---
type: "Bill"
title: "Allows the city of Beacon to sell its excess sewage capacity to private corporations and individuals outside of the city limits"
description: "Allows the city of Beacon to sell its excess sewage capacity to private corporations and individuals outside of the city limits."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ny"
legislature: "New York Legislature"
session: "2021-2022"
identifier: "A 5399"
citation: "New York A 5399 (2021-2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["JACOBSON"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 15
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2021-02-16"
last_action: "2021-08-02"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/7cfb3f47-d047-4c1a-9f1b-8199e5bde0ec"
source_url: "http://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2021/A5399"
source_hash: "faa5ef2659b3d509fe25adc4440797cc36de93c0bbdb5018096aa70597c3f894"
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 5399 (2021-2022) — Allows the city of Beacon to sell its excess sewage capacity to private corporations and individuals outside of the city limits

Allows the city of Beacon to sell its excess sewage capacity to private corporations and individuals outside of the city limits.

## Version chain

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

1. **A5399** (committee substitute) — [source](http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?sh=printbill&bn=A5399&term=2021&Text=Y)

## Votes

- Assembly Vote — **147–0** (pass) · lower
- Floor Vote — **63–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- JACOBSON — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-02-16** REFERRED TO CITIES `referral-committee`
- **2021-05-11** REPORTED REFERRED TO WAYS AND MEANS `referral-committee`
- **2021-05-19** REPORTED REFERRED TO RULES `referral-committee`
- **2021-05-25** REPORTED
- **2021-05-25** RULES REPORT CAL.117
- **2021-05-25** ORDERED TO THIRD READING RULES CAL.117
- **2021-05-25** PASSED ASSEMBLY `passage`
- **2021-05-25** DELIVERED TO SENATE
- **2021-05-25** REFERRED TO CITIES 2 `referral-committee`
- **2021-06-08** SUBSTITUTED FOR S5300
- **2021-06-08** 3RD READING CAL.1491
- **2021-06-08** PASSED SENATE `passage`
- **2021-06-08** RETURNED TO ASSEMBLY
- **2021-07-21** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
- **2021-08-02** SIGNED CHAP.323 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/7cfb3f47-d047-4c1a-9f1b-8199e5bde0ec`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New York legislature records).