---
type: "Bill"
title: "Prohibits vessels from operating, anchoring or mooring in the navigable waters of the state while operating a digital billboard board"
description: "Prohibits vessels from operating, anchoring or mooring in the navigable waters of the state while operating a digital billboard."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ny"
legislature: "New York Legislature"
session: "2019-2020"
identifier: "S 6541"
citation: "New York S 6541 (2019-2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["HOYLMAN"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 13
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2019-06-15"
last_action: "2019-08-19"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/37b959ad-9216-48f4-abd9-5da2adca9dea"
source_url: "http://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2019/S6541"
source_hash: "0032c1d1293d308d6737bc4f0d8d60d8dc798517ec61604f9b1d33af1303a744"
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 6541 (2019-2020) — Prohibits vessels from operating, anchoring or mooring in the navigable waters of the state while operating a digital billboard board

Prohibits vessels from operating, anchoring or mooring in the navigable waters of the state while operating a digital billboard.

## Version chain

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

1. **S6541** (committee substitute) — [source](http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?sh=printbill&bn=S6541&term=2019&Text=Y)
2. **S6541A** (committee substitute) — [source](http://legislation.nysenate.gov/pdf/bills/2019/S6541A)

## Votes

- Rules Vote - Version: A — **13–6** (pass) · upper
- Assembly Vote — **143–1** (pass) · lower
- Floor Vote - Version: A — **42–20** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- HOYLMAN — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-06-15** REFERRED TO RULES `referral-committee`
- **2019-06-16** AMEND AND RECOMMIT TO RULES `referral-committee, amendment-passage`
- **2019-06-16** PRINT NUMBER 6541A `amendment-passage`
- **2019-06-19** ORDERED TO THIRD READING CAL.1739
- **2019-06-19** PASSED SENATE `passage`
- **2019-06-19** DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY
- **2019-06-19** REFERRED TO CODES `referral-committee`
- **2019-06-20** SUBSTITUTED FOR A8290B
- **2019-06-20** ORDERED TO THIRD READING RULES CAL.532
- **2019-06-20** PASSED ASSEMBLY `passage`
- **2019-06-20** RETURNED TO SENATE
- **2019-08-19** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
- **2019-08-19** SIGNED CHAP.175 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/37b959ad-9216-48f4-abd9-5da2adca9dea`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New York legislature records).