---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relates to designating Kinderhook Creek as an inland waterway"
description: "Designates Kinderhook Creek as one of the state's major creeks and an inland waterway."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ny"
legislature: "New York Legislature"
session: "2017-2018"
identifier: "A 2980"
citation: "New York A 2980 (2017-2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["MCLAUGHLIN"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 15
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2017-01-23"
last_action: "2017-07-25"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/291c9758-8b0e-49df-8690-78ba04949a77"
source_url: "http://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2017/A2980"
source_hash: "dc3e820979022dea02d7342ab2c7e5b16ec55377139037e4fcaa95ea9aabb4b1"
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 2980 (2017-2018) — Relates to designating Kinderhook Creek as an inland waterway

Designates Kinderhook Creek as one of the state's major creeks and an inland waterway.

## Version chain

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

1. **A2980 HTML** (committee substitute) — [source](http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?sh=printbill&bn=A2980&term=2017&Text=Y)
2. **A2980 PDF** (committee substitute) — [source](http://legislation.nysenate.gov/pdf/bills/2017/A2980)

## Votes

- Floor Vote — **62–0** (pass) · upper
- Assembly Vote — **140–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- MCLAUGHLIN — primary (person)
- LAWRENCE — cosponsor (person)
- MONTESANO — cosponsor (person)
- MORINELLO — cosponsor (person)
- O'DONNELL — cosponsor (person)
- STECK — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-01-23** 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.91
- **2017-06-07** ORDERED TO THIRD READING RULES CAL.91
- **2017-06-08** PASSED ASSEMBLY `passage`
- **2017-06-08** DELIVERED TO SENATE
- **2017-06-08** REFERRED TO RULES `referral-committee`
- **2017-06-19** SUBSTITUTED FOR S1125
- **2017-06-19** 3RD READING CAL.1039
- **2017-06-21** PASSED SENATE `passage`
- **2017-06-21** RETURNED TO ASSEMBLY
- **2017-07-13** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
- **2017-07-25** SIGNED CHAP.110 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/291c9758-8b0e-49df-8690-78ba04949a77`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New York legislature records).