---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relates to succession rights for tenants of New York city housing authority properties"
description: "Relates to succession rights for tenants of New York city housing authority properties."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ny"
legislature: "New York Legislature"
session: "2025-2026"
identifier: "S 8311"
citation: "New York S 8311 (2025-2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Brian Kavanagh"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 14
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2025-05-30"
last_action: "2025-10-16"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/9eec7fdb-e7f5-4ca2-b113-dbbb0f3dc31d"
source_url: "http://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2025/S8311"
source_hash: "aaaf56d8c972cf75163ae33d724e97668abcec757850d6ff5da7435040b0cf39"
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 8311 (2025-2026) — Relates to succession rights for tenants of New York city housing authority properties

Relates to succession rights for tenants of New York city housing authority properties.

## Version chain

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

1. **S8311** (committee substitute) — [source](http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?sh=printbill&bn=S8311&term=2025&Text=Y)
2. **S8311A** (committee substitute) — [source](http://legislation.nysenate.gov/pdf/bills/2025/S8311A)

## Votes

- Floor Vote - Version: A — **45–14** (pass) · upper
- Rules Vote - Version: A — **17–3** (pass) · upper
- Assembly Vote — **142–2** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Brian Kavanagh — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-05-30** REFERRED TO HOUSING, CONSTRUCTION AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT `referral-committee`
- **2025-06-09** AMEND AND RECOMMIT TO HOUSING, CONSTRUCTION AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT `amendment-passage, referral-committee`
- **2025-06-09** PRINT NUMBER 8311A `amendment-passage`
- **2025-06-12** COMMITTEE DISCHARGED AND COMMITTED TO RULES `referral-committee`
- **2025-06-12** ORDERED TO THIRD READING CAL.1926
- **2025-06-12** PASSED SENATE `passage`
- **2025-06-12** DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY
- **2025-06-12** REFERRED TO WAYS AND MEANS `referral-committee`
- **2025-06-16** SUBSTITUTED FOR A8412D
- **2025-06-16** ORDERED TO THIRD READING RULES CAL.532
- **2025-06-16** PASSED ASSEMBLY `passage`
- **2025-06-16** RETURNED TO SENATE
- **2025-10-09** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
- **2025-10-16** SIGNED CHAP.438 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/9eec7fdb-e7f5-4ca2-b113-dbbb0f3dc31d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New York legislature records).