---
type: "Bill"
title: "Requires the department of environmental conservation to implement permit regulations and guidance regarding shoreline management"
description: "Requires the department of environmental conservation to authorize and encourage the use of nature-based solutions as the preferred alternative for stabilizing tidal shorelines in the state; provides such solutions should be considered when promulgating and implementing rules and regulations relating to such."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ny"
legislature: "New York Legislature"
session: "2023-2024"
identifier: "S 5186"
citation: "New York S 5186 (2023-2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Shelley Mayer"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 20
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2023-02-27"
last_action: "2023-09-22"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a8b2ee7d-b0e6-4732-9e3f-f5c64b7fe9ad"
source_url: "http://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2023/S5186"
source_hash: "8fa35b623630605095b7b2f6c3bc797cc83c6dc14577046992c65cd6c062efde"
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 5186 (2023-2024) — Requires the department of environmental conservation to implement permit regulations and guidance regarding shoreline management

Requires the department of environmental conservation to authorize and encourage the use of nature-based solutions as the preferred alternative for stabilizing tidal shorelines in the state; provides such solutions should be considered when promulgating and implementing rules and regulations relating to such.

## Version chain

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

1. **S5186** (committee substitute) — [source](http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?sh=printbill&bn=S5186&term=2023&Text=Y)
2. **S5186A** (committee substitute) — [source](http://legislation.nysenate.gov/pdf/bills/2023/S5186A)

## Votes

- Floor Vote - Version: A — **61–0** (pass) · upper
- Floor Vote — **61–0** (pass) · upper
- Environmental Conservation Vote — **11–0** (pass) · upper
- Assembly Vote — **139–2** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Shelley Mayer — primary (person)
- Andrew Gounardes — cosponsor (person)
- Jessica Ramos — cosponsor (person)
- Rachel May — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-02-27** REFERRED TO ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-15** 1ST REPORT CAL.511
- **2023-03-16** 2ND REPORT CAL.
- **2023-03-20** ADVANCED TO THIRD READING
- **2023-03-22** PASSED SENATE `passage`
- **2023-03-22** DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY
- **2023-03-22** REFERRED TO ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION `referral-committee`
- **2023-05-30** RECALLED FROM ASSEMBLY
- **2023-05-30** RETURNED TO SENATE
- **2023-05-30** VOTE RECONSIDERED - RESTORED TO THIRD READING
- **2023-05-30** AMENDED ON THIRD READING 5186A `amendment-passage`
- **2023-06-05** REPASSED SENATE `passage`
- **2023-06-05** RETURNED TO ASSEMBLY
- **2023-06-05** REFERRED TO ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION `referral-committee`
- **2023-06-21** SUBSTITUTED FOR A5221A
- **2023-06-21** ORDERED TO THIRD READING RULES CAL.451
- **2023-06-21** PASSED ASSEMBLY `passage`
- **2023-06-21** RETURNED TO SENATE
- **2023-09-19** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
- **2023-09-22** SIGNED CHAP.487 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/a8b2ee7d-b0e6-4732-9e3f-f5c64b7fe9ad`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New York legislature records).