---
type: "Bill"
title: "Adds Moodna Creek in Orange County to the definition of inland waterways"
description: "Adds Moodna Creek in Orange County to the definition of inland waterways for waterfront revitalization."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ny"
legislature: "New York Legislature"
session: "2025-2026"
identifier: "S 279"
citation: "New York S 279 (2025-2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["James Skoufis"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 13
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2025-01-08"
last_action: "2025-12-05"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/80faa5fa-b7d4-4a4a-a5ea-0dac93c3e88f"
source_url: "http://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2025/S279"
source_hash: "ba7a93c547ec6e36dbd788fba229cdd5afdd3476a762085479b20519d9c0d049"
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 279 (2025-2026) — Adds Moodna Creek in Orange County to the definition of inland waterways

Adds Moodna Creek in Orange County to the definition of inland waterways for waterfront revitalization.

## Version chain

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

1. **S279** (committee substitute) — [source](http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?sh=printbill&bn=S279&term=2025&Text=Y)

## Votes

- Environmental Conservation Vote — **11–0** (pass) · upper
- Assembly Vote — **136–0** (pass) · lower
- Floor Vote — **61–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- James Skoufis — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-01-08** REFERRED TO ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION `referral-committee`
- **2025-01-21** 1ST REPORT CAL.116
- **2025-01-22** 2ND REPORT CAL.
- **2025-01-27** ADVANCED TO THIRD READING
- **2025-03-03** PASSED SENATE `passage`
- **2025-03-03** DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY
- **2025-03-03** REFERRED TO WAYS AND MEANS `referral-committee`
- **2025-06-13** SUBSTITUTED FOR A3235
- **2025-06-13** ORDERED TO THIRD READING RULES CAL.711
- **2025-06-13** PASSED ASSEMBLY `passage`
- **2025-06-13** RETURNED TO SENATE
- **2025-12-01** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
- **2025-12-05** SIGNED CHAP.591 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/80faa5fa-b7d4-4a4a-a5ea-0dac93c3e88f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New York legislature records).