---
type: "Bill"
title: "Authorizes the towns of Harmony and North Harmony in Chautauqua county to elect a single town justice to preside in the town courts of such towns"
description: "Authorizes the towns of Harmony and North Harmony in Chautauqua county to elect a single town justice to preside in the town courts of such towns."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ny"
legislature: "New York Legislature"
session: "2023-2024"
identifier: "S 4249"
citation: "New York S 4249 (2023-2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["George Borrello"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 13
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2023-02-07"
last_action: "2024-07-17"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/fe0d6fa7-0a07-4a70-8fc6-5a1fb4221ed4"
source_url: "http://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2023/S4249"
source_hash: "02fb0ded9cda77774e6a8ca27dcd7bc7f326c8dc33fd869a6b8b343a5dc8248d"
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 4249 (2023-2024) — Authorizes the towns of Harmony and North Harmony in Chautauqua county to elect a single town justice to preside in the town courts of such towns

Authorizes the towns of Harmony and North Harmony in Chautauqua county to elect a single town justice to preside in the town courts of such towns.

## Version chain

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

1. **S4249** (committee substitute) — [source](http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?sh=printbill&bn=S4249&term=2023&Text=Y)

## Votes

- Rules Vote — **19–1** (pass) · upper
- Assembly Vote — **139–1** (pass) · lower
- Floor Vote — **61–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- George Borrello — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-02-07** REFERRED TO LOCAL GOVERNMENT `referral-committee`
- **2024-01-03** REFERRED TO LOCAL GOVERNMENT `referral-committee`
- **2024-06-04** COMMITTEE DISCHARGED AND COMMITTED TO RULES `referral-committee`
- **2024-06-04** ORDERED TO THIRD READING CAL.1688
- **2024-06-04** PASSED SENATE `passage`
- **2024-06-04** DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY
- **2024-06-04** REFERRED TO JUDICIARY `referral-committee`
- **2024-06-07** SUBSTITUTED FOR A5941
- **2024-06-07** ORDERED TO THIRD READING RULES CAL.599
- **2024-06-07** PASSED ASSEMBLY `passage`
- **2024-06-07** RETURNED TO SENATE
- **2024-07-17** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
- **2024-07-17** SIGNED CHAP.203 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/fe0d6fa7-0a07-4a70-8fc6-5a1fb4221ed4`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New York legislature records).