---
type: "Bill"
title: "Requires one voting member of the metropolitan transportation authority be a transit dependent individual; changes effectiveness"
description: "Requires one voting member of the metropolitan transportation authority be a transit dependent individual; changes the effectiveness of such provisions to 270 days after it shall have become a law."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ny"
legislature: "New York Legislature"
session: "2023-2024"
identifier: "S 8037"
citation: "New York S 8037 (2023-2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Roxanne J. Persaud"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 11
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2024-01-05"
last_action: "2024-02-07"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d85a75cc-029e-4011-9331-4be7a62b09a1"
source_url: "http://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2023/S8037"
source_hash: "fd5bc4c6c30e6c04edd08e5016fb085f6db7071e35172f5611215fd61d56f357"
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 8037 (2023-2024) — Requires one voting member of the metropolitan transportation authority be a transit dependent individual; changes effectiveness

Requires one voting member of the metropolitan transportation authority be a transit dependent individual; changes the effectiveness of such provisions to 270 days after it shall have become a law.

## Version chain

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

1. **S8037** (committee substitute) — [source](http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?sh=printbill&bn=S8037&term=2023&Text=Y)

## Votes

- Assembly Vote — **142–4** (pass) · lower
- Floor Vote — **58–0** (pass) · upper
- Rules Vote — **21–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Roxanne J. Persaud — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-01-05** REFERRED TO RULES `referral-committee`
- **2024-01-08** ORDERED TO THIRD READING CAL.37
- **2024-01-17** PASSED SENATE `passage`
- **2024-01-17** DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY
- **2024-01-17** REFERRED TO CORPORATIONS, AUTHORITIES AND COMMISSIONS `referral-committee`
- **2024-01-23** SUBSTITUTED FOR A8543
- **2024-01-23** ORDERED TO THIRD READING CAL.252
- **2024-01-30** PASSED ASSEMBLY `passage`
- **2024-01-30** RETURNED TO SENATE
- **2024-02-07** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
- **2024-02-07** SIGNED CHAP.68 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/d85a75cc-029e-4011-9331-4be7a62b09a1`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New York legislature records).