---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relates to the incorporation of villages"
description: "Relates to the immediate incorporation of villages."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ny"
legislature: "New York Legislature"
session: "2023-2024"
identifier: "S 7538"
citation: "New York S 7538 (2023-2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["James Skoufis"]
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/d35d67e1-e0f8-4da1-a926-385e6e154b35"
source_url: "http://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2023/S7538"
source_hash: "5836faf571efd638d89ce8d01f0edf2870b7b0e9c7a9a90180dee70ef9b67e48"
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 7538 (2023-2024) — Relates to the incorporation of villages

Relates to the immediate incorporation of villages.

## Version chain

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

1. **S7538** (committee substitute) — [source](http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?sh=printbill&bn=S7538&term=2023&Text=Y)

## Votes

- Rules Vote — **16–4** (pass) · upper
- Assembly Vote — **86–49** (pass) · lower
- Floor Vote — **39–23** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- James Skoufis — 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.1788
- **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 A7754
- **2023-06-10** ORDERED TO THIRD READING RULES CAL.858
- **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.774 `executive-signature`
- **2023-12-22** APPROVAL MEMO.93

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/d35d67e1-e0f8-4da1-a926-385e6e154b35`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New York legislature records).