---
type: "Bill"
title: "Authorizes the appointment of a monitor to oversee the Hempstead union free school district; repealer"
description: "Authorizes the appointment of a monitor to oversee the Hempstead union free school district."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ny"
legislature: "New York Legislature"
session: "2019-2020"
identifier: "S 7321"
citation: "New York S 7321 (2019-2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["THOMAS"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 11
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2020-01-17"
last_action: "2020-02-03"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/9ba8fb87-47d8-4356-be45-05ee4601f25e"
source_url: "http://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2019/S7321"
source_hash: "3cd2daba96dc42e4d7c2e0c51749e45a9d500394fda8a832453b12ee10e5a4e1"
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 7321 (2019-2020) — Authorizes the appointment of a monitor to oversee the Hempstead union free school district; repealer

Authorizes the appointment of a monitor to oversee the Hempstead union free school district.

## Version chain

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

1. **S7321** (committee substitute) — [source](http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?sh=printbill&bn=S7321&term=2019&Text=Y)

## Votes

- Assembly Vote — **140–1** (pass) · lower
- Rules Vote — **15–4** (pass) · upper
- Floor Vote — **49–12** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- THOMAS — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2020-01-17** REFERRED TO RULES `referral-committee`
- **2020-01-21** ORDERED TO THIRD READING CAL.208
- **2020-01-21** PASSED SENATE `passage`
- **2020-01-21** DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY
- **2020-01-21** REFERRED TO EDUCATION `referral-committee`
- **2020-01-27** SUBSTITUTED FOR A9079A
- **2020-01-27** ORDERED TO THIRD READING CAL.350
- **2020-01-27** PASSED ASSEMBLY `passage`
- **2020-01-27** RETURNED TO SENATE
- **2020-01-30** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
- **2020-02-03** SIGNED CHAP.19 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/9ba8fb87-47d8-4356-be45-05ee4601f25e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New York legislature records).