---
type: "Bill"
title: "Amends provisions relating to the lease or sale of real property for park purposes"
description: "Amends provisions relating to the lease or sale of real property for park purposes."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ny"
legislature: "New York Legislature"
session: "2019-2020"
identifier: "A 5839"
citation: "New York A 5839 (2019-2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["PAULIN"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 29
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2019-02-19"
last_action: "2020-10-07"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/111d38dd-9184-4740-b877-d2cedb47eebb"
source_url: "http://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2019/A5839"
source_hash: "4f438986df52447fcf6c9001ab70583182bb742d6bc8a0862b0f7e2f09d5357a"
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 5839 (2019-2020) — Amends provisions relating to the lease or sale of real property for park purposes

Amends provisions relating to the lease or sale of real property for park purposes.

## Version chain

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

1. **A5839** (committee substitute) — [source](http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?sh=printbill&bn=A5839&term=2019&Text=Y)
2. **A5839A** (committee substitute) — [source](http://legislation.nysenate.gov/pdf/bills/2019/A5839A)

## Votes

- Assembly Vote - Vote 2 — **142–0** (pass) · lower
- Floor Vote - Version: A — **42–18** (pass) · upper
- Assembly Vote — **146–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- PAULIN — primary (person)
- ABINANTI — cosponsor (person)
- BUCHWALD — cosponsor (person)
- GALEF — cosponsor (person)
- OTIS — cosponsor (person)
- PRETLOW — cosponsor (person)
- SAYEGH — cosponsor (person)
- ZEBROWSKI — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-02-19** REFERRED TO LOCAL GOVERNMENTS `referral-committee`
- **2019-03-22** AMEND (T) AND RECOMMIT TO LOCAL GOVERNMENTS `referral-committee, amendment-passage`
- **2019-03-22** PRINT NUMBER 5839A `amendment-passage`
- **2019-04-02** REPORTED REFERRED TO WAYS AND MEANS `referral-committee`
- **2019-04-02** REPORTED
- **2019-04-04** ADVANCED TO THIRD READING CAL.170
- **2019-04-09** HOME RULE REQUEST
- **2019-04-09** PASSED ASSEMBLY `passage`
- **2019-04-09** DELIVERED TO SENATE
- **2019-04-11** REFERRED TO LOCAL GOVERNMENT `referral-committee`
- **2020-01-08** DIED IN SENATE
- **2020-01-08** RETURNED TO ASSEMBLY
- **2020-01-08** REFERRED TO LOCAL GOVERNMENTS `referral-committee`
- **2020-07-16** REPORTED REFERRED TO WAYS AND MEANS `referral-committee`
- **2020-07-17** REPORTED REFERRED TO RULES `referral-committee`
- **2020-07-22** REPORTED
- **2020-07-22** RULES REPORT CAL.286
- **2020-07-22** ORDERED TO THIRD READING RULES CAL.286
- **2020-07-22** HOME RULE REQUEST
- **2020-07-22** PASSED ASSEMBLY `passage`
- **2020-07-22** DELIVERED TO SENATE
- **2020-07-22** REFERRED TO RULES `referral-committee`
- **2020-07-23** SUBSTITUTED FOR S5041
- **2020-07-23** 3RD READING CAL.994
- **2020-07-23** HOME RULE REQUEST
- **2020-07-23** PASSED SENATE `passage`
- **2020-07-23** RETURNED TO ASSEMBLY
- **2020-09-25** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
- **2020-10-07** SIGNED CHAP.201 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/111d38dd-9184-4740-b877-d2cedb47eebb`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New York legislature records).