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Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.8 <noreply@anthropic.com>
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type: "Bill"
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title: "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"
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description: "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."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/ny"
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legislature: "New York Legislature"
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session: "2021-2022"
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identifier: "A 8915"
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citation: "New York A 8915 (2021-2022)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["BURDICK"]
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version_count: 3
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action_count: 19
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vote_count: 2
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first_action: "2022-01-19"
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last_action: "2022-10-04"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/064177e9-8ebd-4dda-a0ab-e6ba63b72d45"
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source_url: "http://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2021/A8915"
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source_hash: "e21d0427dfdcaa61b55239751ac388fcca5f424d4e973baf4d6d8e7b32cdb199"
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vintage: "2026-07-01"
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source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
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retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
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confidence: "reported"
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tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-ny"]
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---
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# 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
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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.
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## Version chain
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The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
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1. **A8915** (committee substitute) — [source](http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?sh=printbill&bn=A8915&term=2021&Text=Y)
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2. **A8915A** (committee substitute) — [source](http://legislation.nysenate.gov/pdf/bills/2021/A8915A)
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3. **A8915B** (committee substitute) — [source](http://legislation.nysenate.gov/pdf/bills/2021/A8915B)
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## Votes
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- Floor Vote - Version: B — **63–0** (pass) · upper
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- Assembly Vote — **149–0** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- BURDICK — primary (person)
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- ABBATE — cosponsor (person)
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- ABINANTI — cosponsor (person)
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- DAVILA — cosponsor (person)
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- ENGLEBRIGHT — cosponsor (person)
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- GALLAGHER — cosponsor (person)
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- GIGLIO JM — cosponsor (person)
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- GRIFFIN — cosponsor (person)
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- MEEKS — cosponsor (person)
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- OTIS — cosponsor (person)
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- SANTABARBARA — cosponsor (person)
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- SEAWRIGHT — cosponsor (person)
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- WALSH — cosponsor (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2022-01-19** REFERRED TO PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES `referral-committee`
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- **2022-03-30** AMEND (T) AND RECOMMIT TO PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES `amendment-passage, referral-committee`
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- **2022-03-30** PRINT NUMBER 8915A `amendment-passage`
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- **2022-05-06** AMEND (T) AND RECOMMIT TO PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES `amendment-passage, referral-committee`
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- **2022-05-06** PRINT NUMBER 8915B `amendment-passage`
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- **2022-05-10** REPORTED REFERRED TO WAYS AND MEANS `referral-committee`
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- **2022-05-25** REPORTED REFERRED TO RULES `referral-committee`
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- **2022-05-31** REPORTED
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- **2022-05-31** RULES REPORT CAL.467
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- **2022-05-31** ORDERED TO THIRD READING RULES CAL.467
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- **2022-05-31** PASSED ASSEMBLY `passage`
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- **2022-05-31** DELIVERED TO SENATE
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- **2022-05-31** REFERRED TO RULES `referral-committee`
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- **2022-06-01** SUBSTITUTED FOR S7746B
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- **2022-06-01** 3RD READING CAL.1653
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- **2022-06-01** PASSED SENATE `passage`
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- **2022-06-01** RETURNED TO ASSEMBLY
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- **2022-10-04** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
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- **2022-10-04** SIGNED CHAP.564 `executive-signature`
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## Source
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OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/064177e9-8ebd-4dda-a0ab-e6ba63b72d45`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New York legislature records).
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