---
type: "Bill"
title: "Designates the St. Regis river as an inland waterway for the purposes of waterfront revitalization"
description: "Designates the St. Regis river as an inland waterway for the purposes of waterfront revitalization."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ny"
legislature: "New York Legislature"
session: "2019-2020"
identifier: "S 6715"
citation: "New York S 6715 (2019-2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["LITTLE"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 14
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2019-09-13"
last_action: "2020-08-24"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/175666d2-e4d4-4251-8166-5a8ae786574e"
source_url: "http://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2019/S6715"
source_hash: "9520582df0b797c39c8322fa1bc36fbd978eb0022708d01c06869cb554b60ccb"
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 6715 (2019-2020) — Designates the St. Regis river as an inland waterway for the purposes of waterfront revitalization

Designates the St. Regis river as an inland waterway for the purposes of waterfront revitalization.

## Version chain

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

1. **S6715** (committee substitute) — [source](http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?sh=printbill&bn=S6715&term=2019&Text=Y)

## Votes

- Floor Vote — **62–0** (pass) · upper
- Finance Vote — **22–1** (pass) · upper
- Assembly Vote — **144–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- LITTLE — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-09-13** REFERRED TO RULES `referral-committee`
- **2020-01-08** REFERRED TO FINANCE `referral-committee`
- **2020-03-03** 1ST REPORT CAL.556
- **2020-03-04** 2ND REPORT CAL.
- **2020-03-10** ADVANCED TO THIRD READING
- **2020-06-09** PASSED SENATE `passage`
- **2020-06-09** DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY
- **2020-06-09** REFERRED TO WAYS AND MEANS `referral-committee`
- **2020-06-09** SUBSTITUTED FOR A8827
- **2020-06-09** ORDERED TO THIRD READING RULES CAL.80
- **2020-06-09** PASSED ASSEMBLY `passage`
- **2020-06-09** RETURNED TO SENATE
- **2020-08-12** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
- **2020-08-24** SIGNED CHAP.160 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/175666d2-e4d4-4251-8166-5a8ae786574e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New York legislature records).