---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relates to the authority of certain city clerks to designate persons who may perform marriage ceremonies"
description: "Authorizes certain city clerks to designate as many of his or her deputy city clerks or staff members as such city clerks deem necessary to perform marriage ceremonies."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ny"
legislature: "New York Legislature"
session: "2019-2020"
identifier: "S 6178"
citation: "New York S 6178 (2019-2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["LIU"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 13
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2019-05-21"
last_action: "2019-12-20"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/63e76631-7b6a-48f6-a405-a99121dbec5e"
source_url: "http://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2019/S6178"
source_hash: "e86b2616b574b763beb4eec45ec1c12c41c0566518d30848113777ed146eae43"
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 6178 (2019-2020) — Relates to the authority of certain city clerks to designate persons who may perform marriage ceremonies

Authorizes certain city clerks to designate as many of his or her deputy city clerks or staff members as such city clerks deem necessary to perform marriage ceremonies.

## Version chain

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

1. **S6178** (committee substitute) — [source](http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?sh=printbill&bn=S6178&term=2019&Text=Y)

## Votes

- Rules Vote — **18–1** (pass) · upper
- Floor Vote — **56–6** (pass) · upper
- Assembly Vote — **148–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- LIU — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-05-21** REFERRED TO JUDICIARY `referral-committee`
- **2019-06-05** COMMITTEE DISCHARGED AND COMMITTED TO RULES `referral-committee`
- **2019-06-05** ORDERED TO THIRD READING CAL.1204
- **2019-06-17** PASSED SENATE `passage`
- **2019-06-17** DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY
- **2019-06-17** REFERRED TO JUDICIARY `referral-committee`
- **2019-06-19** SUBSTITUTED FOR A7776
- **2019-06-19** ORDERED TO THIRD READING RULES CAL.516
- **2019-06-19** HOME RULE REQUEST
- **2019-06-19** PASSED ASSEMBLY `passage`
- **2019-06-19** RETURNED TO SENATE
- **2019-12-17** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
- **2019-12-20** SIGNED CHAP.712 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/63e76631-7b6a-48f6-a405-a99121dbec5e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New York legislature records).