---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relates to the contracting of indebtedness by city school districts"
description: "Relates to the contracting of indebtedness by city school districts; removes provisions relating thereto."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ny"
legislature: "New York Legislature"
session: "2023-2024"
identifier: "S 6549"
citation: "New York S 6549 (2023-2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Shelley Mayer"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 14
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2023-04-26"
last_action: "2023-10-25"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a887c285-7bda-4a8c-8907-5842e8a9c224"
source_url: "http://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2023/S6549"
source_hash: "7c458582e4d3dc05927101ff784579ac0f58d16de4b40ebef06f85bd701fa517"
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 6549 (2023-2024) — Relates to the contracting of indebtedness by city school districts

Relates to the contracting of indebtedness by city school districts; removes provisions relating thereto.

## Version chain

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

1. **S6549** (committee substitute) — [source](http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?sh=printbill&bn=S6549&term=2023&Text=Y)

## Votes

- Cities 2 Vote — **7–0** (pass) · upper
- Assembly Vote — **146–0** (pass) · lower
- Floor Vote — **58–3** (pass) · upper
- Rules Vote — **21–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Shelley Mayer — primary (person)
- Lea Webb — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-04-26** REFERRED TO LOCAL GOVERNMENT `referral-committee`
- **2023-05-16** REFERENCE CHANGED TO CITIES 2 `referral-committee`
- **2023-05-23** REPORTED AND COMMITTED TO FINANCE `referral-committee`
- **2023-05-30** COMMITTEE DISCHARGED AND COMMITTED TO RULES `referral-committee`
- **2023-05-30** ORDERED TO THIRD READING CAL.1389
- **2023-06-05** PASSED SENATE `passage`
- **2023-06-05** DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY
- **2023-06-05** REFERRED TO EDUCATION `referral-committee`
- **2023-06-09** SUBSTITUTED FOR A7049
- **2023-06-09** ORDERED TO THIRD READING RULES CAL.773
- **2023-06-09** PASSED ASSEMBLY `passage`
- **2023-06-09** RETURNED TO SENATE
- **2023-10-13** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
- **2023-10-25** SIGNED CHAP.596 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/a887c285-7bda-4a8c-8907-5842e8a9c224`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New York legislature records).