---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relates to amending the effectiveness of a chapter of 2023 relating to public accountants"
description: "Amends the effectiveness of a chapter of 2023 relating to allowing for non-CPA ownership of firms; provides that such act shall take effect in 6 months."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ny"
legislature: "New York Legislature"
session: "2023-2024"
identifier: "S 8017"
citation: "New York S 8017 (2023-2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Toby Ann Stavisky"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 11
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2024-01-05"
last_action: "2024-03-01"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/db28e53e-6c55-498b-8c31-1eef52303c43"
source_url: "http://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2023/S8017"
source_hash: "cbac26dc65c59746e8639fe110d6ef6a852486f14c210f217dd80ea2a2f3f458"
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 S 8017 (2023-2024) — Relates to amending the effectiveness of a chapter of 2023 relating to public accountants

Amends the effectiveness of a chapter of 2023 relating to allowing for non-CPA ownership of firms; provides that such act shall take effect in 6 months.

## Version chain

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

1. **S8017** (committee substitute) — [source](http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?sh=printbill&bn=S8017&term=2023&Text=Y)

## Votes

- Assembly Vote — **147–0** (pass) · lower
- Floor Vote — **60–1** (pass) · upper
- Rules Vote — **20–1** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Toby Ann Stavisky — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-01-05** REFERRED TO RULES `referral-committee`
- **2024-01-23** ORDERED TO THIRD READING CAL.172
- **2024-01-31** PASSED SENATE `passage`
- **2024-01-31** DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY
- **2024-01-31** REFERRED TO HIGHER EDUCATION `referral-committee`
- **2024-02-13** SUBSTITUTED FOR A8510
- **2024-02-13** ORDERED TO THIRD READING CAL.300
- **2024-02-13** PASSED ASSEMBLY `passage`
- **2024-02-13** RETURNED TO SENATE
- **2024-03-01** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
- **2024-03-01** SIGNED CHAP.96 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/db28e53e-6c55-498b-8c31-1eef52303c43`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New York legislature records).