---
type: "Bill"
title: "Authorizes the town of Ithaca, county of Tompkins to discontinue as parklands and alienate certain lands"
description: "Authorizes the town of Ithaca, county of Tompkins, to discontinue as parklands and alienate certain lands for the purpose of maintaining and operating such lands for agricultural purposes."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ny"
legislature: "New York Legislature"
session: "2025-2026"
identifier: "A 8371"
citation: "New York A 8371 (2025-2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Anna Kelles"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 19
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2025-05-13"
last_action: "2025-08-15"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/eaa70bf8-6a0b-4272-b5ed-d8a18abbe66f"
source_url: "http://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2025/A8371"
source_hash: "7ea9da2767364972b9867f47b328473c2b239a75374b57dc5bcd56b87a3e2e6f"
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 A 8371 (2025-2026) — Authorizes the town of Ithaca, county of Tompkins to discontinue as parklands and alienate certain lands

Authorizes the town of Ithaca, county of Tompkins, to discontinue as parklands and alienate certain lands for the purpose of maintaining and operating such lands for agricultural purposes.

## Version chain

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

1. **A8371** (committee substitute) — [source](http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?sh=printbill&bn=A8371&term=2025&Text=Y)
2. **A8371A** (committee substitute) — [source](http://legislation.nysenate.gov/pdf/bills/2025/A8371A)

## Votes

- Floor Vote - Version: A — **59–0** (pass) · upper
- Assembly Vote — **136–11** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Anna Kelles — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-05-13** REFERRED TO LOCAL GOVERNMENTS `referral-committee`
- **2025-05-29** AMEND AND RECOMMIT TO LOCAL GOVERNMENTS `amendment-passage, referral-committee`
- **2025-05-29** PRINT NUMBER 8371A `amendment-passage`
- **2025-06-08** REFERENCE CHANGED TO WAYS AND MEANS `referral-committee`
- **2025-06-09** REPORTED REFERRED TO RULES `referral-committee`
- **2025-06-10** REPORTED
- **2025-06-10** RULES REPORT CAL.585
- **2025-06-10** ORDERED TO THIRD READING RULES CAL.585
- **2025-06-10** HOME RULE REQUEST
- **2025-06-10** PASSED ASSEMBLY `passage`
- **2025-06-10** DELIVERED TO SENATE
- **2025-06-10** REFERRED TO RULES `referral-committee`
- **2025-06-11** SUBSTITUTED FOR S7834A
- **2025-06-11** 3RD READING CAL.1841
- **2025-06-11** HOME RULE REQUEST
- **2025-06-11** PASSED SENATE `passage`
- **2025-06-11** RETURNED TO ASSEMBLY
- **2025-08-12** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
- **2025-08-15** SIGNED CHAP.327 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/eaa70bf8-6a0b-4272-b5ed-d8a18abbe66f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New York legislature records).