---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relates to the electronic open auction public bond sale pilot program and the definition of \"municipality\""
description: "Provides that for the purposes of the electronic open auction public bond sale pilot program, the term \"municipality\" shall mean a county or a city or town with a population of one hundred thousand or more."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ny"
legislature: "New York Legislature"
session: "2023-2024"
identifier: "A 10173"
citation: "New York A 10173 (2023-2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 2
action_count: 17
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2024-05-10"
last_action: "2024-11-22"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/55ebcb06-bda0-4409-92ef-8c99b3402946"
source_url: "http://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2023/A10173"
source_hash: "20e5bd8576a14afe4cfa6b0de92874b883552f399a8a4fb4bcf43ef2ff412b44"
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 10173 (2023-2024) — Relates to the electronic open auction public bond sale pilot program and the definition of "municipality"

Provides that for the purposes of the electronic open auction public bond sale pilot program, the term "municipality" shall mean a county or a city or town with a population of one hundred thousand or more.

## Version chain

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

1. **A10173** (committee substitute) — [source](http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?sh=printbill&bn=A10173&term=2023&Text=Y)
2. **A10173A** (committee substitute) — [source](http://legislation.nysenate.gov/pdf/bills/2023/A10173A)

## Votes

- Floor Vote - Version: A — **59–0** (pass) · upper
- Assembly Vote — **146–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Rules Committee — primary (organization)
- Steven Otis — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-05-10** REFERRED TO LOCAL GOVERNMENTS `referral-committee`
- **2024-05-24** AMEND AND RECOMMIT TO LOCAL GOVERNMENTS `amendment-passage, referral-committee`
- **2024-05-24** PRINT NUMBER 10173A `amendment-passage`
- **2024-05-29** REPORTED REFERRED TO WAYS AND MEANS `referral-committee`
- **2024-06-04** REPORTED REFERRED TO RULES `referral-committee`
- **2024-06-04** REPORTED
- **2024-06-04** RULES REPORT CAL.417
- **2024-06-04** ORDERED TO THIRD READING RULES CAL.417
- **2024-06-04** PASSED ASSEMBLY `passage`
- **2024-06-04** DELIVERED TO SENATE
- **2024-06-04** REFERRED TO RULES `referral-committee`
- **2024-06-05** SUBSTITUTED FOR S9348A
- **2024-06-05** 3RD READING CAL.1787
- **2024-06-05** PASSED SENATE `passage`
- **2024-06-05** RETURNED TO ASSEMBLY
- **2024-11-15** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
- **2024-11-22** SIGNED CHAP.497 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/55ebcb06-bda0-4409-92ef-8c99b3402946`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New York legislature records).