---
type: "Bill"
title: "Provides no county shall supersede any state law which relates to the division of any county into districts for the purpose of apportionment"
description: "Provides that any plan of districting or redistricting relating to the division of a county, except a county wholly contained within a city, into districts for the purpose of apportionment or reapportionment of members of its local legislative body shall be subject to federal and state constitutional requirements; provides for standards to be followed for such plan."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ny"
legislature: "New York Legislature"
session: "2021-2022"
identifier: "A 229"
citation: "New York A 229 (2021-2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["PAULIN"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 19
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2021-01-06"
last_action: "2021-10-27"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/1b8a6d56-47f3-4e68-bd05-206f1847fdcf"
source_url: "http://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2021/A229"
source_hash: "8d2d116af5119c4b909c8577e49701701b7ecc5a33b5363c3ca918bd6c5104dd"
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 A 229 (2021-2022) — Provides no county shall supersede any state law which relates to the division of any county into districts for the purpose of apportionment

Provides that any plan of districting or redistricting relating to the division of a county, except a county wholly contained within a city, into districts for the purpose of apportionment or reapportionment of members of its local legislative body shall be subject to federal and state constitutional requirements; provides for standards to be followed for such plan.

## Version chain

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

1. **A229** (committee substitute) — [source](http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?sh=printbill&bn=A229&term=2021&Text=Y)
2. **A229A** (committee substitute) — [source](http://legislation.nysenate.gov/pdf/bills/2021/A229A)
3. **A229B** (committee substitute) — [source](http://legislation.nysenate.gov/pdf/bills/2021/A229B)
4. **A229C** (committee substitute) — [source](http://legislation.nysenate.gov/pdf/bills/2021/A229C)

## Votes

- Assembly Vote — **147–2** (pass) · lower
- Floor Vote - Version: C — **43–20** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- PAULIN — primary (person)
- GRIFFIN — cosponsor (person)
- HUNTER — cosponsor (person)
- JACOBSON — cosponsor (person)
- LUPARDO — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-01-06** REFERRED TO LOCAL GOVERNMENTS `referral-committee`
- **2021-02-03** AMEND AND RECOMMIT TO LOCAL GOVERNMENTS `amendment-passage, referral-committee`
- **2021-02-03** PRINT NUMBER 229A `amendment-passage`
- **2021-05-21** AMEND AND RECOMMIT TO LOCAL GOVERNMENTS `amendment-passage, referral-committee`
- **2021-05-21** PRINT NUMBER 229B `amendment-passage`
- **2021-05-25** REPORTED REFERRED TO RULES `referral-committee`
- **2021-05-26** AMEND AND RECOMMIT TO RULES 229C `amendment-passage, referral-committee`
- **2021-06-02** REPORTED
- **2021-06-02** RULES REPORT CAL.281
- **2021-06-02** ORDERED TO THIRD READING RULES CAL.281
- **2021-06-08** PASSED ASSEMBLY `passage`
- **2021-06-08** DELIVERED TO SENATE
- **2021-06-08** REFERRED TO RULES `referral-committee`
- **2021-06-09** SUBSTITUTED FOR S5160B
- **2021-06-09** 3RD READING CAL.1448
- **2021-06-09** PASSED SENATE `passage`
- **2021-06-09** RETURNED TO ASSEMBLY
- **2021-10-22** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
- **2021-10-27** SIGNED CHAP.516 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/1b8a6d56-47f3-4e68-bd05-206f1847fdcf`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New York legislature records).