---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relates to enacting Brianna's Law"
description: "Enacts Brianna's Law; requires that operators of mechanically propelled vessels complete a boating safety course."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ny"
legislature: "New York Legislature"
session: "2019-2020"
identifier: "S 5685"
citation: "New York S 5685 (2019-2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["BROOKS"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 11
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2019-05-10"
last_action: "2019-08-06"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/5f2749c2-6100-45cb-90af-7ac776d134a6"
source_url: "http://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2019/S5685"
source_hash: "dd7bea6d94c679d25d6b28d55618c53474099c67a9dd233f564c71d06349a50e"
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 5685 (2019-2020) — Relates to enacting Brianna's Law

Enacts Brianna's Law; requires that operators of mechanically propelled vessels complete a boating safety course.

## Version chain

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

1. **S5685** (committee substitute) — [source](http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?sh=printbill&bn=S5685&term=2019&Text=Y)

## Votes

- Floor Vote — **40–18** (pass) · upper
- Rules Vote — **17–1** (pass) · upper
- Assembly Vote — **145–2** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- BROOKS — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-05-10** REFERRED TO RULES `referral-committee`
- **2019-05-14** ORDERED TO THIRD READING CAL.686
- **2019-05-15** PASSED SENATE `passage`
- **2019-05-15** DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY
- **2019-05-15** REFERRED TO TOURISM, PARKS, ARTS AND SPORTS DEVELOPMENT `referral-committee`
- **2019-06-04** SUBSTITUTED FOR A4853A
- **2019-06-04** ORDERED TO THIRD READING CAL.509
- **2019-06-04** PASSED ASSEMBLY `passage`
- **2019-06-04** RETURNED TO SENATE
- **2019-07-30** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
- **2019-08-06** SIGNED CHAP.147 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/5f2749c2-6100-45cb-90af-7ac776d134a6`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New York legislature records).