---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relates to the number of grand jury stenographers that the district attorney may appoint in the county of Onondaga"
description: "Increases the number of grand jury stenographers that the district attorney may appoint in the county of Onondaga from three to five."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ny"
legislature: "New York Legislature"
session: "2019-2020"
identifier: "S 7999"
citation: "New York S 7999 (2019-2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["MAY"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 13
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2020-03-09"
last_action: "2020-11-11"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e945c61f-0da0-4244-83af-ca68ae902407"
source_url: "http://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2019/S7999"
source_hash: "5c40164c2abfb6b9f64ed6d721454bfbcec7230efa42e68138b5c9add52fd212"
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 7999 (2019-2020) — Relates to the number of grand jury stenographers that the district attorney may appoint in the county of Onondaga

Increases the number of grand jury stenographers that the district attorney may appoint in the county of Onondaga from three to five.

## Version chain

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

1. **S7999** (committee substitute) — [source](http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?sh=printbill&bn=S7999&term=2019&Text=Y)

## Votes

- Floor Vote — **61–1** (pass) · upper
- Rules Vote — **19–0** (pass) · upper
- Assembly Vote — **144–0** (pass) · lower
- Local Government Vote — **7–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- MAY — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2020-03-09** REFERRED TO JUDICIARY `referral-committee`
- **2020-06-06** COMMITTEE DISCHARGED AND COMMITTED TO LOCAL GOVERNMENT `referral-committee`
- **2020-06-08** REPORTED AND COMMITTED TO RULES `referral-committee`
- **2020-06-08** ORDERED TO THIRD READING CAL.725
- **2020-06-09** PASSED SENATE `passage`
- **2020-06-09** DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY
- **2020-06-09** REFERRED TO WAYS AND MEANS `referral-committee`
- **2020-06-10** SUBSTITUTED FOR A10040
- **2020-06-10** ORDERED TO THIRD READING RULES CAL.135
- **2020-06-10** PASSED ASSEMBLY `passage`
- **2020-06-10** RETURNED TO SENATE
- **2020-10-30** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
- **2020-11-11** SIGNED CHAP.275 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/e945c61f-0da0-4244-83af-ca68ae902407`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New York legislature records).