---
type: "Bill"
title: "Authorizes the commissioner of general services to transfer and convey certain unappropriated state land to the town of Bedford"
description: "Authorizes the commissioner of general services to transfer and convey certain unappropriated state land to the town of Bedford to be used exclusively for the purposes of operating and maintaining a wastewater treatment plant and appurtenant facilities and operations."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ny"
legislature: "New York Legislature"
session: "2017-2018"
identifier: "A 7559"
citation: "New York A 7559 (2017-2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["BUCHWALD"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 27
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2017-05-02"
last_action: "2018-07-31"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a63f03f1-224c-4eda-8f83-cc2da6ac2bc8"
source_url: "http://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2017/A7559"
source_hash: "5c673aebdd242e8c9a25e14e53993ee12f330af3f0c16c56db8fbd9d3592dde9"
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 7559 (2017-2018) — Authorizes the commissioner of general services to transfer and convey certain unappropriated state land to the town of Bedford

Authorizes the commissioner of general services to transfer and convey certain unappropriated state land to the town of Bedford to be used exclusively for the purposes of operating and maintaining a wastewater treatment plant and appurtenant facilities and operations.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **A7559 HTML** (committee substitute) — [source](http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?sh=printbill&bn=A7559&term=2017&Text=Y)
2. **A7559 PDF** (committee substitute) — [source](http://legislation.nysenate.gov/pdf/bills/2017/A7559)

## Votes

- Floor Vote — **61–0** (pass) · upper
- Assembly Vote - Vote 2 — **135–0** (pass) · lower
- Assembly Vote — **144–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- BUCHWALD — primary (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2017-05-02** REFERRED TO GOVERNMENTAL OPERATIONS `referral-committee`
- **2017-05-22** REPORTED REFERRED TO WAYS AND MEANS `referral-committee`
- **2017-06-06** REPORTED REFERRED TO RULES `referral-committee`
- **2017-06-15** REPORTED
- **2017-06-15** RULES REPORT CAL.403
- **2017-06-15** ORDERED TO THIRD READING RULES CAL.403
- **2017-06-19** HOME RULE REQUEST
- **2017-06-19** PASSED ASSEMBLY `passage`
- **2017-06-19** DELIVERED TO SENATE
- **2017-06-19** REFERRED TO RULES `referral-committee`
- **2018-01-03** DIED IN SENATE
- **2018-01-03** RETURNED TO ASSEMBLY
- **2018-01-03** REFERRED TO GOVERNMENTAL OPERATIONS `referral-committee`
- **2018-05-14** REPORTED REFERRED TO WAYS AND MEANS `referral-committee`
- **2018-05-30** REPORTED
- **2018-05-31** ADVANCED TO THIRD READING CAL.994
- **2018-06-04** HOME RULE REQUEST
- **2018-06-04** PASSED ASSEMBLY `passage`
- **2018-06-04** DELIVERED TO SENATE
- **2018-06-04** REFERRED TO RULES `referral-committee`
- **2018-06-06** SUBSTITUTED FOR S8349
- **2018-06-06** 3RD READING CAL.1632
- **2018-06-06** HOME RULE REQUEST
- **2018-06-06** PASSED SENATE `passage`
- **2018-06-06** RETURNED TO ASSEMBLY
- **2018-07-19** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
- **2018-07-31** SIGNED CHAP.126 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/a63f03f1-224c-4eda-8f83-cc2da6ac2bc8`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New York legislature records).