — cosponsor (person)
- Dana Levenberg — cosponsor (person)
- Gina Sillitti — cosponsor (person)
- Harvey Epstein — cosponsor (person)
- Inez E. Dickens — cosponsor (person)
- Jen Lunsford — cosponsor (person)
- Jo Anne Simon — cosponsor (person)
- Jodi Giglio — cosponsor (person)
- Jonathan Rivera — cosponsor (person)
- Manny De Los Santos — cosponsor (person)
- Marianne Buttenschon — cosponsor (person)
- Mary Beth Walsh — cosponsor (person)
- Rebecca Seawright — cosponsor (person)
- Scott H. Bendett — cosponsor (person)
- Steven Otis — cosponsor (person)
- William Colton — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-04-11** REFERRED TO GOVERNMENTAL EMPLOYEES `referral-committee`
- **2023-04-18** REPORTED
- **2023-04-20** ADVANCED TO THIRD READING CAL.152
- **2023-05-15** PASSED ASSEMBLY `passage`
- **2023-05-15** DELIVERED TO SENATE
- **2023-05-15** REFERRED TO CIVIL SERVICE AND PENSIONS `referral-committee`
- **2023-05-31** SUBSTITUTED FOR S6482A
- **2023-05-31** 3RD READING CAL.1316
- **2023-05-31** PASSED SENATE `passage`
- **2023-05-31** RETURNED TO ASSEMBLY
- **2023-10-05** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
- **2023-10-05** SIGNED CHAP.521 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/f28e2170-b3ea-4854-bec4-4f26204957ca`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New York legislature records).