---
type: "Bill"
title: "Authorizes the alienation of certain reforested lands in the county of Yates"
description: "Authorizes the alienation of certain reforested lands in the town of Italy, county of Yates on the condition that certain other lands are dedicated as reforested land."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ny"
legislature: "New York Legislature"
session: "2019-2020"
identifier: "S 8344"
citation: "New York S 8344 (2019-2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["O'MARA"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 16
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2020-05-15"
last_action: "2020-11-11"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/2ac2f3b2-6380-4163-b3da-c4607d59b4b4"
source_url: "http://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2019/S8344"
source_hash: "1db8285dc5436622d592048fad3c4e8bae860786c7bb6d4e18a9faf885dad60c"
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 8344 (2019-2020) — Authorizes the alienation of certain reforested lands in the county of Yates

Authorizes the alienation of certain reforested lands in the town of Italy, county of Yates on the condition that certain other lands are dedicated as reforested land.

## Version chain

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

1. **S8344** (committee substitute) — [source](http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?sh=printbill&bn=S8344&term=2019&Text=Y)
2. **S8344A** (committee substitute) — [source](http://legislation.nysenate.gov/pdf/bills/2019/S8344A)

## Votes

- Assembly Vote — **133–11** (pass) · lower
- Floor Vote - Version: A — **61–1** (pass) · upper
- Rules Vote - Version: A — **19–0** (pass) · upper
- Local Government Vote - Version: A — **7–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- O'MARA — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2020-05-15** REFERRED TO LOCAL GOVERNMENT `referral-committee`
- **2020-06-05** AMEND AND RECOMMIT TO LOCAL GOVERNMENT `referral-committee, amendment-passage`
- **2020-06-05** PRINT NUMBER 8344A `amendment-passage`
- **2020-06-08** REPORTED AND COMMITTED TO RULES `referral-committee`
- **2020-06-08** ORDERED TO THIRD READING CAL.739
- **2020-06-10** HOME RULE REQUEST
- **2020-06-10** PASSED SENATE `passage`
- **2020-06-10** DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY
- **2020-06-10** REFERRED TO WAYS AND MEANS `referral-committee`
- **2020-06-10** SUBSTITUTED FOR A10371A
- **2020-06-10** ORDERED TO THIRD READING RULES CAL.141
- **2020-06-10** HOME RULE REQUEST
- **2020-06-10** PASSED ASSEMBLY `passage`
- **2020-06-10** RETURNED TO SENATE
- **2020-10-30** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
- **2020-11-11** SIGNED CHAP.278 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/2ac2f3b2-6380-4163-b3da-c4607d59b4b4`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New York legislature records).