---
type: "Bill"
title: "Authorizes the town of Hempstead to transfer ownership of certain parkland to the village of Freeport"
description: "Authorizes the town of Hempstead to transfer ownership of certain parkland constituting the town marina to the village of Freeport."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ny"
legislature: "New York Legislature"
session: "2023-2024"
identifier: "S 9809"
citation: "New York S 9809 (2023-2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Kevin Thomas"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 14
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2024-05-31"
last_action: "2024-09-27"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/3c487fab-640a-41f2-81d6-8d61b0685e77"
source_url: "http://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2023/S9809"
source_hash: "7ba9c1d8c6c29c4f6edd7309dc7a21bc577828a93449bef8b4fc067395a4aef6"
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 9809 (2023-2024) — Authorizes the town of Hempstead to transfer ownership of certain parkland to the village of Freeport

Authorizes the town of Hempstead to transfer ownership of certain parkland constituting the town marina to the village of Freeport.

## Version chain

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

1. **S9809** (committee substitute) — [source](http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?sh=printbill&bn=S9809&term=2023&Text=Y)

## Votes

- Assembly Vote — **133–8** (pass) · lower
- Floor Vote — **61–0** (pass) · upper
- Rules Vote — **20–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Kevin Thomas — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-05-31** REFERRED TO LOCAL GOVERNMENT `referral-committee`
- **2024-06-03** COMMITTEE DISCHARGED AND COMMITTED TO RULES `referral-committee`
- **2024-06-03** ORDERED TO THIRD READING CAL.1682
- **2024-06-06** HOME RULE REQUEST
- **2024-06-06** PASSED SENATE `passage`
- **2024-06-06** DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY
- **2024-06-06** REFERRED TO WAYS AND MEANS `referral-committee`
- **2024-06-07** SUBSTITUTED FOR A6500A
- **2024-06-07** ORDERED TO THIRD READING RULES CAL.563
- **2024-06-07** HOME RULE REQUEST
- **2024-06-07** PASSED ASSEMBLY `passage`
- **2024-06-07** RETURNED TO SENATE
- **2024-09-20** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
- **2024-09-27** SIGNED CHAP.416 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/3c487fab-640a-41f2-81d6-8d61b0685e77`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New York legislature records).