---
type: "Bill"
title: "Adds the Chenango river to the definition of inland waterways"
description: "Adds the Chenango river to the definition of inland waterways as a major river."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ny"
legislature: "New York Legislature"
session: "2017-2018"
identifier: "A 3021"
citation: "New York A 3021 (2017-2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["LUPARDO"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 13
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2017-01-24"
last_action: "2017-06-26"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/6731b158-04b5-4e22-af16-6145eda4a0b6"
source_url: "http://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2017/A3021"
source_hash: "423b1ec7bb00a754f1e62151775e9a81ae7ba0838363dfc6fd86f63402fba38a"
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 3021 (2017-2018) — Adds the Chenango river to the definition of inland waterways

Adds the Chenango river to the definition of inland waterways as a major river.

## Version chain

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

1. **A3021 HTML** (committee substitute) — [source](http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?sh=printbill&bn=A3021&term=2017&Text=Y)
2. **A3021 PDF** (committee substitute) — [source](http://legislation.nysenate.gov/pdf/bills/2017/A3021)

## Votes

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

## Sponsors

- LUPARDO — primary (person)
- CROUCH — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-01-24** REFERRED TO ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION `referral-committee`
- **2017-02-07** REPORTED REFERRED TO WAYS AND MEANS `referral-committee`
- **2017-04-25** REPORTED
- **2017-04-27** ADVANCED TO THIRD READING CAL.195
- **2017-05-02** PASSED ASSEMBLY `passage`
- **2017-05-02** DELIVERED TO SENATE
- **2017-05-02** REFERRED TO FINANCE `referral-committee`
- **2017-06-07** SUBSTITUTED FOR S2784
- **2017-06-07** 3RD READING CAL.1047
- **2017-06-07** PASSED SENATE `passage`
- **2017-06-07** RETURNED TO ASSEMBLY
- **2017-06-14** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
- **2017-06-26** SIGNED CHAP.43 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/6731b158-04b5-4e22-af16-6145eda4a0b6`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New York legislature records).