---
type: "Bill"
title: "Includes the Sawkill Creek in Ulster county within the definition of \"inland waterways\" for the purposes of waterfront revitalization"
description: "Includes the Sawkill Creek in Ulster county within the definition of \"inland waterways\" for the purposes of waterfront revitalization."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ny"
legislature: "New York Legislature"
session: "2019-2020"
identifier: "A 2225"
citation: "New York A 2225 (2019-2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["CAHILL"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 15
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2019-01-22"
last_action: "2019-11-08"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b033f4ef-c23d-4c50-9db4-f1195c1ae173"
source_url: "http://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2019/A2225"
source_hash: "e5358f51f8f67a98e2cde0842667ae9dcf7a9cd768206057151cf32e63a4c63c"
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 2225 (2019-2020) — Includes the Sawkill Creek in Ulster county within the definition of "inland waterways" for the purposes of waterfront revitalization

Includes the Sawkill Creek in Ulster county within the definition of "inland waterways" for the purposes of waterfront revitalization.

## Version chain

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

1. **A2225** (committee substitute) — [source](http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?sh=printbill&bn=A2225&term=2019&Text=Y)
2. **A2225A** (committee substitute) — [source](http://legislation.nysenate.gov/pdf/bills/2019/A2225A)

## Votes

- Floor Vote - Version: A — **60–0** (pass) · upper
- Assembly Vote — **143–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- CAHILL — primary (person)
- D'URSO — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-01-22** REFERRED TO ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION `referral-committee`
- **2019-02-06** AMEND AND RECOMMIT TO ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION `referral-committee, amendment-passage`
- **2019-02-06** PRINT NUMBER 2225A `amendment-passage`
- **2019-03-12** REPORTED REFERRED TO WAYS AND MEANS `referral-committee`
- **2019-05-14** REPORTED
- **2019-05-16** ADVANCED TO THIRD READING CAL.331
- **2019-05-20** PASSED ASSEMBLY `passage`
- **2019-05-20** DELIVERED TO SENATE
- **2019-05-20** REFERRED TO ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION `referral-committee`
- **2019-05-29** SUBSTITUTED FOR S2157
- **2019-05-29** 3RD READING CAL.284
- **2019-05-29** PASSED SENATE `passage`
- **2019-05-29** RETURNED TO ASSEMBLY
- **2019-10-28** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
- **2019-11-08** SIGNED CHAP.449 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/b033f4ef-c23d-4c50-9db4-f1195c1ae173`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New York legislature records).