---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relates to identifying lands at risk from sea level rise or flooding as eligible sending districts"
description: "Relates to identifying lands at risk from sea level rise or flooding as eligible sending districts."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ny"
legislature: "New York Legislature"
session: "2019-2020"
identifier: "A 5505"
citation: "New York A 5505 (2019-2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["THIELE"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 12
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2019-02-13"
last_action: "2019-11-20"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f0389271-9c73-4187-ab19-0ad982e0516a"
source_url: "http://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2019/A5505"
source_hash: "ff0ee0ed1e2e153f9d2cb614a98d924f8360db765faba61f32951ba93c511358"
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 5505 (2019-2020) — Relates to identifying lands at risk from sea level rise or flooding as eligible sending districts

Relates to identifying lands at risk from sea level rise or flooding as eligible sending districts.

## Version chain

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

1. **A5505** (committee substitute) — [source](http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?sh=printbill&bn=A5505&term=2019&Text=Y)

## Votes

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

## Sponsors

- THIELE — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-02-13** REFERRED TO LOCAL GOVERNMENTS `referral-committee`
- **2019-02-28** REPORTED
- **2019-02-28** ADVANCED TO THIRD READING CAL.87
- **2019-03-07** PASSED ASSEMBLY `passage`
- **2019-03-07** DELIVERED TO SENATE
- **2019-03-07** REFERRED TO CITIES `referral-committee`
- **2019-06-18** SUBSTITUTED FOR S6424A
- **2019-06-18** 3RD READING CAL.1530
- **2019-06-18** PASSED SENATE `passage`
- **2019-06-18** RETURNED TO ASSEMBLY
- **2019-11-08** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
- **2019-11-20** SIGNED CHAP.502 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/f0389271-9c73-4187-ab19-0ad982e0516a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New York legislature records).