---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relates to regulations to restrict docks, boathouses and moorings on Otsego Lake in the town of Springfield"
description: "Permits the town of Springfield to adopt and enforce regulations restricting docks, boathouses and moorings on Otsego lake within such town."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ny"
legislature: "New York Legislature"
session: "2023-2024"
identifier: "S 7721"
citation: "New York S 7721 (2023-2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Peter Oberacker"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 17
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2023-10-20"
last_action: "2024-11-22"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/47ecd904-a5a7-4c8c-bfac-bea96622c5eb"
source_url: "http://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2023/S7721"
source_hash: "7e1315b12e3fdac746daccc0555082a68ca447c0953a0c54b5fbb127c8c4b25c"
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 7721 (2023-2024) — Relates to regulations to restrict docks, boathouses and moorings on Otsego Lake in the town of Springfield

Permits the town of Springfield to adopt and enforce regulations restricting docks, boathouses and moorings on Otsego lake within such town.

## Version chain

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

1. **S7721** (committee substitute) — [source](http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?sh=printbill&bn=S7721&term=2023&Text=Y)
2. **S7721A** (committee substitute) — [source](http://legislation.nysenate.gov/pdf/bills/2023/S7721A)

## Votes

- Floor Vote - Version: A — **58–1** (pass) · upper
- Cultural Affairs, Tourism, Parks And Recreation Vote - Version: A — **7–0** (pass) · upper
- Assembly Vote — **146–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Peter Oberacker — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-10-20** REFERRED TO RULES `referral-committee`
- **2024-01-03** REFERRED TO CULTURAL AFFAIRS, TOURISM, PARKS AND RECREATION `referral-committee`
- **2024-05-07** AMEND AND RECOMMIT TO CULTURAL AFFAIRS, TOURISM, PARKS AND RECREATION `amendment-passage, referral-committee`
- **2024-05-07** PRINT NUMBER 7721A `amendment-passage`
- **2024-05-14** 1ST REPORT CAL.1134
- **2024-05-15** 2ND REPORT CAL.
- **2024-05-16** ADVANCED TO THIRD READING
- **2024-06-05** PASSED SENATE `passage`
- **2024-06-05** DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY
- **2024-06-05** REFERRED TO ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION `referral-committee`
- **2024-06-05** SUBSTITUTED FOR A8244A
- **2024-06-05** ORDERED TO THIRD READING RULES CAL.449
- **2024-06-05** HOME RULE REQUEST
- **2024-06-05** PASSED ASSEMBLY `passage`
- **2024-06-05** RETURNED TO SENATE
- **2024-11-15** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
- **2024-11-22** SIGNED CHAP.507 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/47ecd904-a5a7-4c8c-bfac-bea96622c5eb`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New York legislature records).