---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relates to authorizing the towns of Lorraine and Worth in Jefferson county to elect a single town justice to preside"
description: "Authorizes the towns of Lorraine and Worth in Jefferson county to elect a single town justice to preside in the town courts of both towns."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ny"
legislature: "New York Legislature"
session: "2019-2020"
identifier: "S 6873"
citation: "New York S 6873 (2019-2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["RITCHIE"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 14
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2019-11-25"
last_action: "2020-11-11"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c64a742c-a19f-445e-8fe6-7b53e0ec703f"
source_url: "http://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2019/S6873"
source_hash: "5b99c782a401c77b7537331899e29e61a3dc65e68a12546a40129aafdba6b4d3"
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 6873 (2019-2020) — Relates to authorizing the towns of Lorraine and Worth in Jefferson county to elect a single town justice to preside

Authorizes the towns of Lorraine and Worth in Jefferson county to elect a single town justice to preside in the town courts of both towns.

## Version chain

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

1. **S6873** (committee substitute) — [source](http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?sh=printbill&bn=S6873&term=2019&Text=Y)

## Votes

- Assembly Vote — **144–0** (pass) · lower
- Floor Vote — **62–0** (pass) · upper
- Judiciary Vote — **13–1** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- RITCHIE — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-11-25** REFERRED TO RULES `referral-committee`
- **2020-01-08** REFERRED TO JUDICIARY `referral-committee`
- **2020-02-25** 1ST REPORT CAL.457
- **2020-02-26** 2ND REPORT CAL.
- **2020-02-27** ADVANCED TO THIRD READING
- **2020-06-09** PASSED SENATE `passage`
- **2020-06-09** DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY
- **2020-06-09** REFERRED TO WAYS AND MEANS `referral-committee`
- **2020-06-09** SUBSTITUTED FOR A9052
- **2020-06-09** ORDERED TO THIRD READING RULES CAL.85
- **2020-06-09** PASSED ASSEMBLY `passage`
- **2020-06-09** RETURNED TO SENATE
- **2020-10-30** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
- **2020-11-11** SIGNED CHAP.271 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/c64a742c-a19f-445e-8fe6-7b53e0ec703f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New York legislature records).