---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relates to insurance reserve funds of certain school districts"
description: "Allows the Ithaca city school district to establish insurance reserve funds."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ny"
legislature: "New York Legislature"
session: "2019-2020"
identifier: "A 505"
citation: "New York A 505 (2019-2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["LIFTON"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 13
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2019-01-09"
last_action: "2019-10-03"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/89584425-21ae-45ad-a341-2dec8ed8fa4a"
source_url: "http://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2019/A505"
source_hash: "347cadba4283031dfa55b0c77f52c33c254c8a01aaf534a938b3cf23577e862c"
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 A 505 (2019-2020) — Relates to insurance reserve funds of certain school districts

Allows the Ithaca city school district to establish insurance reserve funds.

## Version chain

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

1. **A505** (committee substitute) — [source](http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?sh=printbill&bn=A505&term=2019&Text=Y)

## Votes

- Assembly Vote — **142–1** (pass) · lower
- Floor Vote — **60–1** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- LIFTON — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-01-09** REFERRED TO EDUCATION `referral-committee`
- **2019-05-01** REPORTED REFERRED TO WAYS AND MEANS `referral-committee`
- **2019-05-14** REPORTED
- **2019-05-16** ADVANCED TO THIRD READING CAL.319
- **2019-05-20** PASSED ASSEMBLY `passage`
- **2019-05-20** DELIVERED TO SENATE
- **2019-05-20** REFERRED TO LOCAL GOVERNMENT `referral-committee`
- **2019-06-06** SUBSTITUTED FOR S948
- **2019-06-06** 3RD READING CAL.1211
- **2019-06-06** PASSED SENATE `passage`
- **2019-06-06** RETURNED TO ASSEMBLY
- **2019-10-01** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
- **2019-10-03** SIGNED CHAP.318 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/89584425-21ae-45ad-a341-2dec8ed8fa4a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New York legislature records).