---
type: "Bill"
title: "Extends provisions of law relating to authorizing angling by a single individual with up to three lines in freshwater"
description: "Extends provisions of law relating to authorizing angling by a single individual with up to three lines in freshwater to December 31, 2021."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ny"
legislature: "New York Legislature"
session: "2019-2020"
identifier: "A 8140"
citation: "New York A 8140 (2019-2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["WOERNER"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 14
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2019-06-04"
last_action: "2019-10-23"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e49cabee-81e1-4dbf-a1e5-065633689d66"
source_url: "http://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2019/A8140"
source_hash: "d688cc1edd8f171117b15451b56778b07c68c0a14c5d8144ff3c10707f7f5020"
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 8140 (2019-2020) — Extends provisions of law relating to authorizing angling by a single individual with up to three lines in freshwater

Extends provisions of law relating to authorizing angling by a single individual with up to three lines in freshwater to December 31, 2021.

## Version chain

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

1. **A8140** (committee substitute) — [source](http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?sh=printbill&bn=A8140&term=2019&Text=Y)

## Votes

- Assembly Vote — **148–0** (pass) · lower
- Floor Vote — **62–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- WOERNER — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-06-04** REFERRED TO ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION `referral-committee`
- **2019-06-06** REPORTED REFERRED TO RULES `referral-committee`
- **2019-06-12** REPORTED
- **2019-06-12** RULES REPORT CAL.229
- **2019-06-12** ORDERED TO THIRD READING RULES CAL.229
- **2019-06-17** PASSED ASSEMBLY `passage`
- **2019-06-17** DELIVERED TO SENATE
- **2019-06-17** REFERRED TO RULES `referral-committee`
- **2019-06-18** SUBSTITUTED FOR S2461
- **2019-06-18** 3RD READING CAL.1419
- **2019-06-18** PASSED SENATE `passage`
- **2019-06-18** RETURNED TO ASSEMBLY
- **2019-10-11** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
- **2019-10-23** SIGNED CHAP.394 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/e49cabee-81e1-4dbf-a1e5-065633689d66`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New York legislature records).