---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relates to permitting Essex county to enter into a municipal cooperative agreement for emergency medical services and general ambulance services"
description: "Permits Essex county to enter into a municipal cooperative agreement for emergency medical services and general ambulance services."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ny"
legislature: "New York Legislature"
session: "2019-2020"
identifier: "S 1997"
citation: "New York S 1997 (2019-2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["LITTLE"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 23
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2019-01-18"
last_action: "2019-10-23"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/bff761f2-da35-4756-b329-84c02188a483"
source_url: "http://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2019/S1997"
source_hash: "4e21d33ff905029b898d00df2ff9783b58bea946232cbdbd89aa60293d63876f"
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 S 1997 (2019-2020) — Relates to permitting Essex county to enter into a municipal cooperative agreement for emergency medical services and general ambulance services

Permits Essex county to enter into a municipal cooperative agreement for emergency medical services and general ambulance services.

## Version chain

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

1. **S1997** (committee substitute) — [source](http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?sh=printbill&bn=S1997&term=2019&Text=Y)
2. **S1997A** (committee substitute) — [source](http://legislation.nysenate.gov/pdf/bills/2019/S1997A)
3. **S1997B** (committee substitute) — [source](http://legislation.nysenate.gov/pdf/bills/2019/S1997B)

## Votes

- Floor Vote - Version: B — **62–0** (pass) · upper
- Floor Vote — **62–0** (pass) · upper
- Rules Vote — **19–0** (pass) · upper
- Assembly Vote — **148–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- LITTLE — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-01-18** REFERRED TO LOCAL GOVERNMENT `referral-committee`
- **2019-05-02** NOTICE OF COMMITTEE CONSIDERATION - REQUESTED
- **2019-06-03** NOTICE OF COMMITTEE CONSIDERATION - WITHDRAWN
- **2019-06-04** COMMITTEE DISCHARGED AND COMMITTED TO RULES `referral-committee`
- **2019-06-04** ORDERED TO THIRD READING CAL.1155
- **2019-06-04** HOME RULE REQUEST
- **2019-06-04** PASSED SENATE `passage`
- **2019-06-04** DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY
- **2019-06-04** REFERRED TO LOCAL GOVERNMENTS `referral-committee`
- **2019-06-10** RECALLED FROM ASSEMBLY
- **2019-06-10** RETURNED TO SENATE
- **2019-06-11** VOTE RECONSIDERED - RESTORED TO THIRD READING
- **2019-06-11** AMENDED ON THIRD READING (T) 1997A `amendment-passage`
- **2019-06-13** AMENDED ON THIRD READING (T) 1997B `amendment-passage`
- **2019-06-17** REPASSED SENATE `passage`
- **2019-06-17** RETURNED TO ASSEMBLY
- **2019-06-17** REFERRED TO WAYS AND MEANS `referral-committee`
- **2019-06-19** SUBSTITUTED FOR A4676B
- **2019-06-19** ORDERED TO THIRD READING RULES CAL.489
- **2019-06-19** PASSED ASSEMBLY `passage`
- **2019-06-19** RETURNED TO SENATE
- **2019-10-11** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
- **2019-10-23** SIGNED CHAP.395 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/bff761f2-da35-4756-b329-84c02188a483`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New York legislature records).