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type: "Bill"
title: "Requires the council on the arts to have members from each of the ten regions of the state"
description: "Requires the council on the arts to have members from each of the ten regions of the state; allows members appointed prior to the effective date to complete the natural end of their term before appointments shall be made in accordance with such requirement."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ny"
legislature: "New York Legislature"
session: "2023-2024"
identifier: "A 8978"
citation: "New York A 8978 (2023-2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Carrie Woerner"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 15
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2024-01-31"
last_action: "2024-12-21"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/18c418d5-bee9-443a-8d9b-dd82f9b99942"
source_url: "http://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2023/A8978"
source_hash: "579217d697db5a892e9e3a3be4a1b326bd75e213f6604d8f8499a6003ad3186e"
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 8978 (2023-2024) — Requires the council on the arts to have members from each of the ten regions of the state
Requires the council on the arts to have members from each of the ten regions of the state; allows members appointed prior to the effective date to complete the natural end of their term before appointments shall be made in accordance with such requirement.
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **A8978** (committee substitute) — [source](http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?sh=printbill&bn=A8978&term=2023&Text=Y)
2. **A8978A** (committee substitute) — [source](http://legislation.nysenate.gov/pdf/bills/2023/A8978A)
## Votes
- Floor Vote - Version: A — **61–0** (pass) · upper
- Assembly Vote — **144–0** (pass) · lower
## Sponsors
- Carrie Woerner — primary (person)
- Aileen Gunther — cosponsor (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2024-01-31** REFERRED TO TOURISM, PARKS, ARTS AND SPORTS DEVELOPMENT `referral-committee`
- **2024-04-12** AMEND AND RECOMMIT TO TOURISM, PARKS, ARTS AND SPORTS DEVELOPMENT `amendment-passage, referral-committee`
- **2024-04-12** PRINT NUMBER 8978A `amendment-passage`
- **2024-04-16** REPORTED
- **2024-05-02** ADVANCED TO THIRD READING CAL.433
- **2024-05-06** PASSED ASSEMBLY `passage`
- **2024-05-06** DELIVERED TO SENATE
- **2024-05-06** REFERRED TO CULTURAL AFFAIRS, TOURISM, PARKS AND RECREATION `referral-committee`
- **2024-06-04** SUBSTITUTED FOR S7296A
- **2024-06-04** 3RD READING CAL.1133
- **2024-06-04** PASSED SENATE `passage`
- **2024-06-04** RETURNED TO ASSEMBLY
- **2024-12-12** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
- **2024-12-21** SIGNED CHAP.629 `executive-signature`
- **2024-12-21** APPROVAL MEMO.66
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/18c418d5-bee9-443a-8d9b-dd82f9b99942`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New York legislature records).