---
type: "Bill"
title: "Designates Brant lake as an inland waterway for the purposes of waterfront revitalization"
description: "Designates Brant lake as an inland waterway for the purposes of waterfront revitalization."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ny"
legislature: "New York Legislature"
session: "2019-2020"
identifier: "S 6854"
citation: "New York S 6854 (2019-2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["LITTLE"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 12
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2019-11-15"
last_action: "2020-10-07"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/141deef8-3a22-4e21-9814-6241873143be"
source_url: "http://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2019/S6854"
source_hash: "60181aaddff3878fccb149e8e0496ed4c110556ca4a4bcbe6fa88d7335eda065"
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 6854 (2019-2020) — Designates Brant lake as an inland waterway for the purposes of waterfront revitalization

Designates Brant lake 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. **S6854** (committee substitute) — [source](http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?sh=printbill&bn=S6854&term=2019&Text=Y)

## Votes

- Finance Vote — **23–0** (pass) · upper
- Floor Vote — **62–0** (pass) · upper
- Rules Vote — **19–0** (pass) · upper
- Assembly Vote — **144–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- LITTLE — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-11-15** REFERRED TO RULES `referral-committee`
- **2020-01-08** REFERRED TO FINANCE `referral-committee`
- **2020-06-08** ORDERED TO THIRD READING CAL.697
- **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 A8771
- **2020-06-09** ORDERED TO THIRD READING RULES CAL.77
- **2020-06-09** PASSED ASSEMBLY `passage`
- **2020-06-09** RETURNED TO SENATE
- **2020-09-25** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
- **2020-10-07** 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/141deef8-3a22-4e21-9814-6241873143be`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New York legislature records).