---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relates to liability insurance rate reductions upon completion of a boating safety course or an advanced boating safety course"
description: "Requires liability insurance rate reductions upon completion of a boating safety course or an advanced boating safety course."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ny"
legislature: "New York Legislature"
session: "2019-2020"
identifier: "S 3688"
citation: "New York S 3688 (2019-2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["LAVALLE"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 17
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2019-02-12"
last_action: "2020-12-15"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/90e0596f-796e-46b5-ac4b-b854b4abb50a"
source_url: "http://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2019/S3688"
source_hash: "48889511aaffb633dbece140f6084c49f044570a925e4ec6d8b34c6174059f0e"
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 3688 (2019-2020) — Relates to liability insurance rate reductions upon completion of a boating safety course or an advanced boating safety course

Requires liability insurance rate reductions upon completion of a boating safety course or an advanced boating safety course.

## Version chain

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

1. **S3688** (committee substitute) — [source](http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?sh=printbill&bn=S3688&term=2019&Text=Y)
2. **S3688A** (committee substitute) — [source](http://legislation.nysenate.gov/pdf/bills/2019/S3688A)

## Votes

- Floor Vote - Version: A — **59–1** (pass) · upper
- Rules Vote - Version: A — **19–0** (pass) · upper
- Insurance Vote - Version: A — **11–0** (pass) · upper
- Assembly Vote — **137–4** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- LAVALLE — primary (person)
- CARLUCCI — cosponsor (person)
- GALLIVAN — cosponsor (person)
- GAUGHRAN — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-02-12** REFERRED TO CULTURAL AFFAIRS, TOURISM, PARKS AND RECREATION `referral-committee`
- **2019-04-03** COMMITTEE DISCHARGED AND COMMITTED TO INSURANCE `referral-committee`
- **2020-01-08** REFERRED TO INSURANCE `referral-committee`
- **2020-07-15** AMEND AND RECOMMIT TO INSURANCE `referral-committee, amendment-passage`
- **2020-07-15** PRINT NUMBER 3688A `amendment-passage`
- **2020-07-20** REPORTED AND COMMITTED TO RULES `referral-committee`
- **2020-07-21** ORDERED TO THIRD READING CAL.769
- **2020-07-22** PASSED SENATE `passage`
- **2020-07-22** DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY
- **2020-07-22** REFERRED TO CODES `referral-committee`
- **2020-07-23** SUBSTITUTED FOR A5415A
- **2020-07-23** ORDERED TO THIRD READING CAL.205
- **2020-07-23** PASSED ASSEMBLY `passage`
- **2020-07-23** RETURNED TO SENATE
- **2020-12-03** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
- **2020-12-15** SIGNED CHAP.335 `executive-signature`
- **2020-12-15** APPROVAL MEMO.41

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/90e0596f-796e-46b5-ac4b-b854b4abb50a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New York legislature records).