---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relates to reacquisition of a lot, plot, or part thereof owned by a nonsectarian burial society or by a cemetery corporation"
description: "Relates to reacquisition of a lot, plot, or part thereof owned by a nonsectarian burial society or by a cemetery corporation; defines nonsectarian burial society and religious burial society."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ny"
legislature: "New York Legislature"
session: "2017-2018"
identifier: "S 6396"
citation: "New York S 6396 (2017-2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["RANZENHOFER"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 13
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2017-05-16"
last_action: "2017-11-29"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/2b23ba05-4eab-46db-b37e-99ce50213fa5"
source_url: "http://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2017/S6396"
source_hash: "fef45b2e2f4a3026df3328879bd5573feb01edae0b2bef4ffcd6e5a8af2f30f7"
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 6396 (2017-2018) — Relates to reacquisition of a lot, plot, or part thereof owned by a nonsectarian burial society or by a cemetery corporation

Relates to reacquisition of a lot, plot, or part thereof owned by a nonsectarian burial society or by a cemetery corporation; defines nonsectarian burial society and religious burial society.

## Version chain

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

1. **S6396 HTML** (committee substitute) — [source](http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?sh=printbill&bn=S6396&term=2017&Text=Y)
2. **S6396 PDF** (committee substitute) — [source](http://legislation.nysenate.gov/pdf/bills/2017/S6396)

## Votes

- Assembly Vote — **143–0** (pass) · lower
- Floor Vote — **63–0** (pass) · upper
- Corporations, Authorities And Commissions Vote — **7–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- RANZENHOFER — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-05-16** REFERRED TO CORPORATIONS, AUTHORITIES AND COMMISSIONS `referral-committee`
- **2017-05-23** 1ST REPORT CAL.1299
- **2017-05-24** 2ND REPORT CAL.
- **2017-06-05** ADVANCED TO THIRD READING
- **2017-06-20** PASSED SENATE `passage`
- **2017-06-20** DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY
- **2017-06-20** REFERRED TO WAYS AND MEANS `referral-committee`
- **2017-06-20** SUBSTITUTED FOR A8078
- **2017-06-20** ORDERED TO THIRD READING RULES CAL.560
- **2017-06-20** PASSED ASSEMBLY `passage`
- **2017-06-20** RETURNED TO SENATE
- **2017-11-17** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
- **2017-11-29** SIGNED CHAP.442 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/2b23ba05-4eab-46db-b37e-99ce50213fa5`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New York legislature records).