---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relates to the nomination of certain fire district officers in the Fair Harbor fire district"
description: "Permits members of the Fair Harbor fire district to adopt a resolution changing the date for the nomination of the chief and assistant chiefs of such fire department."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ny"
legislature: "New York Legislature"
session: "2019-2020"
identifier: "S 4944"
citation: "New York S 4944 (2019-2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["BOYLE"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 14
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2019-04-02"
last_action: "2019-08-29"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/3a3c984b-c7b9-4a67-8928-35f5e45c164e"
source_url: "http://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2019/S4944"
source_hash: "0838628b7c6329ff21e8465970dade728641237baf2ff1105ec875afc3b69759"
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 4944 (2019-2020) — Relates to the nomination of certain fire district officers in the Fair Harbor fire district

Permits members of the Fair Harbor fire district to adopt a resolution changing the date for the nomination of the chief and assistant chiefs of such fire department.

## Version chain

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

1. **S4944** (committee substitute) — [source](http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?sh=printbill&bn=S4944&term=2019&Text=Y)
2. **S4944A** (committee substitute) — [source](http://legislation.nysenate.gov/pdf/bills/2019/S4944A)

## Votes

- Assembly Vote — **146–1** (pass) · lower
- Floor Vote - Version: A — **62–0** (pass) · upper
- Rules Vote - Version: A — **19–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- BOYLE — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-04-02** REFERRED TO LOCAL GOVERNMENT `referral-committee`
- **2019-06-11** AMEND (T) AND RECOMMIT TO LOCAL GOVERNMENT `referral-committee, amendment-passage`
- **2019-06-11** PRINT NUMBER 4944A `amendment-passage`
- **2019-06-12** COMMITTEE DISCHARGED AND COMMITTED TO RULES `referral-committee`
- **2019-06-12** ORDERED TO THIRD READING CAL.1321
- **2019-06-17** PASSED SENATE `passage`
- **2019-06-17** DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY
- **2019-06-17** REFERRED TO LOCAL GOVERNMENTS `referral-committee`
- **2019-06-19** SUBSTITUTED FOR A6991A
- **2019-06-19** ORDERED TO THIRD READING RULES CAL.502
- **2019-06-19** PASSED ASSEMBLY `passage`
- **2019-06-19** RETURNED TO SENATE
- **2019-08-23** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
- **2019-08-29** SIGNED CHAP.208 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/3a3c984b-c7b9-4a67-8928-35f5e45c164e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New York legislature records).