---
type: "Bill"
title: "Extends the authority of the department of environmental conservation to manage by regulation open seasons, size and catch limits and manner of taking of all species of fish"
description: "Extends the authority of the department of environmental conservation to manage by regulation open seasons, size and catch limits and manner of taking of all species of fish."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ny"
legislature: "New York Legislature"
session: "2019-2020"
identifier: "A 7689"
citation: "New York A 7689 (2019-2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["BURKE"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 12
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2019-05-16"
last_action: "2019-08-30"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f8481a48-c619-415f-a4fe-32a3da3e062a"
source_url: "http://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2019/A7689"
source_hash: "42c915b817dea49deb69fd04cb2c2ca46182cc8a1e842812a3d311fd9f7c66d9"
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 7689 (2019-2020) — Extends the authority of the department of environmental conservation to manage by regulation open seasons, size and catch limits and manner of taking of all species of fish

Extends the authority of the department of environmental conservation to manage by regulation open seasons, size and catch limits and manner of taking of all species of fish.

## Version chain

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

1. **A7689** (committee substitute) — [source](http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?sh=printbill&bn=A7689&term=2019&Text=Y)

## Votes

- Assembly Vote — **138–1** (pass) · lower
- Floor Vote — **60–1** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- BURKE — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-05-16** REFERRED TO ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION `referral-committee`
- **2019-05-29** REPORTED
- **2019-05-30** ADVANCED TO THIRD READING CAL.569
- **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 S6348
- **2019-06-11** 3RD READING CAL.1269
- **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.221 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/f8481a48-c619-415f-a4fe-32a3da3e062a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New York legislature records).