---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relates to commercial fishing licenses"
description: "Relates to commercial fishing licenses; extends the time period such licenses may be issued and sets limits on the number of licenses to be issued."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ny"
legislature: "New York Legislature"
session: "2019-2020"
identifier: "A 2575"
citation: "New York A 2575 (2019-2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["ENGLEBRIGHT"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 12
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2019-01-23"
last_action: "2019-03-25"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/5bec0074-5b06-4517-b9f3-208774e044a0"
source_url: "http://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2019/A2575"
source_hash: "6f3c015e266358d60f3db77e8854699d7ee74e719619e799135ac39bf16b37fb"
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 2575 (2019-2020) — Relates to commercial fishing licenses

Relates to commercial fishing licenses; extends the time period such licenses may be issued and sets limits on the number of licenses to be issued.

## Version chain

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

1. **A2575** (committee substitute) — [source](http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?sh=printbill&bn=A2575&term=2019&Text=Y)

## Votes

- Assembly Vote — **140–3** (pass) · lower
- Floor Vote — **59–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- ENGLEBRIGHT — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-01-23** REFERRED TO ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION `referral-committee`
- **2019-01-29** REPORTED
- **2019-01-31** ADVANCED TO THIRD READING CAL.31
- **2019-02-11** PASSED ASSEMBLY `passage`
- **2019-02-11** DELIVERED TO SENATE
- **2019-02-11** REFERRED TO ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION `referral-committee`
- **2019-03-04** SUBSTITUTED FOR S2410
- **2019-03-04** 3RD READING CAL.79
- **2019-03-04** PASSED SENATE `passage`
- **2019-03-04** RETURNED TO ASSEMBLY
- **2019-03-13** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
- **2019-03-25** SIGNED CHAP.21 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/5bec0074-5b06-4517-b9f3-208774e044a0`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New York legislature records).