---
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).