---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relates to the nomination of chief and assistant chiefs in the Cherry Grove fire district"
description: "Permits the Cherry Grove fire district to hold meetings for nomination of the chief and assistant chiefs on the third Saturday in September."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ny"
legislature: "New York Legislature"
session: "2021-2022"
identifier: "S 6459"
citation: "New York S 6459 (2021-2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["WEIK"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 12
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2021-04-29"
last_action: "2021-07-16"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/394a069c-773d-4cf7-a826-2136fe85ec6b"
source_url: "http://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2021/S6459"
source_hash: "6717d68f05c215f7c3f199b045b836a2264ca3e63481040c6a2be2e817204913"
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 6459 (2021-2022) — Relates to the nomination of chief and assistant chiefs in the Cherry Grove fire district

Permits the Cherry Grove fire district to hold meetings for nomination of the chief and assistant chiefs on the third Saturday in September.

## Version chain

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

1. **S6459** (committee substitute) — [source](http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?sh=printbill&bn=S6459&term=2021&Text=Y)

## Votes

- Assembly Vote — **148–0** (pass) · lower
- Rules Vote — **21–0** (pass) · upper
- Floor Vote — **63–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- WEIK — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-04-29** REFERRED TO LOCAL GOVERNMENT `referral-committee`
- **2021-05-26** COMMITTEE DISCHARGED AND COMMITTED TO RULES `referral-committee`
- **2021-05-26** ORDERED TO THIRD READING CAL.1355
- **2021-06-02** PASSED SENATE `passage`
- **2021-06-02** DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY
- **2021-06-02** REFERRED TO LOCAL GOVERNMENTS `referral-committee`
- **2021-06-09** SUBSTITUTED FOR A7904
- **2021-06-09** ORDERED TO THIRD READING RULES CAL.632
- **2021-06-09** PASSED ASSEMBLY `passage`
- **2021-06-09** RETURNED TO SENATE
- **2021-07-12** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
- **2021-07-16** SIGNED CHAP.295 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/394a069c-773d-4cf7-a826-2136fe85ec6b`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New York legislature records).