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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Designates the Montauk Point shoals as an important bird area, and directs the commissioner of environmental conservation to designate such area as part of the New York state bird conservation area program"
+description: "Designates the Montauk Point shoals as an important bird area; directs the commissioner of environmental conservation to designate such area as part of the New York state bird conservation area program."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/ny"
+legislature: "New York Legislature"
+session: "2023-2024"
+identifier: "A 5550"
+citation: "New York A 5550 (2023-2024)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Fred Thiele"]
+version_count: 1
+action_count: 20
+vote_count: 3
+first_action: "2023-03-16"
+last_action: "2024-08-09"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/8f3b3b14-2012-4927-af35-d2eb215e417f"
+source_url: "http://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2023/A5550"
+source_hash: "50f8445b89eb0dfa2ea43f843004a497157d79cfd90c7e71c211879d21fe3bd5"
+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 5550 (2023-2024) — Designates the Montauk Point shoals as an important bird area, and directs the commissioner of environmental conservation to designate such area as part of the New York state bird conservation area program
+
+Designates the Montauk Point shoals as an important bird area; directs the commissioner of environmental conservation to designate such area as part of the New York state bird conservation area program.
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **A5550** (committee substitute) — [source](http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?sh=printbill&bn=A5550&term=2023&Text=Y)
+
+## Votes
+
+- Assembly Vote - Vote 2 — **147–0** (pass) · lower
+- Assembly Vote — **142–0** (pass) · lower
+- Floor Vote — **61–0** (pass) · upper
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Fred Thiele — primary (person)
+- William Colton — cosponsor (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2023-03-16** REFERRED TO ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION `referral-committee`
+- **2023-05-23** REPORTED REFERRED TO RULES `referral-committee`
+- **2023-05-24** REPORTED
+- **2023-05-24** RULES REPORT CAL.247
+- **2023-05-24** ORDERED TO THIRD READING RULES CAL.247
+- **2023-05-24** PASSED ASSEMBLY `passage`
+- **2023-05-24** DELIVERED TO SENATE
+- **2023-05-24** REFERRED TO ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION `referral-committee`
+- **2024-01-03** DIED IN SENATE
+- **2024-01-03** RETURNED TO ASSEMBLY
+- **2024-01-03** ORDERED TO THIRD READING CAL.155
+- **2024-03-14** PASSED ASSEMBLY `passage`
+- **2024-03-14** DELIVERED TO SENATE
+- **2024-03-14** REFERRED TO ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION `referral-committee`
+- **2024-06-06** SUBSTITUTED FOR S2273
+- **2024-06-06** 3RD READING CAL.960
+- **2024-06-06** PASSED SENATE `passage`
+- **2024-06-06** RETURNED TO ASSEMBLY
+- **2024-08-09** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
+- **2024-08-09** SIGNED CHAP.222 `executive-signature`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/8f3b3b14-2012-4927-af35-d2eb215e417f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New York legislature records).
+