---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relates to authorizing the town of Hempstead to transfer and convey certain state land to Levittown school district"
description: "Authorizes the town of Hempstead to transfer and convey certain state land to Levittown school district."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ny"
legislature: "New York Legislature"
session: "2019-2020"
identifier: "S 8535"
citation: "New York S 8535 (2019-2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["THOMAS"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 15
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2020-06-08"
last_action: "2020-11-11"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/9b746532-93a4-4da0-8c1d-4e2c89860414"
source_url: "http://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2019/S8535"
source_hash: "584a359f1e9275846d99b7aa97f1c5a123f090ddc39b9c33d2570de0041fc2b2"
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 8535 (2019-2020) — Relates to authorizing the town of Hempstead to transfer and convey certain state land to Levittown school district

Authorizes the town of Hempstead to transfer and convey certain state land to Levittown school district.

## Version chain

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

1. **S8535** (committee substitute) — [source](http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?sh=printbill&bn=S8535&term=2019&Text=Y)

## Votes

- Assembly Vote — **139–2** (pass) · lower
- Rules Vote — **19–0** (pass) · upper
- Local Government Vote — **7–0** (pass) · upper
- Floor Vote — **60–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- THOMAS — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2020-06-08** REFERRED TO RULES `referral-committee`
- **2020-07-13** COMMITTEE DISCHARGED AND COMMITTED TO LOCAL GOVERNMENT `referral-committee`
- **2020-07-20** REPORTED AND COMMITTED TO RULES `referral-committee`
- **2020-07-22** ORDERED TO THIRD READING CAL.915
- **2020-07-22** HOME RULE REQUEST
- **2020-07-22** PASSED SENATE `passage`
- **2020-07-22** DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY
- **2020-07-22** REFERRED TO WAYS AND MEANS `referral-committee`
- **2020-07-23** SUBSTITUTED FOR A10573A
- **2020-07-23** ORDERED TO THIRD READING RULES CAL.331
- **2020-07-23** HOME RULE REQUEST
- **2020-07-23** PASSED ASSEMBLY `passage`
- **2020-07-23** RETURNED TO SENATE
- **2020-10-30** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
- **2020-11-11** SIGNED CHAP.281 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/9b746532-93a4-4da0-8c1d-4e2c89860414`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New York legislature records).