---
type: "Bill"
title: "Extends the authority of the department of environmental conservation to manage blackfish"
description: "Extends the authority of the department of environmental conservation to manage blackfish."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ny"
legislature: "New York Legislature"
session: "2019-2020"
identifier: "S 6387"
citation: "New York S 6387 (2019-2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["THOMAS"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 11
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2019-06-07"
last_action: "2019-08-30"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/569a6c1b-7a08-4b13-80d4-9d2022aef096"
source_url: "http://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2019/S6387"
source_hash: "74b824be52738cfab295d8fed0da955d662c3792f765384119205b82ddd951f8"
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 6387 (2019-2020) — Extends the authority of the department of environmental conservation to manage blackfish

Extends the authority of the department of environmental conservation to manage blackfish.

## Version chain

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

1. **S6387** (committee substitute) — [source](http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?sh=printbill&bn=S6387&term=2019&Text=Y)

## Votes

- Rules Vote — **18–1** (pass) · upper
- Floor Vote — **60–1** (pass) · upper
- Assembly Vote — **141–7** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- THOMAS — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-06-07** REFERRED TO RULES `referral-committee`
- **2019-06-11** ORDERED TO THIRD READING CAL.1274
- **2019-06-11** PASSED SENATE `passage`
- **2019-06-11** DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY
- **2019-06-11** REFERRED TO ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION `referral-committee`
- **2019-06-17** SUBSTITUTED FOR A8045
- **2019-06-17** ORDERED TO THIRD READING RULES CAL.222
- **2019-06-17** PASSED ASSEMBLY `passage`
- **2019-06-17** RETURNED TO SENATE
- **2019-08-23** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
- **2019-08-30** SIGNED CHAP.236 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/569a6c1b-7a08-4b13-80d4-9d2022aef096`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New York legislature records).