content: UNITED STATES
                         SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                               Washington, D.C. 20549
  
                                      FORM 8-K
  
                                   CURRENT REPORT
  
     PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(D) OF THE SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
                                --------------------
  
          Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): October 5, 2005
                                   ---------------
  
                                 STATE BANCORP, INC.
                                 -------------------
               (Exact name of Registrant as Specified in its Charter)
  
           New York                   0-14874                  11-2846511
           --------                   -----------------        -----------------
  (State or Other Jurisdiction of    (Commission File          (I.R.S. Employer
   Incorporation)                     Number)                  Identification No.)
  
                  699 Hillside Avenue, New Hyde Park, NY 11040-2512
                  -------------------------------------------------
                 (Address of principal executive offices) (Zip Code)
  
         Registrant's telephone number, including area code: (516) 437-1000
                                                             --------------
  
                                         N/A
                                   --------------
           (Former name or former address, if changed since last report)
  
  Check  the  appropriate  box  below  if the  Form  8-K  filing  is  intended  to
  simultaneously  satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the
  following provisions:
  
  [_] Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR
  230.425)
  
  [_] Soliciting  material  pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act (17 CFR
  240.14a-12)
  
  [_] Pre-commencement  communication pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange
  Act (17 CFR 240.14d-2(b))
  
  [_] Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange
  Act (17 CFR 240.13e-4(c))
  
  
  
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  ITEM 3.01.  Notice of Delisting or Failure to Satisfy a Continued  Listing Rule;
  Transfer of Listing.
  
  The common stock of State Bancorp, Inc. (the "Company") commenced trading on the
  NASDAQ National Market under the symbol "STBC" as of October 5, 2005.
  
  
  
                                     SIGNATURES
  
  Pursuant  to the  requirements  of the  Securities  Exchange  Act of  1934,  the
  registrant  has duly  caused  this  report  to be  signed  on its  behalf by the
  undersigned, thereunto duly authorized.
  
  
  
                                 STATE BANCORP, INC.
  
  
  
                                 By: /s/ Brian K. Finneran
                                 -------------------------------------
                                     Brian K. Finneran
                                     Secretary/Treasurer
  
  
  Dated: October 11, 2005
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text: UNITED STATES
                         SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                               Washington, D.C. 20549
  
                                      FORM 8-K
  
                                   CURRENT REPORT
  
     PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(D) OF THE SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
                                --------------------
  
          Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): October 5, 2005
                                   ---------------
  
                                 STATE BANCORP, INC.
                                 -------------------
               (Exact name of Registrant as Specified in its Charter)
  
           New York                   0-14874                  11-2846511
           --------                   -----------------        -----------------
  (State or Other Jurisdiction of    (Commission File          (I.R.S. Employer
   Incorporation)                     Number)                  Identification No.)
  
                  699 Hillside Avenue, New Hyde Park, NY 11040-2512
                  -------------------------------------------------
                 (Address of principal executive offices) (Zip Code)
  
         Registrant's telephone number, including area code: (516) 437-1000
                                                             --------------
  
                                         N/A
                                   --------------
           (Former name or former address, if changed since last report)
  
  Check  the  appropriate  box  below  if the  Form  8-K  filing  is  intended  to
  simultaneously  satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the
  following provisions:
  
  [_] Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR
  230.425)
  
  [_] Soliciting  material  pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act (17 CFR
  240.14a-12)
  
  [_] Pre-commencement  communication pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange
  Act (17 CFR 240.14d-2(b))
  
  [_] Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange
  Act (17 CFR 240.13e-4(c))
  ITEM 3.01.  Notice of Delisting or Failure to Satisfy a Continued  Listing Rule;
  Transfer of Listing.
  
  The common stock of State Bancorp, Inc. (the "Company") commenced trading on the
  NASDAQ National Market under the symbol "STBC" as of October 5, 2005.
  
                                     SIGNATURES
  
  Pursuant  to the  requirements  of the  Securities  Exchange  Act of  1934,  the
  registrant  has duly  caused  this  report  to be  signed  on its  behalf by the
  undersigned, thereunto duly authorized.
  
                                 STATE BANCORP, INC.
  
                                 By: /s/ Brian K. Finneran
                                 -------------------------------------
                                     Brian K. Finneran
                                     Secretary/Treasurer
  
  Dated: October 11, 2005