---
type: "Bill"
title: "Adds the Saw Kill and the Fall Kill located in Dutchess county to the definition of inland waterways as a major creek"
description: "Relates to adding the Saw Kill and the Fall Kill located in Dutchess county to the definition of inland waterways as a major creek in order to make such waterway eligible for funding through the waterfront revitalization program."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ny"
legislature: "New York Legislature"
session: "2021-2022"
identifier: "S 3852"
citation: "New York S 3852 (2021-2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["SERINO"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 14
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2021-01-31"
last_action: "2021-07-16"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/bbe327b3-77dc-4471-b4fe-2a83c30bffca"
source_url: "http://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2021/S3852"
source_hash: "1f588ea03f5d59f943ce7fae97aae8e723e360deeb8f418ea4afd1570ca68658"
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 3852 (2021-2022) — Adds the Saw Kill and the Fall Kill located in Dutchess county to the definition of inland waterways as a major creek

Relates to adding the Saw Kill and the Fall Kill located in Dutchess county to the definition of inland waterways as a major creek in order to make such waterway eligible for funding through the waterfront revitalization program.

## Version chain

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

1. **S3852** (committee substitute) — [source](http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?sh=printbill&bn=S3852&term=2021&Text=Y)

## Votes

- Assembly Vote — **147–0** (pass) · lower
- Floor Vote — **63–0** (pass) · upper
- Finance Vote — **23–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- SERINO — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-01-31** REFERRED TO ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION `referral-committee`
- **2021-05-04** COMMITTEE DISCHARGED AND COMMITTED TO FINANCE `referral-committee`
- **2021-05-11** 1ST REPORT CAL.1011
- **2021-05-12** 2ND REPORT CAL.
- **2021-05-19** ADVANCED TO THIRD READING
- **2021-05-24** PASSED SENATE `passage`
- **2021-05-24** DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY
- **2021-05-24** REFERRED TO WAYS AND MEANS `referral-committee`
- **2021-05-25** SUBSTITUTED FOR A5275
- **2021-05-25** ORDERED TO THIRD READING RULES CAL.114
- **2021-05-25** PASSED ASSEMBLY `passage`
- **2021-05-25** RETURNED TO SENATE
- **2021-07-12** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
- **2021-07-16** SIGNED CHAP.287 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/bbe327b3-77dc-4471-b4fe-2a83c30bffca`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New York legislature records).