---
type: "Bill"
title: "Designates Junior lake and Sparkle lake as inland waterways for purposes of waterfront revitalization"
description: "Designates Junior lake and Sparkle lake as inland waterways for purposes of waterfront revitalization."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ny"
legislature: "New York Legislature"
session: "2019-2020"
identifier: "S 3444"
citation: "New York S 3444 (2019-2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["HARCKHAM"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 20
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2019-02-07"
last_action: "2019-12-06"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/3dd90aa5-15f0-40b1-bfba-d22206a62bf6"
source_url: "http://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2019/S3444"
source_hash: "885b64c94e131ca7b482876bd4beca2f48eae969d4201f67ba578c575290e92d"
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 3444 (2019-2020) — Designates Junior lake and Sparkle lake as inland waterways for purposes of waterfront revitalization

Designates Junior lake and Sparkle lake as inland waterways for purposes of waterfront revitalization.

## Version chain

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

1. **S3444** (committee substitute) — [source](http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?sh=printbill&bn=S3444&term=2019&Text=Y)
2. **S3444A** (committee substitute) — [source](http://legislation.nysenate.gov/pdf/bills/2019/S3444A)

## Votes

- Floor Vote — **61–0** (pass) · upper
- Floor Vote - Version: A — **62–0** (pass) · upper
- Assembly Vote — **146–0** (pass) · lower
- Finance Vote — **22–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- HARCKHAM — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-02-07** REFERRED TO FINANCE `referral-committee`
- **2019-03-12** 1ST REPORT CAL.286
- **2019-03-13** 2ND REPORT CAL.
- **2019-03-14** ADVANCED TO THIRD READING
- **2019-03-19** PASSED SENATE `passage`
- **2019-03-19** DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY
- **2019-03-19** REFERRED TO ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION `referral-committee`
- **2019-06-10** RECALLED FROM ASSEMBLY
- **2019-06-10** RETURNED TO SENATE
- **2019-06-11** VOTE RECONSIDERED - RESTORED TO THIRD READING
- **2019-06-11** AMENDED ON THIRD READING (T) 3444A `amendment-passage`
- **2019-06-14** REPASSED SENATE `passage`
- **2019-06-14** RETURNED TO ASSEMBLY
- **2019-06-14** REFERRED TO WAYS AND MEANS `referral-committee`
- **2019-06-18** SUBSTITUTED FOR A3098B
- **2019-06-18** ORDERED TO THIRD READING RULES CAL.336
- **2019-06-18** PASSED ASSEMBLY `passage`
- **2019-06-18** RETURNED TO SENATE
- **2019-11-26** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
- **2019-12-06** SIGNED CHAP.591 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/3dd90aa5-15f0-40b1-bfba-d22206a62bf6`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New York legislature records).