---
type: "Bill"
title: "Adds Otter Kill Creek to the definition of inland waterways"
description: "Adds Otter Kill Creek to the definition of inland waterways."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ny"
legislature: "New York Legislature"
session: "2021-2022"
identifier: "S 8969"
citation: "New York S 8969 (2021-2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["MARTUCCI"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 12
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2022-05-03"
last_action: "2022-06-30"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/6516b92a-4086-47e2-97fc-99f1e9053c1c"
source_url: "http://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2021/S8969"
source_hash: "b4a1f8745565e298533eb162076de0b6b1c531b97c9709f29479198ed4fb87e7"
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 8969 (2021-2022) — Adds Otter Kill Creek to the definition of inland waterways

Adds Otter Kill Creek to the definition of inland waterways.

## Version chain

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

1. **S8969** (committee substitute) — [source](http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?sh=printbill&bn=S8969&term=2021&Text=Y)

## Votes

- Floor Vote — **61–0** (pass) · upper
- Rules Vote — **21–0** (pass) · upper
- Assembly Vote — **148–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- MARTUCCI — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-05-03** REFERRED TO ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION `referral-committee`
- **2022-05-16** COMMITTEE DISCHARGED AND COMMITTED TO RULES `referral-committee`
- **2022-05-16** ORDERED TO THIRD READING CAL.1384
- **2022-05-23** PASSED SENATE `passage`
- **2022-05-23** DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY
- **2022-05-23** REFERRED TO WAYS AND MEANS `referral-committee`
- **2022-05-24** SUBSTITUTED FOR A9780A
- **2022-05-24** ORDERED TO THIRD READING RULES CAL.363
- **2022-05-24** PASSED ASSEMBLY `passage`
- **2022-05-24** RETURNED TO SENATE
- **2022-06-23** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
- **2022-06-30** SIGNED CHAP.342 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/6516b92a-4086-47e2-97fc-99f1e9053c1c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New York legislature records).