---
type: "Bill"
title: "Adds public water lines to the list of utilities that may be installed under the provisions of law"
description: "Authorizes owners of plots of land within a mapped subdivision not located on a public road or street to install public water lines across the mapped but unimproved roads of the subdivision for the purpose of supplying their property with water."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ny"
legislature: "New York Legislature"
session: "2021-2022"
identifier: "S 8402"
citation: "New York S 8402 (2021-2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["GAUGHRAN"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 13
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2022-02-23"
last_action: "2022-12-23"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/8b2ab6c1-3135-4c69-90c7-d6103f1198b6"
source_url: "http://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2021/S8402"
source_hash: "9b86cbf227f01c26f80969696f919064ee6283f21c6f4d227ddd0166dfbf17a6"
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 8402 (2021-2022) — Adds public water lines to the list of utilities that may be installed under the provisions of law

Authorizes owners of plots of land within a mapped subdivision not located on a public road or street to install public water lines across the mapped but unimproved roads of the subdivision for the purpose of supplying their property with water.

## Version chain

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

1. **S8402** (committee substitute) — [source](http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?sh=printbill&bn=S8402&term=2021&Text=Y)

## Votes

- Assembly Vote — **104–40** (pass) · lower
- Judiciary Vote — **15–0** (pass) · upper
- Floor Vote — **60–1** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- GAUGHRAN — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-02-23** REFERRED TO JUDICIARY `referral-committee`
- **2022-04-26** 1ST REPORT CAL.900
- **2022-04-27** 2ND REPORT CAL.
- **2022-05-02** ADVANCED TO THIRD READING
- **2022-05-17** PASSED SENATE `passage`
- **2022-05-17** DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY
- **2022-05-17** REFERRED TO CODES `referral-committee`
- **2022-05-17** SUBSTITUTED FOR A9736
- **2022-05-17** ORDERED TO THIRD READING CAL.635
- **2022-05-17** PASSED ASSEMBLY `passage`
- **2022-05-17** RETURNED TO SENATE
- **2022-12-12** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
- **2022-12-23** SIGNED CHAP.774 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/8b2ab6c1-3135-4c69-90c7-d6103f1198b6`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New York legislature records).