---
type: "Bill"
title: "Enacts the \"Seneca county water and sewer authority act\""
description: "Enacts the \"Seneca county water and sewer authority act\"; establishes the Seneca county water and sewer authority district and the Seneca county water and sewer authority."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ny"
legislature: "New York Legislature"
session: "2023-2024"
identifier: "S 8851"
citation: "New York S 8851 (2023-2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Thomas F. O'Mara"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 12
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2024-03-20"
last_action: "2024-11-22"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/48408698-73c2-49a1-b0ad-6d5b1dc58c95"
source_url: "http://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2023/S8851"
source_hash: "c48230961d5a82376b2da9c9106378bc625cd71d3b5caf5aba4e18b656f92cac"
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 8851 (2023-2024) — Enacts the "Seneca county water and sewer authority act"

Enacts the "Seneca county water and sewer authority act"; establishes the Seneca county water and sewer authority district and the Seneca county water and sewer authority.

## Version chain

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

1. **S8851** (committee substitute) — [source](http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?sh=printbill&bn=S8851&term=2023&Text=Y)

## Votes

- Assembly Vote — **141–0** (pass) · lower
- Floor Vote — **60–0** (pass) · upper
- Rules Vote — **20–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Thomas F. O'Mara — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-03-20** REFERRED TO CORPORATIONS, AUTHORITIES AND COMMISSIONS `referral-committee`
- **2024-06-03** COMMITTEE DISCHARGED AND COMMITTED TO RULES `referral-committee`
- **2024-06-03** ORDERED TO THIRD READING CAL.1655
- **2024-06-03** PASSED SENATE `passage`
- **2024-06-03** DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY
- **2024-06-03** REFERRED TO WAYS AND MEANS `referral-committee`
- **2024-06-07** SUBSTITUTED FOR A9665
- **2024-06-07** ORDERED TO THIRD READING RULES CAL.577
- **2024-06-07** PASSED ASSEMBLY `passage`
- **2024-06-07** RETURNED TO SENATE
- **2024-11-15** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
- **2024-11-22** SIGNED CHAP.517 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/48408698-73c2-49a1-b0ad-6d5b1dc58c95`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New York legislature records).