---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relates to funeral entities and the operation of any crematory or crematorium"
description: "Relates to funeral entities and the operation of any crematory or crematorium; permits a crematory operated by a funeral entity in the town of Tonawanda, that has been subject to a consent order issued by the department of environmental conservation, to relocate existing operations subject to local authority approval."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ny"
legislature: "New York Legislature"
session: "2021-2022"
identifier: "S 6171"
citation: "New York S 6171 (2021-2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["RYAN"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 16
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2021-04-13"
last_action: "2021-10-25"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a984df66-2444-46ed-a837-b95f6afb22de"
source_url: "http://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2021/S6171"
source_hash: "dddca859246994c070d6e3c2908267fc98507b7e62058fb71215c811a64f9b69"
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 6171 (2021-2022) — Relates to funeral entities and the operation of any crematory or crematorium

Relates to funeral entities and the operation of any crematory or crematorium; permits a crematory operated by a funeral entity in the town of Tonawanda, that has been subject to a consent order issued by the department of environmental conservation, to relocate existing operations subject to local authority approval.

## Version chain

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

1. **S6171** (committee substitute) — [source](http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?sh=printbill&bn=S6171&term=2021&Text=Y)
2. **S6171A** (committee substitute) — [source](http://legislation.nysenate.gov/pdf/bills/2021/S6171A)
3. **S6171B** (committee substitute) — [source](http://legislation.nysenate.gov/pdf/bills/2021/S6171B)

## Votes

- Assembly Vote — **149–0** (pass) · lower
- Floor Vote - Version: B — **63–0** (pass) · upper
- Rules Vote - Version: B — **21–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- RYAN — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-04-13** REFERRED TO CORPORATIONS, AUTHORITIES AND COMMISSIONS `referral-committee`
- **2021-05-25** AMEND AND RECOMMIT TO CORPORATIONS, AUTHORITIES AND COMMISSIONS `amendment-passage, referral-committee`
- **2021-05-25** PRINT NUMBER 6171A `amendment-passage`
- **2021-05-26** AMEND AND RECOMMIT TO CORPORATIONS, AUTHORITIES AND COMMISSIONS `amendment-passage, referral-committee`
- **2021-05-26** PRINT NUMBER 6171B `amendment-passage`
- **2021-06-01** COMMITTEE DISCHARGED AND COMMITTED TO RULES `referral-committee`
- **2021-06-01** ORDERED TO THIRD READING CAL.1388
- **2021-06-02** PASSED SENATE `passage`
- **2021-06-02** DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY
- **2021-06-02** REFERRED TO CORPORATIONS, AUTHORITIES AND COMMISSIONS `referral-committee`
- **2021-06-08** SUBSTITUTED FOR A6740A
- **2021-06-08** ORDERED TO THIRD READING RULES CAL.590
- **2021-06-08** PASSED ASSEMBLY `passage`
- **2021-06-08** RETURNED TO SENATE
- **2021-10-13** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
- **2021-10-25** SIGNED CHAP.513 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/a984df66-2444-46ed-a837-b95f6afb22de`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New York legislature records).