---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relates to establishing the marine mammal and sea turtle protection area; repealer"
description: "Establishes the marine mammal and sea turtle protection area."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ny"
legislature: "New York Legislature"
session: "2019-2020"
identifier: "S 7177"
citation: "New York S 7177 (2019-2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["MARTINEZ"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 11
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2020-01-10"
last_action: "2020-04-17"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/9e1e089d-428c-4520-a68a-32e9dc7a40f8"
source_url: "http://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2019/S7177"
source_hash: "0e3d25561db0947bdbedd3f346faa4f1bb926c490f5ceb8b17ed50e35644b808"
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 7177 (2019-2020) — Relates to establishing the marine mammal and sea turtle protection area; repealer

Establishes the marine mammal and sea turtle protection area.

## Version chain

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

1. **S7177** (committee substitute) — [source](http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?sh=printbill&bn=S7177&term=2019&Text=Y)

## Votes

- Assembly Vote — **142–0** (pass) · lower
- Rules Vote — **19–0** (pass) · upper
- Floor Vote — **62–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- MARTINEZ — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2020-01-10** REFERRED TO RULES `referral-committee`
- **2020-01-13** ORDERED TO THIRD READING CAL.101
- **2020-01-28** PASSED SENATE `passage`
- **2020-01-28** DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY
- **2020-01-28** REFERRED TO ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION `referral-committee`
- **2020-02-03** SUBSTITUTED FOR A8962
- **2020-02-03** ORDERED TO THIRD READING CAL.366
- **2020-02-03** PASSED ASSEMBLY `passage`
- **2020-02-03** RETURNED TO SENATE
- **2020-04-17** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
- **2020-04-17** SIGNED CHAP.77 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/9e1e089d-428c-4520-a68a-32e9dc7a40f8`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New York legislature records).