---
type: "Bill"
title: "Authorizes the village of Freeport to appoint a second associate village justice"
description: "Authorizes the village of Freeport to appoint a second associate village justice to serve when requested by the village justice or in the absence or inability of the village justice or current associate justice to serve."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ny"
legislature: "New York Legislature"
session: "2021-2022"
identifier: "S 5758"
citation: "New York S 5758 (2021-2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["BROOKS"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 15
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2021-03-18"
last_action: "2021-08-02"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/73b71ca4-45eb-479a-b646-d42fd05eb7c7"
source_url: "http://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2021/S5758"
source_hash: "b8e137660fb15d9a43089d664829a0c1e61ebd39851c6d0fa0474d2a790bf6b7"
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 5758 (2021-2022) — Authorizes the village of Freeport to appoint a second associate village justice

Authorizes the village of Freeport to appoint a second associate village justice to serve when requested by the village justice or in the absence or inability of the village justice or current associate justice to serve.

## Version chain

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

1. **S5758** (committee substitute) — [source](http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?sh=printbill&bn=S5758&term=2021&Text=Y)
2. **S5758A** (committee substitute) — [source](http://legislation.nysenate.gov/pdf/bills/2021/S5758A)
3. **S5758B** (committee substitute) — [source](http://legislation.nysenate.gov/pdf/bills/2021/S5758B)

## Votes

- Floor Vote - Version: B — **62–1** (pass) · upper
- Local Government Vote — **7–0** (pass) · upper
- Assembly Vote — **149–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- BROOKS — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-03-18** REFERRED TO LOCAL GOVERNMENT `referral-committee`
- **2021-04-26** 1ST REPORT CAL.758
- **2021-04-27** 2ND REPORT CAL.
- **2021-04-28** ADVANCED TO THIRD READING
- **2021-05-19** AMENDED ON THIRD READING 5758A `amendment-passage`
- **2021-05-24** AMENDED ON THIRD READING (T) 5758B `amendment-passage`
- **2021-06-02** PASSED SENATE `passage`
- **2021-06-02** DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY
- **2021-06-02** REFERRED TO LOCAL GOVERNMENTS `referral-committee`
- **2021-06-07** SUBSTITUTED FOR A6734A
- **2021-06-07** ORDERED TO THIRD READING RULES CAL.459
- **2021-06-07** PASSED ASSEMBLY `passage`
- **2021-06-07** RETURNED TO SENATE
- **2021-07-21** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
- **2021-08-02** SIGNED CHAP.358 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/73b71ca4-45eb-479a-b646-d42fd05eb7c7`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New York legislature records).