---
type: "Bill"
title: "Authorizes the incorporation of the volunteer exempt firefighter's benevolent association of Huntington Manor"
description: "Authorizes the incorporation of the \"Volunteer Exempt Firefighter's Benevolent Association of Huntington Manor\"."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ny"
legislature: "New York Legislature"
session: "2019-2020"
identifier: "S 2979"
citation: "New York S 2979 (2019-2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["GAUGHRAN"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 20
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2019-01-31"
last_action: "2019-11-20"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a3e1b910-ef9b-4375-9abd-f3bafa40c637"
source_url: "http://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2019/S2979"
source_hash: "9cacc567798fbbba81bdef23770eb5aabd27f80d0120f2772a16e5e283a6490c"
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 2979 (2019-2020) — Authorizes the incorporation of the volunteer exempt firefighter's benevolent association of Huntington Manor

Authorizes the incorporation of the "Volunteer Exempt Firefighter's Benevolent Association of Huntington Manor".

## Version chain

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

1. **S2979** (committee substitute) — [source](http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?sh=printbill&bn=S2979&term=2019&Text=Y)
2. **S2979A** (committee substitute) — [source](http://legislation.nysenate.gov/pdf/bills/2019/S2979A)

## Votes

- Assembly Vote — **146–0** (pass) · lower
- Local Government Vote — **7–0** (pass) · upper
- Floor Vote - Version: A — **60–0** (pass) · upper
- Floor Vote — **61–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- GAUGHRAN — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-01-31** REFERRED TO LOCAL GOVERNMENT `referral-committee`
- **2019-03-04** 1ST REPORT CAL.207
- **2019-03-05** 2ND REPORT CAL.
- **2019-03-06** ADVANCED TO THIRD READING
- **2019-03-12** PASSED SENATE `passage`
- **2019-03-12** DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY
- **2019-03-12** REFERRED TO LOCAL GOVERNMENTS `referral-committee`
- **2019-05-21** RECALLED FROM ASSEMBLY
- **2019-05-21** RETURNED TO SENATE
- **2019-05-21** VOTE RECONSIDERED - RESTORED TO THIRD READING
- **2019-05-21** AMENDED ON THIRD READING 2979A `amendment-passage`
- **2019-05-29** REPASSED SENATE `passage`
- **2019-05-29** RETURNED TO ASSEMBLY
- **2019-05-29** REFERRED TO LOCAL GOVERNMENTS `referral-committee`
- **2019-06-18** SUBSTITUTED FOR A4742A
- **2019-06-18** ORDERED TO THIRD READING RULES CAL.347
- **2019-06-18** PASSED ASSEMBLY `passage`
- **2019-06-18** RETURNED TO SENATE
- **2019-11-08** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
- **2019-11-20** SIGNED CHAP.514 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/a3e1b910-ef9b-4375-9abd-f3bafa40c637`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New York legislature records).