---
type: "Bill"
title: "Exempts certain vessels from the compulsory state pilotage requirement"
description: "Exempts certain vessels from the compulsory state pilotage requirement at the discretion of the board of commissioners of pilots."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ny"
legislature: "New York Legislature"
session: "2019-2020"
identifier: "A 6703"
citation: "New York A 6703 (2019-2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["CUSICK"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 17
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2019-03-15"
last_action: "2019-12-06"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/5edd7be4-84d9-46d4-b7ac-e9b4f44a7907"
source_url: "http://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2019/A6703"
source_hash: "d721c20c5e22c788f047e296375ea91db191760113c6ea950294488a9795799c"
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 6703 (2019-2020) — Exempts certain vessels from the compulsory state pilotage requirement

Exempts certain vessels from the compulsory state pilotage requirement at the discretion of the board of commissioners of pilots.

## Version chain

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

1. **A6703** (committee substitute) — [source](http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?sh=printbill&bn=A6703&term=2019&Text=Y)
2. **A6703A** (committee substitute) — [source](http://legislation.nysenate.gov/pdf/bills/2019/A6703A)

## Votes

- Floor Vote - Version: A — **62–0** (pass) · upper
- Assembly Vote — **146–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- CUSICK — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-03-15** REFERRED TO TRANSPORTATION `referral-committee`
- **2019-06-05** AMEND AND RECOMMIT TO TRANSPORTATION `referral-committee, amendment-passage`
- **2019-06-05** PRINT NUMBER 6703A `amendment-passage`
- **2019-06-14** REPORTED REFERRED TO RULES `referral-committee`
- **2019-06-17** REPORTED
- **2019-06-17** RULES REPORT CAL.376
- **2019-06-17** ORDERED TO THIRD READING RULES CAL.376
- **2019-06-18** PASSED ASSEMBLY `passage`
- **2019-06-18** DELIVERED TO SENATE
- **2019-06-18** REFERRED TO RULES `referral-committee`
- **2019-06-20** SUBSTITUTED FOR S4200A
- **2019-06-20** 3RD READING CAL.1816
- **2019-06-20** PASSED SENATE `passage`
- **2019-06-20** RETURNED TO ASSEMBLY
- **2019-11-26** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
- **2019-12-06** SIGNED CHAP.582 `executive-signature`
- **2019-12-06** APPROVAL MEMO.28

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/5edd7be4-84d9-46d4-b7ac-e9b4f44a7907`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New York legislature records).