---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relates to enacting the Rochester housing court act"
description: "Enacts the Rochester housing court act to create a separate part of the court to be exclusively devoted to actions and proceedings involving the enforcement of all housing codes, pertaining to all real property situated within the city; makes related provisions."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ny"
legislature: "New York Legislature"
session: "2021-2022"
identifier: "S 3280"
citation: "New York S 3280 (2021-2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["COONEY"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 17
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2021-01-28"
last_action: "2021-10-08"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/fc4caa00-77c5-4d20-bfc4-c68ab7714000"
source_url: "http://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2021/S3280"
source_hash: "7b3011b96df89967537fd752cad8842b555172c42ac3bf5cbd7b603be325c77c"
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 3280 (2021-2022) — Relates to enacting the Rochester housing court act

Enacts the Rochester housing court act to create a separate part of the court to be exclusively devoted to actions and proceedings involving the enforcement of all housing codes, pertaining to all real property situated within the city; makes related provisions.

## Version chain

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

1. **S3280** (committee substitute) — [source](http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?sh=printbill&bn=S3280&term=2021&Text=Y)
2. **S3280A** (committee substitute) — [source](http://legislation.nysenate.gov/pdf/bills/2021/S3280A)
3. **S3280B** (committee substitute) — [source](http://legislation.nysenate.gov/pdf/bills/2021/S3280B)

## Votes

- Judiciary Vote — **15–0** (pass) · upper
- Assembly Vote — **149–0** (pass) · lower
- Floor Vote - Version: B — **59–4** (pass) · upper
- Rules Vote - Version: B — **21–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- COONEY — primary (person)
- BROUK — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-01-28** REFERRED TO JUDICIARY `referral-committee`
- **2021-05-11** REPORTED AND COMMITTED TO FINANCE `referral-committee`
- **2021-05-24** AMEND AND RECOMMIT TO FINANCE `amendment-passage, referral-committee`
- **2021-05-24** PRINT NUMBER 3280A `amendment-passage`
- **2021-06-07** AMEND AND RECOMMIT TO FINANCE `amendment-passage, referral-committee`
- **2021-06-07** PRINT NUMBER 3280B `amendment-passage`
- **2021-06-10** COMMITTEE DISCHARGED AND COMMITTED TO RULES `referral-committee`
- **2021-06-10** ORDERED TO THIRD READING CAL.1772
- **2021-06-10** PASSED SENATE `passage`
- **2021-06-10** DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY
- **2021-06-10** REFERRED TO WAYS AND MEANS `referral-committee`
- **2021-06-10** SUBSTITUTED FOR A1131A
- **2021-06-10** ORDERED TO THIRD READING RULES CAL.750
- **2021-06-10** PASSED ASSEMBLY `passage`
- **2021-06-10** RETURNED TO SENATE
- **2021-09-28** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
- **2021-10-08** SIGNED CHAP.464 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/fc4caa00-77c5-4d20-bfc4-c68ab7714000`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New York legislature records).