---
type: "Bill"
title: "Establishes the village incorporation commission"
description: "Establishes the village incorporation commission to evaluate and make decisions regarding village incorporation elections."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ny"
legislature: "New York Legislature"
session: "2023-2024"
identifier: "S 7537"
citation: "New York S 7537 (2023-2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Andrea Stewart-Cousins"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 12
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2023-06-05"
last_action: "2023-12-22"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/bb7ffed8-075b-4102-b912-f7a3d520fc5e"
source_url: "http://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2023/S7537"
source_hash: "ddef3cb47a1d4c16d48d60210a27bc3e6958ed0865a2fe8b7220c4bf7564661f"
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 7537 (2023-2024) — Establishes the village incorporation commission

Establishes the village incorporation commission to evaluate and make decisions regarding village incorporation elections.

## Version chain

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

1. **S7537** (committee substitute) — [source](http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?sh=printbill&bn=S7537&term=2023&Text=Y)

## Votes

- Rules Vote — **16–4** (pass) · upper
- Assembly Vote — **83–52** (pass) · lower
- Floor Vote — **43–19** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Andrea Stewart-Cousins — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-06-05** REFERRED TO RULES `referral-committee`
- **2023-06-08** ORDERED TO THIRD READING CAL.1787
- **2023-06-08** PASSED SENATE `passage`
- **2023-06-08** DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY
- **2023-06-08** REFERRED TO LOCAL GOVERNMENTS `referral-committee`
- **2023-06-10** SUBSTITUTED FOR A7761
- **2023-06-10** ORDERED TO THIRD READING RULES CAL.860
- **2023-06-10** PASSED ASSEMBLY `passage`
- **2023-06-10** RETURNED TO SENATE
- **2023-12-12** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
- **2023-12-22** SIGNED CHAP.773 `executive-signature`
- **2023-12-22** APPROVAL MEMO.92

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/bb7ffed8-075b-4102-b912-f7a3d520fc5e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New York legislature records).