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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Directs the commissioners of health and environmental conservation to study and develop a long term strategy to encourage outdoor environmental education and recreation"
+description: "Directs the commissioners of health and environmental conservation to study and develop a long term strategy to encourage and promote outdoor environmental education and recreational opportunities in New York state."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/ny"
+legislature: "New York Legislature"
+session: "2017-2018"
+identifier: "A 735"
+citation: "New York A 735 (2017-2018)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["GUNTHER"]
+version_count: 2
+action_count: 15
+vote_count: 2
+first_action: "2017-01-09"
+last_action: "2017-09-12"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e5ef5492-edd6-472e-95d1-df0052dc236b"
+source_url: "http://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2017/A735"
+source_hash: "0836b49793ab9b39fddc1a35cf46734b1e1e0efc038534144f529234ccebf15e"
+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 A 735 (2017-2018) — Directs the commissioners of health and environmental conservation to study and develop a long term strategy to encourage outdoor environmental education and recreation
+
+Directs the commissioners of health and environmental conservation to study and develop a long term strategy to encourage and promote outdoor environmental education and recreational opportunities in New York state.
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **A735 HTML** (committee substitute) — [source](http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?sh=printbill&bn=A735&term=2017&Text=Y)
+2. **A735 PDF** (committee substitute) — [source](http://legislation.nysenate.gov/pdf/bills/2017/A735)
+
+## Votes
+
+- Floor Vote — **63–0** (pass) · upper
+- Assembly Vote — **134–7** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- GUNTHER — primary (person)
+- BLAKE — cosponsor (person)
+- BUCHWALD — cosponsor (person)
+- COLTON — cosponsor (person)
+- CROUCH — cosponsor (person)
+- ENGLEBRIGHT — cosponsor (person)
+- FAHY — cosponsor (person)
+- GIGLIO — cosponsor (person)
+- JAFFEE — cosponsor (person)
+- LIFTON — cosponsor (person)
+- LUPARDO — cosponsor (person)
+- OTIS — cosponsor (person)
+- RIVERA — cosponsor (person)
+- SEPULVEDA — cosponsor (person)
+- SKOUFIS — cosponsor (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2017-01-09** REFERRED TO ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION `referral-committee`
+- **2017-05-23** REPORTED REFERRED TO WAYS AND MEANS `referral-committee`
+- **2017-06-05** REPORTED REFERRED TO RULES `referral-committee`
+- **2017-06-07** REPORTED
+- **2017-06-07** RULES REPORT CAL.80
+- **2017-06-07** ORDERED TO THIRD READING RULES CAL.80
+- **2017-06-12** PASSED ASSEMBLY `passage`
+- **2017-06-12** DELIVERED TO SENATE
+- **2017-06-12** REFERRED TO RULES `referral-committee`
+- **2017-06-20** SUBSTITUTED FOR S3019
+- **2017-06-20** 3RD READING CAL.2016
+- **2017-06-20** PASSED SENATE `passage`
+- **2017-06-20** RETURNED TO ASSEMBLY
+- **2017-08-31** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
+- **2017-09-12** SIGNED CHAP.276 `executive-signature`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/e5ef5492-edd6-472e-95d1-df0052dc236b`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New York legislature records).
+