---
type: "Bill"
title: "Authorizes the village of Hoosick Falls, county of Rensselaer, to issue certain bonds"
description: "Authorizes the village of Hoosick Falls, county of Rensselaer, to issue certain bonds to reimburse the village for extraordinary expenses incurred in connection with the discovery of perfluorooctanoic acid (PFOA)."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ny"
legislature: "New York Legislature"
session: "2017-2018"
identifier: "S 5198"
citation: "New York S 5198 (2017-2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["MARCHIONE"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 15
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2017-03-13"
last_action: "2017-08-21"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/5e327655-bae0-4b31-92b9-40f0eaa40058"
source_url: "http://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2017/S5198"
source_hash: "638b4e4461c49144892b8ea0529326a57b70acbeccaf1ee679f5b0f4f874988b"
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 5198 (2017-2018) — Authorizes the village of Hoosick Falls, county of Rensselaer, to issue certain bonds

Authorizes the village of Hoosick Falls, county of Rensselaer, to issue certain bonds to reimburse the village for extraordinary expenses incurred in connection with the discovery of perfluorooctanoic acid (PFOA).

## Version chain

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

1. **S5198 HTML** (committee substitute) — [source](http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?sh=printbill&bn=S5198&term=2017&Text=Y)
2. **S5198 PDF** (committee substitute) — [source](http://legislation.nysenate.gov/pdf/bills/2017/S5198)

## Votes

- Finance Vote — **37–0** (pass) · upper
- Local Government Vote — **9–0** (pass) · upper
- Assembly Vote — **141–0** (pass) · lower
- Floor Vote — **60–2** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- MARCHIONE — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-03-13** REFERRED TO LOCAL GOVERNMENT `referral-committee`
- **2017-03-21** REPORTED AND COMMITTED TO FINANCE `referral-committee`
- **2017-05-09** 1ST REPORT CAL.900
- **2017-05-10** 2ND REPORT CAL.
- **2017-05-15** ADVANCED TO THIRD READING
- **2017-05-23** HOME RULE REQUEST
- **2017-05-23** PASSED SENATE `passage`
- **2017-05-23** DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY
- **2017-05-23** REFERRED TO LOCAL GOVERNMENTS `referral-committee`
- **2017-06-20** SUBSTITUTED FOR A6664
- **2017-06-20** ORDERED TO THIRD READING RULES CAL.594
- **2017-06-20** PASSED ASSEMBLY `passage`
- **2017-06-20** RETURNED TO SENATE
- **2017-08-09** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
- **2017-08-21** SIGNED CHAP.245 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/5e327655-bae0-4b31-92b9-40f0eaa40058`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New York legislature records).