---
type: "Bill"
title: "Extends the authority of the department of environmental conservation to manage bluefish"
description: "Extends the authority of the department of environmental conservation to manage bluefish."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ny"
legislature: "New York Legislature"
session: "2019-2020"
identifier: "A 7677"
citation: "New York A 7677 (2019-2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["WILLIAMS"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 12
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2019-05-15"
last_action: "2019-08-30"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c33f0be5-5379-4d93-ae9d-cf6e11cae969"
source_url: "http://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2019/A7677"
source_hash: "4179aab619f594e5653f2c173f49b04bf1ed2a06bd47f2176dea8982625a6bc0"
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 7677 (2019-2020) — Extends the authority of the department of environmental conservation to manage bluefish

Extends the authority of the department of environmental conservation to manage bluefish.

## Version chain

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

1. **A7677** (committee substitute) — [source](http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?sh=printbill&bn=A7677&term=2019&Text=Y)

## Votes

- Assembly Vote — **137–2** (pass) · lower
- Floor Vote — **60–1** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- WILLIAMS — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-05-15** REFERRED TO ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION `referral-committee`
- **2019-05-29** REPORTED
- **2019-05-30** ADVANCED TO THIRD READING CAL.566
- **2019-06-06** PASSED ASSEMBLY `passage`
- **2019-06-06** DELIVERED TO SENATE
- **2019-06-06** REFERRED TO RULES `referral-committee`
- **2019-06-11** SUBSTITUTED FOR S6413
- **2019-06-11** 3RD READING CAL.1277
- **2019-06-11** PASSED SENATE `passage`
- **2019-06-11** RETURNED TO ASSEMBLY
- **2019-08-23** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
- **2019-08-30** SIGNED CHAP.218 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/c33f0be5-5379-4d93-ae9d-cf6e11cae969`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New York legislature records).