---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relates to the designation of geologically significant areas, territories and sites throughout the state, and to establish a state geological trail"
description: "Changes the state geological planning and management board to the state geological planning and advisory council; changes the effective date to one year after it shall have become a law."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ny"
legislature: "New York Legislature"
session: "2021-2022"
identifier: "A 8717"
citation: "New York A 8717 (2021-2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["ENGLEBRIGHT"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 14
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2022-01-11"
last_action: "2022-02-24"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/42923d62-20a6-4a6e-88d3-b94e974fa201"
source_url: "http://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2021/A8717"
source_hash: "016cee9e8dde71abe7cd9e5bce1d5e09a0f4dba5d922cff61a42554a540dbdfa"
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 A 8717 (2021-2022) — Relates to the designation of geologically significant areas, territories and sites throughout the state, and to establish a state geological trail

Changes the state geological planning and management board to the state geological planning and advisory council; changes the effective date to one year after it shall have become a law.

## Version chain

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

1. **A8717** (committee substitute) — [source](http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?sh=printbill&bn=A8717&term=2021&Text=Y)

## Votes

- Assembly Vote — **144–1** (pass) · lower
- Floor Vote — **61–2** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- ENGLEBRIGHT — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-01-11** REFERRED TO ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION `referral-committee`
- **2022-01-19** REPORTED REFERRED TO RULES `referral-committee`
- **2022-01-19** REPORTED
- **2022-01-19** RULES REPORT CAL.13
- **2022-01-19** ORDERED TO THIRD READING RULES CAL.13
- **2022-01-19** PASSED ASSEMBLY `passage`
- **2022-01-19** DELIVERED TO SENATE
- **2022-01-19** REFERRED TO RULES `referral-committee`
- **2022-02-02** SUBSTITUTED FOR S7813
- **2022-02-02** 3RD READING CAL.177
- **2022-02-02** PASSED SENATE `passage`
- **2022-02-02** RETURNED TO ASSEMBLY
- **2022-02-24** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
- **2022-02-24** SIGNED CHAP.31 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/42923d62-20a6-4a6e-88d3-b94e974fa201`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New York legislature records).