---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relates to cemetery trust funds"
description: "Relates to cemetery trust funds and the maintenance and preservation of cemetery grounds."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ny"
legislature: "New York Legislature"
session: "2023-2024"
identifier: "S 6285"
citation: "New York S 6285 (2023-2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Leroy Comrie"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 22
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2023-04-11"
last_action: "2024-12-21"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c5cfcce8-56ef-4d72-8c15-eb20fa0ff455"
source_url: "http://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2023/S6285"
source_hash: "d84886e15881e268e28223d210e599d0074ff0f305cee95915944a593905b094"
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 6285 (2023-2024) — Relates to cemetery trust funds

Relates to cemetery trust funds and the maintenance and preservation of cemetery grounds.

## Version chain

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

1. **S6285** (committee substitute) — [source](http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?sh=printbill&bn=S6285&term=2023&Text=Y)

## Votes

- Corporations, Authorities And Commissions Vote — **7–0** (pass) · upper
- Assembly Vote — **145–0** (pass) · lower
- Floor Vote — **61–0** (pass) · upper
- Corporations, Authorities And Commissions Vote — **7–0** (pass) · upper
- Floor Vote — **60–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Leroy Comrie — primary (person)
- Iwen Chu — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-04-11** REFERRED TO CORPORATIONS, AUTHORITIES AND COMMISSIONS `referral-committee`
- **2023-04-18** 1ST REPORT CAL.618
- **2023-04-19** 2ND REPORT CAL.
- **2023-04-20** ADVANCED TO THIRD READING
- **2023-05-08** PASSED SENATE `passage`
- **2023-05-08** DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY
- **2023-05-08** REFERRED TO CORPORATIONS, AUTHORITIES AND COMMISSIONS `referral-committee`
- **2024-01-03** DIED IN ASSEMBLY
- **2024-01-03** RETURNED TO SENATE
- **2024-01-03** REFERRED TO CORPORATIONS, AUTHORITIES AND COMMISSIONS `referral-committee`
- **2024-05-07** 1ST REPORT CAL.953
- **2024-05-08** 2ND REPORT CAL.
- **2024-05-13** ADVANCED TO THIRD READING
- **2024-06-03** PASSED SENATE `passage`
- **2024-06-03** DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY
- **2024-06-03** REFERRED TO WAYS AND MEANS `referral-committee`
- **2024-06-03** SUBSTITUTED FOR A3686
- **2024-06-03** ORDERED TO THIRD READING RULES CAL.307
- **2024-06-03** PASSED ASSEMBLY `passage`
- **2024-06-03** RETURNED TO SENATE
- **2024-12-12** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
- **2024-12-21** SIGNED CHAP.656 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/c5cfcce8-56ef-4d72-8c15-eb20fa0ff455`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New York legislature records).