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Bill	Relates to signatures for designating petitions for political subdivisions outside the city of New York and the counties of Erie and Nassau	Relates to signatures for designating petitions for political subdivisions outside the city of New York and the counties of Erie and Nassau; must be signed by not less than three and three-quarters per centum.	us/states/ny	New York Legislature	2019-2020	A 5979	New York A 5979 (2019-2020)	bill		enacted	JONES	2	13	2	2019-02-22	2019-03-25	openstates	ocd-bill/96f8c3d4-a6fd-4818-9732-152db9a1ce27	http://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2019/A5979	1d4a311e3b4869aa74501b7561cc2717b1ffa8dbe6eb7899179cd1718ce8e501	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ny

New York A 5979 (2019-2020) — Relates to signatures for designating petitions for political subdivisions outside the city of New York and the counties of Erie and Nassau

Relates to signatures for designating petitions for political subdivisions outside the city of New York and the counties of Erie and Nassau; must be signed by not less than three and three-quarters per centum.

Version chain

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

1. A5979 (committee substitute) — source
2. A5979A (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• Assembly Vote — 139–2 (pass) · lower
• Floor Vote - Version: A — 53–8 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• JONES — primary (person)
• D'URSO — cosponsor (person)
• JACOBSON — cosponsor (person)
• WOERNER — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2019-02-22 REFERRED TO ELECTION LAW referral-committee
• 2019-02-27 REPORTED
• 2019-02-28 ADVANCED TO THIRD READING CAL.91
• 2019-03-04 AMENDED ON THIRD READING (T) 5979A amendment-passage
• 2019-03-07 PASSED ASSEMBLY passage
• 2019-03-07 DELIVERED TO SENATE
• 2019-03-07 REFERRED TO ELECTIONS referral-committee
• 2019-03-12 SUBSTITUTED FOR S4350
• 2019-03-12 3RD READING CAL.255
• 2019-03-12 PASSED SENATE passage
• 2019-03-12 RETURNED TO ASSEMBLY
• 2019-03-13 DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR executive-receipt
• 2019-03-25 SIGNED CHAP.22 executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/96f8c3d4-a6fd-4818-9732-152db9a1ce27. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New York legislature records).