---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relates to adding Willsey in the Village of Wurtsboro to the definition of inland waterways"
description: "Adds Willsey in the Village of Wurtsboro to the definition of inland waterways as a major creek in order to make such waterway eligible for funding through the waterfront revitalization program."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ny"
legislature: "New York Legislature"
session: "2019-2020"
identifier: "S 4208"
citation: "New York S 4208 (2019-2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["METZGER"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 15
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2019-03-04"
last_action: "2019-10-04"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/35874145-a223-4203-9cec-7c5d46b109f8"
source_url: "http://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2019/S4208"
source_hash: "1b7e99535d6760ff59657d929976537a9eb07a3cf4ca8f25fb53fa79da47d9a3"
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 4208 (2019-2020) — Relates to adding Willsey in the Village of Wurtsboro to the definition of inland waterways

Adds Willsey in the Village of Wurtsboro to the definition of inland waterways as a major creek in order to make such waterway eligible for funding through the waterfront revitalization program.

## Version chain

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

1. **S4208** (committee substitute) — [source](http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?sh=printbill&bn=S4208&term=2019&Text=Y)
2. **S4208A** (committee substitute) — [source](http://legislation.nysenate.gov/pdf/bills/2019/S4208A)

## Votes

- Finance Vote - Version: A — **23–0** (pass) · upper
- Floor Vote - Version: A — **58–0** (pass) · upper
- Assembly Vote — **140–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- METZGER — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-03-04** REFERRED TO FINANCE `referral-committee`
- **2019-04-29** AMEND (T) AND RECOMMIT TO FINANCE `referral-committee, amendment-passage`
- **2019-04-29** PRINT NUMBER 4208A `amendment-passage`
- **2019-05-21** 1ST REPORT CAL.862
- **2019-05-22** 2ND REPORT CAL.
- **2019-05-29** ADVANCED TO THIRD READING
- **2019-05-30** PASSED SENATE `passage`
- **2019-05-30** DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY
- **2019-05-30** REFERRED TO WAYS AND MEANS `referral-committee`
- **2019-05-30** SUBSTITUTED FOR A6563A
- **2019-05-30** ORDERED TO THIRD READING CAL.425
- **2019-05-30** PASSED ASSEMBLY `passage`
- **2019-05-30** RETURNED TO SENATE
- **2019-10-01** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
- **2019-10-04** SIGNED CHAP.347 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/35874145-a223-4203-9cec-7c5d46b109f8`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New York legislature records).