---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relates to the statute of limitations for public water suppliers to commence an action for injury to property"
description: "Provides that the statute of limitations for public water suppliers and wholesale water suppliers to commence an action for injury to property shall be three years."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ny"
legislature: "New York Legislature"
session: "2019-2020"
identifier: "S 3337"
citation: "New York S 3337 (2019-2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["GAUGHRAN"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 23
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2019-02-05"
last_action: "2019-11-04"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d2d21e9e-44e0-4e4d-8567-7e2e5efc92e7"
source_url: "http://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2019/S3337"
source_hash: "af381ce629dbe7d1586fb8f602106d68026e4b9e9be211363ba1dd965a54f7e0"
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 S 3337 (2019-2020) — Relates to the statute of limitations for public water suppliers to commence an action for injury to property

Provides that the statute of limitations for public water suppliers and wholesale water suppliers to commence an action for injury to property shall be three years.

## Version chain

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

1. **S3337** (committee substitute) — [source](http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?sh=printbill&bn=S3337&term=2019&Text=Y)
2. **S3337A** (committee substitute) — [source](http://legislation.nysenate.gov/pdf/bills/2019/S3337A)
3. **S3337B** (committee substitute) — [source](http://legislation.nysenate.gov/pdf/bills/2019/S3337B)
4. **S3337C** (committee substitute) — [source](http://legislation.nysenate.gov/pdf/bills/2019/S3337C)

## Votes

- Judiciary Vote - Version: A — **15–0** (pass) · upper
- Assembly Vote — **147–0** (pass) · lower
- Floor Vote - Version: B — **61–0** (pass) · upper
- Floor Vote - Version: C — **58–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- GAUGHRAN — primary (person)
- ADDABBO — cosponsor (person)
- BIAGGI — cosponsor (person)
- BROOKS — cosponsor (person)
- CARLUCCI — cosponsor (person)
- COMRIE — cosponsor (person)
- GOUNARDES — cosponsor (person)
- HARCKHAM — cosponsor (person)
- HOYLMAN — cosponsor (person)
- KAMINSKY — cosponsor (person)
- KAPLAN — cosponsor (person)
- LAVALLE — cosponsor (person)
- MARTINEZ — cosponsor (person)
- MAY — cosponsor (person)
- METZGER — cosponsor (person)
- SALAZAR — cosponsor (person)
- SERRANO — cosponsor (person)
- SKOUFIS — cosponsor (person)
- STAVISKY — cosponsor (person)
- THOMAS — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-02-05** REFERRED TO JUDICIARY `referral-committee`
- **2019-03-07** AMEND AND RECOMMIT TO JUDICIARY `referral-committee, amendment-passage`
- **2019-03-07** PRINT NUMBER 3337A `amendment-passage`
- **2019-03-19** 1ST REPORT CAL.305
- **2019-03-20** 2ND REPORT CAL.
- **2019-03-25** ADVANCED TO THIRD READING
- **2019-05-01** AMENDED ON THIRD READING 3337B `amendment-passage`
- **2019-05-07** PASSED SENATE `passage`
- **2019-05-07** DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY
- **2019-05-07** REFERRED TO JUDICIARY `referral-committee`
- **2019-05-20** RECALLED FROM ASSEMBLY
- **2019-05-20** RETURNED TO SENATE
- **2019-05-20** VOTE RECONSIDERED - RESTORED TO THIRD READING
- **2019-05-20** AMENDED ON THIRD READING 3337C `amendment-passage`
- **2019-05-30** REPASSED SENATE `passage`
- **2019-05-30** RETURNED TO ASSEMBLY
- **2019-05-30** REFERRED TO CODES `referral-committee`
- **2019-06-04** SUBSTITUTED FOR A5477C
- **2019-06-04** ORDERED TO THIRD READING CAL.521
- **2019-06-04** PASSED ASSEMBLY `passage`
- **2019-06-04** RETURNED TO SENATE
- **2019-10-28** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
- **2019-11-04** SIGNED CHAP.442 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/d2d21e9e-44e0-4e4d-8567-7e2e5efc92e7`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New York legislature records).