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legislation/us/states/ny/2019-2020/s-6178.md

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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Relates to the authority of certain city clerks to designate persons who may perform marriage ceremonies"
+description: "Authorizes certain city clerks to designate as many of his or her deputy city clerks or staff members as such city clerks deem necessary to perform marriage ceremonies."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/ny"
+legislature: "New York Legislature"
+session: "2019-2020"
+identifier: "S 6178"
+citation: "New York S 6178 (2019-2020)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["LIU"]
+version_count: 1
+action_count: 13
+vote_count: 3
+first_action: "2019-05-21"
+last_action: "2019-12-20"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/63e76631-7b6a-48f6-a405-a99121dbec5e"
+source_url: "http://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2019/S6178"
+source_hash: "e86b2616b574b763beb4eec45ec1c12c41c0566518d30848113777ed146eae43"
+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 6178 (2019-2020) — Relates to the authority of certain city clerks to designate persons who may perform marriage ceremonies
+
+Authorizes certain city clerks to designate as many of his or her deputy city clerks or staff members as such city clerks deem necessary to perform marriage ceremonies.
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **S6178** (committee substitute) — [source](http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?sh=printbill&bn=S6178&term=2019&Text=Y)
+
+## Votes
+
+- Rules Vote — **18–1** (pass) · upper
+- Floor Vote — **56–6** (pass) · upper
+- Assembly Vote — **148–0** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- LIU — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2019-05-21** REFERRED TO JUDICIARY `referral-committee`
+- **2019-06-05** COMMITTEE DISCHARGED AND COMMITTED TO RULES `referral-committee`
+- **2019-06-05** ORDERED TO THIRD READING CAL.1204
+- **2019-06-17** PASSED SENATE `passage`
+- **2019-06-17** DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY
+- **2019-06-17** REFERRED TO JUDICIARY `referral-committee`
+- **2019-06-19** SUBSTITUTED FOR A7776
+- **2019-06-19** ORDERED TO THIRD READING RULES CAL.516
+- **2019-06-19** HOME RULE REQUEST
+- **2019-06-19** PASSED ASSEMBLY `passage`
+- **2019-06-19** RETURNED TO SENATE
+- **2019-12-17** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
+- **2019-12-20** SIGNED CHAP.712 `executive-signature`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/63e76631-7b6a-48f6-a405-a99121dbec5e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New York legislature records).
+