---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relates to authorizing the commissioner of education to change the name of the Ramapo central school district to the Suffern central school district"
description: "Relates to authorizing the commissioner of education to change the name of Ramapo central school district to the Suffern central school district."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ny"
legislature: "New York Legislature"
session: "2017-2018"
identifier: "A 8095"
citation: "New York A 8095 (2017-2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["JAFFEE"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 14
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2017-05-26"
last_action: "2017-08-21"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/5dc5b08e-7585-4448-b09f-dfabbff263ba"
source_url: "http://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2017/A8095"
source_hash: "5e15d73c27d8c29671c2509b247fa4c7d20a6643ca0f92f64b6f91d442fe461e"
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 8095 (2017-2018) — Relates to authorizing the commissioner of education to change the name of the Ramapo central school district to the Suffern central school district

Relates to authorizing the commissioner of education to change the name of Ramapo central school district to the Suffern central school district.

## Version chain

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

1. **A8095 HTML** (committee substitute) — [source](http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?sh=printbill&bn=A8095&term=2017&Text=Y)
2. **A8095 PDF** (committee substitute) — [source](http://legislation.nysenate.gov/pdf/bills/2017/A8095)

## Votes

- Assembly Vote — **131–0** (pass) · lower
- Floor Vote — **63–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- JAFFEE — primary (person)
- BRABENEC — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-05-26** REFERRED TO EDUCATION `referral-committee`
- **2017-06-06** REPORTED REFERRED TO RULES `referral-committee`
- **2017-06-15** REPORTED
- **2017-06-15** RULES REPORT CAL.355
- **2017-06-15** ORDERED TO THIRD READING RULES CAL.355
- **2017-06-15** PASSED ASSEMBLY `passage`
- **2017-06-15** DELIVERED TO SENATE
- **2017-06-15** REFERRED TO RULES `referral-committee`
- **2017-06-20** SUBSTITUTED FOR S6526
- **2017-06-20** 3RD READING CAL.2074
- **2017-06-20** PASSED SENATE `passage`
- **2017-06-20** RETURNED TO ASSEMBLY
- **2017-08-09** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
- **2017-08-21** SIGNED CHAP.212 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/5dc5b08e-7585-4448-b09f-dfabbff263ba`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New York legislature records).