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legislation/us/states/ny/2019-2020/s-6559.md

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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Authorizing the commissioner of education and the chancellor of the board of regents, with the approval of the board of regents, to appoint monitors to oversee the Hempstead union free school district"
+description: "Authorizes the commissioner of education and the chancellor of the board of regents, with the approval of the board of regents, to appoint monitors to oversee the Hempstead union free school district."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/ny"
+legislature: "New York Legislature"
+session: "2019-2020"
+identifier: "S 6559"
+citation: "New York S 6559 (2019-2020)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["THOMAS"]
+version_count: 1
+action_count: 12
+vote_count: 3
+first_action: "2019-06-16"
+last_action: "2020-01-22"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/6708a291-1471-4735-8fd4-eabbf81ad255"
+source_url: "http://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2019/S6559"
+source_hash: "8657090bb1f0804af76f4b0971c1efe2b18a6c134460992efa2fcaf2b23fe78f"
+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 6559 (2019-2020) — Authorizing the commissioner of education and the chancellor of the board of regents, with the approval of the board of regents, to appoint monitors to oversee the Hempstead union free school district
+
+Authorizes the commissioner of education and the chancellor of the board of regents, with the approval of the board of regents, to appoint monitors to oversee the Hempstead union free school district.
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **S6559** (committee substitute) — [source](http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?sh=printbill&bn=S6559&term=2019&Text=Y)
+
+## Votes
+
+- Rules Vote — **14–5** (pass) · upper
+- Floor Vote — **43–19** (pass) · upper
+- Assembly Vote — **144–0** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- THOMAS — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2019-06-16** REFERRED TO RULES `referral-committee`
+- **2019-06-19** ORDERED TO THIRD READING CAL.1745
+- **2019-06-19** PASSED SENATE `passage`
+- **2019-06-19** DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY
+- **2019-06-19** REFERRED TO WAYS AND MEANS `referral-committee`
+- **2019-06-20** SUBSTITUTED FOR A8403
+- **2019-06-20** ORDERED TO THIRD READING RULES CAL.575
+- **2019-06-20** PASSED ASSEMBLY `passage`
+- **2019-06-20** RETURNED TO SENATE
+- **2019-12-30** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
+- **2020-01-22** SIGNED CHAP.753 `executive-signature`
+- **2020-01-22** APPROVAL MEMO.98
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/6708a291-1471-4735-8fd4-eabbf81ad255`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New York legislature records).
+