---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relates to the preservation of community character in the Peconic Bay"
description: "Authorizes the use of Peconic Bay community preservation funds for the preservation of lands necessary to protect fisheries and water dependent uses essential to maintain and enhance maritime heritage."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ny"
legislature: "New York Legislature"
session: "2019-2020"
identifier: "A 8195"
citation: "New York A 8195 (2019-2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["THIELE"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 21
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2019-06-07"
last_action: "2020-11-11"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/7f087ac1-6830-4045-a382-b829b502d22a"
source_url: "http://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2019/A8195"
source_hash: "1d3e4064d4f49f0281622417692a6684de8c7c530312ac0221a6970d6e25c5f8"
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 8195 (2019-2020) — Relates to the preservation of community character in the Peconic Bay

Authorizes the use of Peconic Bay community preservation funds for the preservation of lands necessary to protect fisheries and water dependent uses essential to maintain and enhance maritime heritage.

## Version chain

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

1. **A8195** (committee substitute) — [source](http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?sh=printbill&bn=A8195&term=2019&Text=Y)

## Votes

- Floor Vote — **62–0** (pass) · upper
- Assembly Vote — **142–2** (pass) · lower
- Assembly Vote - Vote 2 — **126–3** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- THIELE — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-06-07** REFERRED TO LOCAL GOVERNMENTS `referral-committee`
- **2019-06-17** REPORTED REFERRED TO WAYS AND MEANS `referral-committee`
- **2019-06-18** REPORTED REFERRED TO RULES `referral-committee`
- **2019-06-18** REPORTED
- **2019-06-18** RULES REPORT CAL.562
- **2019-06-18** ORDERED TO THIRD READING RULES CAL.562
- **2019-06-20** PASSED ASSEMBLY `passage`
- **2019-06-20** DELIVERED TO SENATE
- **2019-06-20** REFERRED TO RULES `referral-committee`
- **2020-01-08** DIED IN SENATE
- **2020-01-08** RETURNED TO ASSEMBLY
- **2020-01-08** ORDERED TO THIRD READING CAL.317
- **2020-02-27** PASSED ASSEMBLY `passage`
- **2020-02-27** DELIVERED TO SENATE
- **2020-02-27** REFERRED TO LOCAL GOVERNMENT `referral-committee`
- **2020-06-09** SUBSTITUTED FOR S6379
- **2020-06-09** 3RD READING CAL.690
- **2020-06-09** PASSED SENATE `passage`
- **2020-06-09** RETURNED TO ASSEMBLY
- **2020-10-30** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
- **2020-11-11** SIGNED CHAP.255 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/7f087ac1-6830-4045-a382-b829b502d22a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New York legislature records).