---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relates to duty to inspect vessels operated on non-navigable underground waters"
description: "Provides that the inspector shall at least annually inspect any vessel operated on privately or publicly owned underground non-navigable waterways with no navigable inlet or outlet that carry passengers for compensation; makes technical corrections; makes related provisions."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ny"
legislature: "New York Legislature"
session: "2023-2024"
identifier: "S 9241"
citation: "New York S 9241 (2023-2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["José M. Serrano"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 13
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2024-05-07"
last_action: "2024-06-14"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/44ce6785-e50f-44a2-8af8-7518cb8ee304"
source_url: "http://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2023/S9241"
source_hash: "af21c27213305550efc4ec579fb7cc6130f2f5be4b8163a4a3bfbe4304774c7e"
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 9241 (2023-2024) — Relates to duty to inspect vessels operated on non-navigable underground waters

Provides that the inspector shall at least annually inspect any vessel operated on privately or publicly owned underground non-navigable waterways with no navigable inlet or outlet that carry passengers for compensation; makes technical corrections; makes related provisions.

## Version chain

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

1. **S9241** (committee substitute) — [source](http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?sh=printbill&bn=S9241&term=2023&Text=Y)

## Votes

- Floor Vote — **61–0** (pass) · upper
- Assembly Vote — **145–0** (pass) · lower
- Cultural Affairs, Tourism, Parks And Recreation Vote — **7–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- José M. Serrano — primary (person)
- Robert Ortt — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-05-07** REFERRED TO CULTURAL AFFAIRS, TOURISM, PARKS AND RECREATION `referral-committee`
- **2024-05-14** 1ST REPORT CAL.1138
- **2024-05-15** 2ND REPORT CAL.
- **2024-05-16** ADVANCED TO THIRD READING
- **2024-05-29** PASSED SENATE `passage`
- **2024-05-29** DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY
- **2024-05-29** REFERRED TO WAYS AND MEANS `referral-committee`
- **2024-06-04** SUBSTITUTED FOR A10399
- **2024-06-04** ORDERED TO THIRD READING RULES CAL.382
- **2024-06-04** PASSED ASSEMBLY `passage`
- **2024-06-04** RETURNED TO SENATE
- **2024-06-13** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
- **2024-06-14** SIGNED CHAP.119 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/44ce6785-e50f-44a2-8af8-7518cb8ee304`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New York legislature records).