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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Relates to signatures for designating petitions for political subdivisions outside the city of New York and the counties of Erie and Nassau"
+description: "Relates to signatures for designating petitions for political subdivisions outside the city of New York and the counties of Erie and Nassau; must be signed by not less than three and three-quarters per centum."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/ny"
+legislature: "New York Legislature"
+session: "2019-2020"
+identifier: "A 5979"
+citation: "New York A 5979 (2019-2020)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["JONES"]
+version_count: 2
+action_count: 13
+vote_count: 2
+first_action: "2019-02-22"
+last_action: "2019-03-25"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/96f8c3d4-a6fd-4818-9732-152db9a1ce27"
+source_url: "http://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2019/A5979"
+source_hash: "1d4a311e3b4869aa74501b7561cc2717b1ffa8dbe6eb7899179cd1718ce8e501"
+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 5979 (2019-2020) — Relates to signatures for designating petitions for political subdivisions outside the city of New York and the counties of Erie and Nassau
+
+Relates to signatures for designating petitions for political subdivisions outside the city of New York and the counties of Erie and Nassau; must be signed by not less than three and three-quarters per centum.
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **A5979** (committee substitute) — [source](http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?sh=printbill&bn=A5979&term=2019&Text=Y)
+2. **A5979A** (committee substitute) — [source](http://legislation.nysenate.gov/pdf/bills/2019/A5979A)
+
+## Votes
+
+- Assembly Vote — **139–2** (pass) · lower
+- Floor Vote - Version: A — **53–8** (pass) · upper
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- JONES — primary (person)
+- D'URSO — cosponsor (person)
+- JACOBSON — cosponsor (person)
+- WOERNER — cosponsor (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2019-02-22** REFERRED TO ELECTION LAW `referral-committee`
+- **2019-02-27** REPORTED
+- **2019-02-28** ADVANCED TO THIRD READING CAL.91
+- **2019-03-04** AMENDED ON THIRD READING (T) 5979A `amendment-passage`
+- **2019-03-07** PASSED ASSEMBLY `passage`
+- **2019-03-07** DELIVERED TO SENATE
+- **2019-03-07** REFERRED TO ELECTIONS `referral-committee`
+- **2019-03-12** SUBSTITUTED FOR S4350
+- **2019-03-12** 3RD READING CAL.255
+- **2019-03-12** PASSED SENATE `passage`
+- **2019-03-12** RETURNED TO ASSEMBLY
+- **2019-03-13** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
+- **2019-03-25** SIGNED CHAP.22 `executive-signature`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/96f8c3d4-a6fd-4818-9732-152db9a1ce27`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New York legislature records).
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