---
type: "Bill"
title: "Authorizes the city of Jamestown to set the fee for issuance of birth and death certificates"
description: "Authorizes the city of Jamestown to set the fee for issuance of birth and death certificates."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ny"
legislature: "New York Legislature"
session: "2019-2020"
identifier: "A 5456"
citation: "New York A 5456 (2019-2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["GOODELL"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 20
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2019-02-12"
last_action: "2020-11-27"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a11453d2-07f1-44ce-b7ef-d2e42f1d7e7a"
source_url: "http://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2019/A5456"
source_hash: "bad1e943ae449f8b1efd1b2f3dd3ed3e48b3a195277700bac848db75938d9175"
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 5456 (2019-2020) — Authorizes the city of Jamestown to set the fee for issuance of birth and death certificates

Authorizes the city of Jamestown to set the fee for issuance of birth and death certificates.

## Version chain

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

1. **A5456** (committee substitute) — [source](http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?sh=printbill&bn=A5456&term=2019&Text=Y)
2. **A5456A** (committee substitute) — [source](http://legislation.nysenate.gov/pdf/bills/2019/A5456A)

## Votes

- Assembly Vote — **123–24** (pass) · lower
- Assembly Vote - Vote 2 — **128–16** (pass) · lower
- Floor Vote - Version: A — **57–3** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- GOODELL — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-02-12** REFERRED TO HEALTH `referral-committee`
- **2019-04-30** REPORTED REFERRED TO WAYS AND MEANS `referral-committee`
- **2019-05-30** REPORTED
- **2019-05-30** ADVANCED TO THIRD READING CAL.519
- **2019-06-18** PASSED ASSEMBLY `passage`
- **2019-06-18** DELIVERED TO SENATE
- **2019-06-18** REFERRED TO RULES `referral-committee`
- **2020-01-08** DIED IN SENATE
- **2020-01-08** RETURNED TO ASSEMBLY
- **2020-01-08** ORDERED TO THIRD READING CAL.207
- **2020-01-23** AMENDED ON THIRD READING 5456A `amendment-passage`
- **2020-06-10** PASSED ASSEMBLY `passage`
- **2020-06-10** DELIVERED TO SENATE
- **2020-06-10** REFERRED TO RULES `referral-committee`
- **2020-07-22** SUBSTITUTED FOR S8224
- **2020-07-22** 3RD READING CAL.851
- **2020-07-22** PASSED SENATE `passage`
- **2020-07-22** RETURNED TO ASSEMBLY
- **2020-11-18** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
- **2020-11-27** SIGNED CHAP.288 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/a11453d2-07f1-44ce-b7ef-d2e42f1d7e7a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New York legislature records).