---
type: "Bill"
title: "Directs the commissioner of general services to place a POW/MIA chair and plaque in the capitol"
description: "Directs the commissioner of general services to place a POW/MIA chair and plaque in the capitol to honor United States prisoners of war and those still missing in action."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ny"
legislature: "New York Legislature"
session: "2017-2018"
identifier: "S 5540"
citation: "New York S 5540 (2017-2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["LANZA"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 13
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2017-04-07"
last_action: "2017-11-11"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/9c3cfd4a-00e3-4437-b9c3-afa7f7d66692"
source_url: "http://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2017/S5540"
source_hash: "cab3184287a5a720c3454c1c8bbb7d726e39cb1cee9ee47954753e389fe1f888"
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 5540 (2017-2018) — Directs the commissioner of general services to place a POW/MIA chair and plaque in the capitol

Directs the commissioner of general services to place a POW/MIA chair and plaque in the capitol to honor United States prisoners of war and those still missing in action.

## Version chain

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

1. **S5540 HTML** (committee substitute) — [source](http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?sh=printbill&bn=S5540&term=2017&Text=Y)
2. **S5540 PDF** (committee substitute) — [source](http://legislation.nysenate.gov/pdf/bills/2017/S5540)

## Votes

- Floor Vote — **61–0** (pass) · upper
- Assembly Vote — **138–0** (pass) · lower
- Investigations And Government Operations Vote — **9–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- LANZA — primary (person)
- HELMING — cosponsor (person)
- ROBACH — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-04-07** REFERRED TO INVESTIGATIONS AND GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS `referral-committee`
- **2017-05-16** 1ST REPORT CAL.1012
- **2017-05-17** 2ND REPORT CAL.
- **2017-05-22** ADVANCED TO THIRD READING
- **2017-05-24** PASSED SENATE `passage`
- **2017-05-24** DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY
- **2017-05-24** REFERRED TO GOVERNMENTAL OPERATIONS `referral-committee`
- **2017-06-14** SUBSTITUTED FOR A7506
- **2017-06-14** ORDERED TO THIRD READING RULES CAL.237
- **2017-06-14** PASSED ASSEMBLY `passage`
- **2017-06-14** RETURNED TO SENATE
- **2017-11-09** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
- **2017-11-11** SIGNED CHAP.407 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/9c3cfd4a-00e3-4437-b9c3-afa7f7d66692`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New York legislature records).