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type: "Bill"
title: "Replaces all instances of the words councilman or councilmen with the words council member or council members"
description: "Replaces all instances of the words councilman or councilmen with the words council member or council members."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ny"
legislature: "New York Legislature"
session: "2021-2022"
identifier: "A 8272"
citation: "New York A 8272 (2021-2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["WOERNER"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 15
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2021-08-25"
last_action: "2022-08-17"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/3b3c1764-f5d9-48f3-8403-093a46ee011c"
source_url: "http://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2021/A8272"
source_hash: "9ee30a0e801c9dd0389a09651224e07a7946cb5ee9b9e37f7be8ea184f9c4da4"
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 8272 (2021-2022) — Replaces all instances of the words councilman or councilmen with the words council member or council members
Replaces all instances of the words councilman or councilmen with the words council member or council members.
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **A8272** (committee substitute) — [source](http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?sh=printbill&bn=A8272&term=2021&Text=Y)
2. **A8272A** (committee substitute) — [source](http://legislation.nysenate.gov/pdf/bills/2021/A8272A)
## Votes
- Assembly Vote — **138–5** (pass) · lower
- Floor Vote - Version: A — **61–0** (pass) · upper
## Sponsors
- WOERNER — primary (person)
- ABINANTI — cosponsor (person)
- BARRETT — cosponsor (person)
- BRONSON — cosponsor (person)
- DINOWITZ — cosponsor (person)
- ENGLEBRIGHT — cosponsor (person)
- GALEF — cosponsor (person)
- GLICK — cosponsor (person)
- GOTTFRIED — cosponsor (person)
- GRIFFIN — cosponsor (person)
- GUNTHER — cosponsor (person)
- JACOBSON — cosponsor (person)
- JONES — cosponsor (person)
- KELLES — cosponsor (person)
- LAWLER — cosponsor (person)
- LUNSFORD — cosponsor (person)
- MAGNARELLI — cosponsor (person)
- MCDONALD — cosponsor (person)
- O'DONNELL — cosponsor (person)
- OTIS — cosponsor (person)
- ROSENTHAL L — cosponsor (person)
- ROZIC — cosponsor (person)
- SEAWRIGHT — cosponsor (person)
- SIMON — cosponsor (person)
- SMITH — cosponsor (person)
- STECK — cosponsor (person)
- STIRPE — cosponsor (person)
- THIELE — cosponsor (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2021-08-25** REFERRED TO LOCAL GOVERNMENTS `referral-committee`
- **2021-09-15** AMEND AND RECOMMIT TO LOCAL GOVERNMENTS `amendment-passage, referral-committee`
- **2021-09-15** PRINT NUMBER 8272A `amendment-passage`
- **2022-01-05** REFERRED TO LOCAL GOVERNMENTS `referral-committee`
- **2022-01-19** REPORTED
- **2022-01-20** ADVANCED TO THIRD READING CAL.296
- **2022-01-25** PASSED ASSEMBLY `passage`
- **2022-01-25** DELIVERED TO SENATE
- **2022-01-25** REFERRED TO CITIES 2 `referral-committee`
- **2022-05-18** SUBSTITUTED FOR S7389
- **2022-05-18** 3RD READING CAL.1162
- **2022-05-18** PASSED SENATE `passage`
- **2022-05-18** RETURNED TO ASSEMBLY
- **2022-08-05** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
- **2022-08-17** SIGNED CHAP.513 `executive-signature`
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/3b3c1764-f5d9-48f3-8403-093a46ee011c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New York legislature records).