---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relates to the management of weakfish"
description: "Extends the authority of the department of environmental conservation to manage weakfish."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ny"
legislature: "New York Legislature"
session: "2019-2020"
identifier: "S 6396"
citation: "New York S 6396 (2019-2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["BROOKS"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 11
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2019-06-07"
last_action: "2019-08-30"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/80312e51-cbeb-4751-91a7-d351f5297818"
source_url: "http://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2019/S6396"
source_hash: "e5c9ca31a3b78e5b05d74e6efd9a43d97a0eb7722a158f7eb6316f4ae533ec6d"
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 6396 (2019-2020) — Relates to the management of weakfish

Extends the authority of the department of environmental conservation to manage weakfish.

## Version chain

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

1. **S6396** (committee substitute) — [source](http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?sh=printbill&bn=S6396&term=2019&Text=Y)

## Votes

- Rules Vote — **18–1** (pass) · upper
- Floor Vote — **60–1** (pass) · upper
- Assembly Vote — **140–8** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- BROOKS — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-06-07** REFERRED TO RULES `referral-committee`
- **2019-06-11** ORDERED TO THIRD READING CAL.1276
- **2019-06-11** PASSED SENATE `passage`
- **2019-06-11** DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY
- **2019-06-11** REFERRED TO ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION `referral-committee`
- **2019-06-17** SUBSTITUTED FOR A8046
- **2019-06-17** ORDERED TO THIRD READING RULES CAL.223
- **2019-06-17** PASSED ASSEMBLY `passage`
- **2019-06-17** RETURNED TO SENATE
- **2019-08-23** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
- **2019-08-30** SIGNED CHAP.238 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/80312e51-cbeb-4751-91a7-d351f5297818`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New York legislature records).