---
type: "Bill"
title: "Amends chapter 348 of 2012 relating to a property conveyance by the city of Poughkeepsie to add legal descriptions of such property"
description: "Amends chapter 348 of 2012 relating to a property conveyance by the city of Poughkeepsie to add legal descriptions of such property."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ny"
legislature: "New York Legislature"
session: "2017-2018"
identifier: "S 8538"
citation: "New York S 8538 (2017-2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["SERINO"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 14
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2018-05-09"
last_action: "2018-12-07"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/1834f925-34e0-470e-b55e-236efd5b23e1"
source_url: "http://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2017/S8538"
source_hash: "c4318e4ab474481041dfd7e10105490e1ceec890e45e356f4c760fb44a1bf753"
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 8538 (2017-2018) — Amends chapter 348 of 2012 relating to a property conveyance by the city of Poughkeepsie to add legal descriptions of such property

Amends chapter 348 of 2012 relating to a property conveyance by the city of Poughkeepsie to add legal descriptions of such property.

## Version chain

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

1. **S8538 HTML** (committee substitute) — [source](http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?sh=printbill&bn=S8538&term=2017&Text=Y)
2. **S8538 PDF** (committee substitute) — [source](http://legislation.nysenate.gov/pdf/bills/2017/S8538)

## Votes

- Rules Vote — **25–0** (pass) · upper
- Floor Vote — **62–0** (pass) · upper
- Assembly Vote — **141–1** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- SERINO — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-05-09** REFERRED TO LOCAL GOVERNMENT `referral-committee`
- **2018-06-05** COMMITTEE DISCHARGED AND COMMITTED TO RULES `referral-committee`
- **2018-06-06** ORDERED TO THIRD READING CAL.1611
- **2018-06-19** HOME RULE REQUEST
- **2018-06-19** PASSED SENATE `passage`
- **2018-06-19** DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY
- **2018-06-19** REFERRED TO WAYS AND MEANS `referral-committee`
- **2018-06-20** SUBSTITUTED FOR A11095
- **2018-06-20** ORDERED TO THIRD READING RULES CAL.479
- **2018-06-20** HOME RULE REQUEST
- **2018-06-20** PASSED ASSEMBLY `passage`
- **2018-06-20** RETURNED TO SENATE
- **2018-11-27** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
- **2018-12-07** SIGNED CHAP.390 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/1834f925-34e0-470e-b55e-236efd5b23e1`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New York legislature records).