---
type: "Bill"
title: "Authorizes the town of Southampton, county of Suffolk to alienate certain parcels of land used as parkland"
description: "Authorizes the town of Southampton, county of Suffolk to alienate certain parcels of land used as parkland."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ny"
legislature: "New York Legislature"
session: "2021-2022"
identifier: "S 5985"
citation: "New York S 5985 (2021-2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["PALUMBO"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 16
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2021-03-25"
last_action: "2021-10-08"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/02a3e0fc-7bf8-4d56-995f-7722012ddb56"
source_url: "http://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2021/S5985"
source_hash: "58464dbb02eaa8da89d31fb575f4e2762a110bcb87ffa94e110f5593ac58bffd"
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 5985 (2021-2022) — Authorizes the town of Southampton, county of Suffolk to alienate certain parcels of land used as parkland

Authorizes the town of Southampton, county of Suffolk to alienate certain parcels of land used as parkland.

## Version chain

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

1. **S5985** (committee substitute) — [source](http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?sh=printbill&bn=S5985&term=2021&Text=Y)
2. **S5985A** (committee substitute) — [source](http://legislation.nysenate.gov/pdf/bills/2021/S5985A)
3. **S5985B** (committee substitute) — [source](http://legislation.nysenate.gov/pdf/bills/2021/S5985B)

## Votes

- Rules Vote — **21–0** (pass) · upper
- Assembly Vote — **132–17** (pass) · lower
- Floor Vote - Version: B — **63–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- PALUMBO — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-03-25** REFERRED TO LOCAL GOVERNMENT `referral-committee`
- **2021-05-26** COMMITTEE DISCHARGED AND COMMITTED TO RULES `referral-committee`
- **2021-05-26** ORDERED TO THIRD READING CAL.1349
- **2021-05-26** AMENDED ON THIRD READING 5985A `amendment-passage`
- **2021-06-01** AMENDED ON THIRD READING 5985B `amendment-passage`
- **2021-06-08** HOME RULE REQUEST
- **2021-06-08** PASSED SENATE `passage`
- **2021-06-08** DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY
- **2021-06-08** REFERRED TO WAYS AND MEANS `referral-committee`
- **2021-06-08** SUBSTITUTED FOR A6668B
- **2021-06-08** ORDERED TO THIRD READING RULES CAL.586
- **2021-06-08** HOME RULE REQUEST
- **2021-06-08** PASSED ASSEMBLY `passage`
- **2021-06-08** RETURNED TO SENATE
- **2021-09-28** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
- **2021-10-08** SIGNED CHAP.470 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/02a3e0fc-7bf8-4d56-995f-7722012ddb56`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New York legislature records).