---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relates to signatures for designating petitions for political subdivisions outside the city of New York and the counties of Erie and Nassau"
description: "Relates to signatures for designating petitions for political subdivisions outside the city of New York and the counties of Erie and Nassau; must be signed by not less than three and three-quarters per centum."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ny"
legislature: "New York Legislature"
session: "2019-2020"
identifier: "A 5979"
citation: "New York A 5979 (2019-2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["JONES"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 13
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2019-02-22"
last_action: "2019-03-25"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/96f8c3d4-a6fd-4818-9732-152db9a1ce27"
source_url: "http://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2019/A5979"
source_hash: "1d4a311e3b4869aa74501b7561cc2717b1ffa8dbe6eb7899179cd1718ce8e501"
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 5979 (2019-2020) — Relates to signatures for designating petitions for political subdivisions outside the city of New York and the counties of Erie and Nassau

Relates to signatures for designating petitions for political subdivisions outside the city of New York and the counties of Erie and Nassau; must be signed by not less than three and three-quarters per centum.

## Version chain

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

1. **A5979** (committee substitute) — [source](http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?sh=printbill&bn=A5979&term=2019&Text=Y)
2. **A5979A** (committee substitute) — [source](http://legislation.nysenate.gov/pdf/bills/2019/A5979A)

## Votes

- Assembly Vote — **139–2** (pass) · lower
- Floor Vote - Version: A — **53–8** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- JONES — primary (person)
- D'URSO — cosponsor (person)
- JACOBSON — cosponsor (person)
- WOERNER — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-02-22** REFERRED TO ELECTION LAW `referral-committee`
- **2019-02-27** REPORTED
- **2019-02-28** ADVANCED TO THIRD READING CAL.91
- **2019-03-04** AMENDED ON THIRD READING (T) 5979A `amendment-passage`
- **2019-03-07** PASSED ASSEMBLY `passage`
- **2019-03-07** DELIVERED TO SENATE
- **2019-03-07** REFERRED TO ELECTIONS `referral-committee`
- **2019-03-12** SUBSTITUTED FOR S4350
- **2019-03-12** 3RD READING CAL.255
- **2019-03-12** PASSED SENATE `passage`
- **2019-03-12** RETURNED TO ASSEMBLY
- **2019-03-13** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
- **2019-03-25** SIGNED CHAP.22 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/96f8c3d4-a6fd-4818-9732-152db9a1ce27`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New York legislature records).