republic-os/legislation/us/states/ny/2021-2022/a-8915.md

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Bill	Directs the New York State Office for People With Developmental Disabilities to establish a voluntary training and certification program for employers that have taken the EmployAbility Pledge	Directs the New York State Office for People With Developmental Disabilities to establish a voluntary training and certification program for employers that have taken the EmployAbility Pledge.	us/states/ny	New York Legislature	2021-2022	A 8915	New York A 8915 (2021-2022)	bill		enacted	BURDICK	3	19	2	2022-01-19	2022-10-04	openstates	ocd-bill/064177e9-8ebd-4dda-a0ab-e6ba63b72d45	http://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2021/A8915	e21d0427dfdcaa61b55239751ac388fcca5f424d4e973baf4d6d8e7b32cdb199	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ny

New York A 8915 (2021-2022) — Directs the New York State Office for People With Developmental Disabilities to establish a voluntary training and certification program for employers that have taken the EmployAbility Pledge

Directs the New York State Office for People With Developmental Disabilities to establish a voluntary training and certification program for employers that have taken the EmployAbility Pledge.

Version chain

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

1. A8915 (committee substitute) — source
2. A8915A (committee substitute) — source
3. A8915B (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• Floor Vote - Version: B — 63–0 (pass) · upper
• Assembly Vote — 149–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• BURDICK — primary (person)
• ABBATE — cosponsor (person)
• ABINANTI — cosponsor (person)
• DAVILA — cosponsor (person)
• ENGLEBRIGHT — cosponsor (person)
• GALLAGHER — cosponsor (person)
• GIGLIO JM — cosponsor (person)
• GRIFFIN — cosponsor (person)
• MEEKS — cosponsor (person)
• OTIS — cosponsor (person)
• SANTABARBARA — cosponsor (person)
• SEAWRIGHT — cosponsor (person)
• WALSH — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2022-01-19 REFERRED TO PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES referral-committee
• 2022-03-30 AMEND (T) AND RECOMMIT TO PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES amendment-passage, referral-committee
• 2022-03-30 PRINT NUMBER 8915A amendment-passage
• 2022-05-06 AMEND (T) AND RECOMMIT TO PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES amendment-passage, referral-committee
• 2022-05-06 PRINT NUMBER 8915B amendment-passage
• 2022-05-10 REPORTED REFERRED TO WAYS AND MEANS referral-committee
• 2022-05-25 REPORTED REFERRED TO RULES referral-committee
• 2022-05-31 REPORTED
• 2022-05-31 RULES REPORT CAL.467
• 2022-05-31 ORDERED TO THIRD READING RULES CAL.467
• 2022-05-31 PASSED ASSEMBLY passage
• 2022-05-31 DELIVERED TO SENATE
• 2022-05-31 REFERRED TO RULES referral-committee
• 2022-06-01 SUBSTITUTED FOR S7746B
• 2022-06-01 3RD READING CAL.1653
• 2022-06-01 PASSED SENATE passage
• 2022-06-01 RETURNED TO ASSEMBLY
• 2022-10-04 DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR executive-receipt
• 2022-10-04 SIGNED CHAP.564 executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/064177e9-8ebd-4dda-a0ab-e6ba63b72d45. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New York legislature records).