---
type: "Bill"
title: "Extends the county-wide shared services initiative and enhances the flexibility within"
description: "Extends the county-wide shared services initiative and enhances the flexibility within."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ny"
legislature: "New York Legislature"
session: "2021-2022"
identifier: "S 6445"
citation: "New York S 6445 (2021-2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["REICHLIN-MELNICK"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 15
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2021-04-29"
last_action: "2021-07-16"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/77f522a0-781b-4233-a1c9-e8df4811c496"
source_url: "http://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2021/S6445"
source_hash: "e4cf5100d9d1378bd88ab9956d031667a14428bf7a22c036f45c828464505686"
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 6445 (2021-2022) — Extends the county-wide shared services initiative and enhances the flexibility within

Extends the county-wide shared services initiative and enhances the flexibility within.

## Version chain

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

1. **S6445** (committee substitute) — [source](http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?sh=printbill&bn=S6445&term=2021&Text=Y)
2. **S6445A** (committee substitute) — [source](http://legislation.nysenate.gov/pdf/bills/2021/S6445A)

## Votes

- Rules Vote - Version: A — **21–0** (pass) · upper
- Floor Vote - Version: A — **63–0** (pass) · upper
- Assembly Vote — **148–0** (pass) · lower
- Local Government Vote — **7–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- REICHLIN-MELNICK — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-04-29** REFERRED TO LOCAL GOVERNMENT `referral-committee`
- **2021-05-10** REPORTED AND COMMITTED TO FINANCE `referral-committee`
- **2021-06-04** AMEND (T) AND RECOMMIT TO FINANCE `amendment-passage, referral-committee`
- **2021-06-04** PRINT NUMBER 6445A `amendment-passage`
- **2021-06-07** COMMITTEE DISCHARGED AND COMMITTED TO RULES `referral-committee`
- **2021-06-07** ORDERED TO THIRD READING CAL.1563
- **2021-06-08** PASSED SENATE `passage`
- **2021-06-08** DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY
- **2021-06-08** REFERRED TO WAYS AND MEANS `referral-committee`
- **2021-06-09** SUBSTITUTED FOR A7694A
- **2021-06-09** ORDERED TO THIRD READING RULES CAL.686
- **2021-06-09** PASSED ASSEMBLY `passage`
- **2021-06-09** RETURNED TO SENATE
- **2021-07-12** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
- **2021-07-16** SIGNED CHAP.294 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/77f522a0-781b-4233-a1c9-e8df4811c496`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New York legislature records).