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type: "Bill"
title: "Relates to the issuance of diplomas to youth who are placed, committed, supervised, detained or confined in certain facilities"
description: "Relates to the issuance of diplomas to youth who are placed, committed, supervised, detained or confined in certain facilities; makes an exception for the issuance of diplomas by programming provided by another school district, in that case such district shall issue the diploma."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ny"
legislature: "New York Legislature"
session: "2021-2022"
identifier: "A 8706"
citation: "New York A 8706 (2021-2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["JEAN-PIERRE"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 12
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2022-01-11"
last_action: "2022-02-24"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/01bfb3d4-4a74-4e5c-b334-a76190cb7cc5"
source_url: "http://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2021/A8706"
source_hash: "4d324bfc4b9fea5b5b605458e173dedcc497740d1cd11d5929b669bad0ff390c"
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 8706 (2021-2022) — Relates to the issuance of diplomas to youth who are placed, committed, supervised, detained or confined in certain facilities
Relates to the issuance of diplomas to youth who are placed, committed, supervised, detained or confined in certain facilities; makes an exception for the issuance of diplomas by programming provided by another school district, in that case such district shall issue the diploma.
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **A8706** (committee substitute) — [source](http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?sh=printbill&bn=A8706&term=2021&Text=Y)
## Votes
- Assembly Vote — **143–0** (pass) · lower
- Floor Vote — **60–3** (pass) · upper
## Sponsors
- JEAN-PIERRE — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2022-01-11** REFERRED TO EDUCATION `referral-committee`
- **2022-01-20** REPORTED
- **2022-01-20** ADVANCED TO THIRD READING CAL.304
- **2022-01-25** PASSED ASSEMBLY `passage`
- **2022-01-25** DELIVERED TO SENATE
- **2022-01-25** REFERRED TO RULES `referral-committee`
- **2022-02-02** SUBSTITUTED FOR S7841
- **2022-02-02** 3RD READING CAL.199
- **2022-02-02** PASSED SENATE `passage`
- **2022-02-02** RETURNED TO ASSEMBLY
- **2022-02-24** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
- **2022-02-24** SIGNED CHAP.26 `executive-signature`
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/01bfb3d4-4a74-4e5c-b334-a76190cb7cc5`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New York legislature records).