---
type: "Bill"
title: "Authorizes the town of Amherst, county of Erie, to alienate and discontinue the use of certain parklands"
description: "Authorizes the town of Amherst, county of Erie, to alienate and discontinue the use of certain parklands."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ny"
legislature: "New York Legislature"
session: "2019-2020"
identifier: "S 6285"
citation: "New York S 6285 (2019-2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["RANZENHOFER"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 15
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2019-06-03"
last_action: "2019-10-03"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/dd1f4c83-68e8-4673-bb26-f2b7cf3052eb"
source_url: "http://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2019/S6285"
source_hash: "3632685206fc6c7de14c497aed01d0a1ae8b117cd6bb3c912a82104b43c8437b"
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 6285 (2019-2020) — Authorizes the town of Amherst, county of Erie, to alienate and discontinue the use of certain parklands

Authorizes the town of Amherst, county of Erie, to alienate and discontinue the use of certain parklands.

## Version chain

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

1. **S6285** (committee substitute) — [source](http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?sh=printbill&bn=S6285&term=2019&Text=Y)
2. **S6285A** (committee substitute) — [source](http://legislation.nysenate.gov/pdf/bills/2019/S6285A)

## Votes

- Assembly Vote — **124–20** (pass) · lower
- Floor Vote - Version: A — **62–0** (pass) · upper
- Rules Vote - Version: A — **19–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- RANZENHOFER — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-06-03** REFERRED TO RULES `referral-committee`
- **2019-06-14** AMEND (T) AND RECOMMIT TO RULES `referral-committee, amendment-passage`
- **2019-06-14** PRINT NUMBER 6285A `amendment-passage`
- **2019-06-19** ORDERED TO THIRD READING CAL.1707
- **2019-06-20** HOME RULE REQUEST
- **2019-06-20** PASSED SENATE `passage`
- **2019-06-20** DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY
- **2019-06-20** REFERRED TO WAYS AND MEANS `referral-committee`
- **2019-06-20** SUBSTITUTED FOR A8340
- **2019-06-20** ORDERED TO THIRD READING RULES CAL.632
- **2019-06-20** HOME RULE REQUEST
- **2019-06-20** PASSED ASSEMBLY `passage`
- **2019-06-20** RETURNED TO SENATE
- **2019-10-01** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
- **2019-10-03** SIGNED CHAP.334 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/dd1f4c83-68e8-4673-bb26-f2b7cf3052eb`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New York legislature records).