---
type: "Bill"
title: "Removes the requirement that where a municipal corporation, school district or district corporation issues indebtedness to finance certain costs of preparation of plans and specifications"
description: "Removes the requirement that where a municipal corporation, school district or district corporation issues indebtedness to finance certain costs of preparation of plans and specifications for a proposed capital improvement there must be a waiting period of at least one year authorizing the undertaking of the capital improvement."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ny"
legislature: "New York Legislature"
session: "2023-2024"
identifier: "S 5655"
citation: "New York S 5655 (2023-2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Monica Martinez"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 14
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2023-03-10"
last_action: "2023-10-25"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ea409a67-a099-43a8-a5f0-2efa47e556de"
source_url: "http://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2023/S5655"
source_hash: "e8d50f3e4819b4d71a20e0cc9d1067605c74f2b6e61cb710bbe6b2375af8d185"
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 5655 (2023-2024) — Removes the requirement that where a municipal corporation, school district or district corporation issues indebtedness to finance certain costs of preparation of plans and specifications

Removes the requirement that where a municipal corporation, school district or district corporation issues indebtedness to finance certain costs of preparation of plans and specifications for a proposed capital improvement there must be a waiting period of at least one year authorizing the undertaking of the capital improvement.

## Version chain

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

1. **S5655** (committee substitute) — [source](http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?sh=printbill&bn=S5655&term=2023&Text=Y)

## Votes

- Local Government Vote — **7–0** (pass) · upper
- Finance Vote — **22–0** (pass) · upper
- Floor Vote — **61–0** (pass) · upper
- Assembly Vote — **144–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Monica Martinez — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-03-10** REFERRED TO LOCAL GOVERNMENT `referral-committee`
- **2023-04-17** REPORTED AND COMMITTED TO FINANCE `referral-committee`
- **2023-05-16** 1ST REPORT CAL.1034
- **2023-05-17** 2ND REPORT CAL.
- **2023-05-18** ADVANCED TO THIRD READING
- **2023-05-22** PASSED SENATE `passage`
- **2023-05-22** DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY
- **2023-05-22** REFERRED TO WAYS AND MEANS `referral-committee`
- **2023-05-30** SUBSTITUTED FOR A1976
- **2023-05-30** ORDERED TO THIRD READING RULES CAL.330
- **2023-05-30** PASSED ASSEMBLY `passage`
- **2023-05-30** RETURNED TO SENATE
- **2023-10-13** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
- **2023-10-25** SIGNED CHAP.592 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/ea409a67-a099-43a8-a5f0-2efa47e556de`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New York legislature records).