---
type: "Bill"
title: "Increases from 25 to 35, the number of land banks that are authorized statewide"
description: "Increases from 25 to 35, the number of land banks that are authorized statewide."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ny"
legislature: "New York Legislature"
session: "2017-2018"
identifier: "S 8717"
citation: "New York S 8717 (2017-2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["SERINO"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 12
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2018-05-10"
last_action: "2018-12-28"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/eda1d249-2de9-40cb-8e86-8dc837b0c5f3"
source_url: "http://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2017/S8717"
source_hash: "e300bc2b97cc12fd8387d1bc4c6c02843fa7565a8626d1a11159b162ebbdc032"
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 8717 (2017-2018) — Increases from 25 to 35, the number of land banks that are authorized statewide

Increases from 25 to 35, the number of land banks that are authorized statewide.

## Version chain

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

1. **S8717 HTML** (committee substitute) — [source](http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?sh=printbill&bn=S8717&term=2017&Text=Y)
2. **S8717 PDF** (committee substitute) — [source](http://legislation.nysenate.gov/pdf/bills/2017/S8717)

## Votes

- Assembly Vote — **139–0** (pass) · lower
- Floor Vote — **61–0** (pass) · upper
- Rules Vote — **25–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- SERINO — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-05-10** REFERRED TO CORPORATIONS, AUTHORITIES AND COMMISSIONS `referral-committee`
- **2018-06-12** COMMITTEE DISCHARGED AND COMMITTED TO RULES `referral-committee`
- **2018-06-12** ORDERED TO THIRD READING CAL.1736
- **2018-06-12** PASSED SENATE `passage`
- **2018-06-12** DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY
- **2018-06-12** REFERRED TO LOCAL GOVERNMENTS `referral-committee`
- **2018-06-20** SUBSTITUTED FOR A11233
- **2018-06-20** ORDERED TO THIRD READING RULES CAL.493
- **2018-06-20** PASSED ASSEMBLY `passage`
- **2018-06-20** RETURNED TO SENATE
- **2018-12-18** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
- **2018-12-28** SIGNED CHAP.508 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/eda1d249-2de9-40cb-8e86-8dc837b0c5f3`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New York legislature records).