---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relates to the powers and duties of the Albany Pine Bush commission"
description: "Authorizes the Albany Pine Bush commission to acquire real property as may be necessary for the purposes and functions of the commission."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ny"
legislature: "New York Legislature"
session: "2017-2018"
identifier: "S 8596"
citation: "New York S 8596 (2017-2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["AMEDORE"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 12
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2018-05-10"
last_action: "2018-12-21"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/3e73006f-270e-464d-a7cb-9abd7af857c8"
source_url: "http://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2017/S8596"
source_hash: "0c7ff876ecc37d8385e702ae766b2bd916501632198906c6191c43e6f64abcbd"
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 8596 (2017-2018) — Relates to the powers and duties of the Albany Pine Bush commission

Authorizes the Albany Pine Bush commission to acquire real property as may be necessary for the purposes and functions of the commission.

## Version chain

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

1. **S8596 HTML** (committee substitute) — [source](http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?sh=printbill&bn=S8596&term=2017&Text=Y)
2. **S8596 PDF** (committee substitute) — [source](http://legislation.nysenate.gov/pdf/bills/2017/S8596)

## Votes

- Assembly Vote — **143–0** (pass) · lower
- Floor Vote — **61–0** (pass) · upper
- Rules Vote — **25–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- AMEDORE — primary (person)
- AVELLA — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-05-10** REFERRED TO ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION `referral-committee`
- **2018-06-05** COMMITTEE DISCHARGED AND COMMITTED TO RULES `referral-committee`
- **2018-06-06** ORDERED TO THIRD READING CAL.1612
- **2018-06-06** PASSED SENATE `passage`
- **2018-06-06** DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY
- **2018-06-06** REFERRED TO WAYS AND MEANS `referral-committee`
- **2018-06-20** SUBSTITUTED FOR A11039
- **2018-06-20** ORDERED TO THIRD READING RULES CAL.391
- **2018-06-20** PASSED ASSEMBLY `passage`
- **2018-06-20** RETURNED TO SENATE
- **2018-12-12** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
- **2018-12-21** SIGNED CHAP.449 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/3e73006f-270e-464d-a7cb-9abd7af857c8`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New York legislature records).