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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Directs the commissioner of general services to place a POW/MIA chair and plaque in the capitol"
+description: "Directs the commissioner of general services to place a POW/MIA chair and plaque in the capitol to honor United States prisoners of war and those still missing in action."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/ny"
+legislature: "New York Legislature"
+session: "2017-2018"
+identifier: "S 5540"
+citation: "New York S 5540 (2017-2018)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["LANZA"]
+version_count: 2
+action_count: 13
+vote_count: 3
+first_action: "2017-04-07"
+last_action: "2017-11-11"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/9c3cfd4a-00e3-4437-b9c3-afa7f7d66692"
+source_url: "http://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2017/S5540"
+source_hash: "cab3184287a5a720c3454c1c8bbb7d726e39cb1cee9ee47954753e389fe1f888"
+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 S 5540 (2017-2018) — Directs the commissioner of general services to place a POW/MIA chair and plaque in the capitol
+
+Directs the commissioner of general services to place a POW/MIA chair and plaque in the capitol to honor United States prisoners of war and those still missing in action.
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **S5540 HTML** (committee substitute) — [source](http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?sh=printbill&bn=S5540&term=2017&Text=Y)
+2. **S5540 PDF** (committee substitute) — [source](http://legislation.nysenate.gov/pdf/bills/2017/S5540)
+
+## Votes
+
+- Floor Vote — **61–0** (pass) · upper
+- Assembly Vote — **138–0** (pass) · lower
+- Investigations And Government Operations Vote — **9–0** (pass) · upper
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- LANZA — primary (person)
+- HELMING — cosponsor (person)
+- ROBACH — cosponsor (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2017-04-07** REFERRED TO INVESTIGATIONS AND GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS `referral-committee`
+- **2017-05-16** 1ST REPORT CAL.1012
+- **2017-05-17** 2ND REPORT CAL.
+- **2017-05-22** ADVANCED TO THIRD READING
+- **2017-05-24** PASSED SENATE `passage`
+- **2017-05-24** DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY
+- **2017-05-24** REFERRED TO GOVERNMENTAL OPERATIONS `referral-committee`
+- **2017-06-14** SUBSTITUTED FOR A7506
+- **2017-06-14** ORDERED TO THIRD READING RULES CAL.237
+- **2017-06-14** PASSED ASSEMBLY `passage`
+- **2017-06-14** RETURNED TO SENATE
+- **2017-11-09** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
+- **2017-11-11** SIGNED CHAP.407 `executive-signature`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/9c3cfd4a-00e3-4437-b9c3-afa7f7d66692`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New York legislature records).
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