---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relates to equipment to be carried on certain vessels"
description: "Relates to equipment to be carried on certain vessels; requires a whistle to be carried on all vessels, rowboats, canoes and kayaks; requires fire extinguishers and use of engine cut-off switches on certain vessels."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ny"
legislature: "New York Legislature"
session: "2023-2024"
identifier: "A 5948"
citation: "New York A 5948 (2023-2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["MaryJane Shimsky"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 12
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2023-03-24"
last_action: "2023-09-29"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/818d77c3-c256-451e-8d79-52df6edc1cb3"
source_url: "http://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2023/A5948"
source_hash: "e332a02e94340741afdef4403f0bfcf305e1ef11dbf7eb2ff69ec4756ceb7685"
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 5948 (2023-2024) — Relates to equipment to be carried on certain vessels

Relates to equipment to be carried on certain vessels; requires a whistle to be carried on all vessels, rowboats, canoes and kayaks; requires fire extinguishers and use of engine cut-off switches on certain vessels.

## Version chain

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

1. **A5948** (committee substitute) — [source](http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?sh=printbill&bn=A5948&term=2023&Text=Y)

## Votes

- Assembly Vote — **103–45** (pass) · lower
- Floor Vote — **56–2** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- MaryJane Shimsky — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-03-24** REFERRED TO TOURISM, PARKS, ARTS AND SPORTS DEVELOPMENT `referral-committee`
- **2023-04-18** REPORTED
- **2023-04-20** ADVANCED TO THIRD READING CAL.144
- **2023-05-16** PASSED ASSEMBLY `passage`
- **2023-05-16** DELIVERED TO SENATE
- **2023-05-30** REFERRED TO CULTURAL AFFAIRS, TOURISM, PARKS AND RECREATION `referral-committee`
- **2023-05-31** SUBSTITUTED FOR S6124
- **2023-05-31** 3RD READING CAL.1324
- **2023-05-31** PASSED SENATE `passage`
- **2023-05-31** RETURNED TO ASSEMBLY
- **2023-09-19** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
- **2023-09-29** SIGNED CHAP.511 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/818d77c3-c256-451e-8d79-52df6edc1cb3`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New York legislature records).