New York S 10061: Extends the authority of the department of environmental conservation to manage sharks

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S10061 Summary:

BILL NOS10061 

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SAME ASSAME AS A11381

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SPONSORFAHY

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COSPNSR

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MLTSPNSR

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Amd §13-0338, En Con L

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

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BILL NOS10061 

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04/27/2026REFERRED TO ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION

05/05/20261ST REPORT CAL.960

05/06/20262ND REPORT CAL.

05/07/2026ADVANCED TO THIRD READING 

05/29/2026SUBSTITUTED BY A11381

&nbspA11381 AMEND= Rules (De Los Santos)

&nbsp05/15/2026referred to environmental conservation

&nbsp05/20/2026reported referred to rules

&nbsp05/21/2026reported 

&nbsp05/21/2026rules report cal.204

&nbsp05/21/2026ordered to third reading rules cal.204

&nbsp05/28/2026passed assembly

&nbsp05/28/2026delivered to senate

&nbsp05/28/2026REFERRED TO ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION

&nbsp05/29/2026SUBSTITUTED FOR S10061

&nbsp05/29/20263RD READING CAL.960

&nbsp05/29/2026PASSED SENATE

&nbsp05/29/2026RETURNED TO ASSEMBLY

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
 ________________________________________________________________________

 10061

 IN SENATE

 April 27, 2026
 ___________

 Introduced by Sen. FAHY -- (at request of the Department of Environ-
 mental Conservation) -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
 printed to be committed to the Committee on Environmental Conservation

 AN ACT to amend the environmental conservation law, in relation to
 extending the authority of the department of environmental conserva-
 tion to manage sharks

 The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-
 bly, do enact as follows:

 1 Section 1. Subdivision 4 of section 13-0338 of the environmental
 2 conservation law, as amended by chapter 318 of the laws of 2023, is
 3 amended to read as follows:
 4 4. The department may, until December thirty-first, two thousand
 5 [twenty-six] twenty-nine, fix by regulation measures for the management
 6 of sharks, including size limits, catch and possession limits, open and
 7 closed seasons, closed areas, restrictions on the manner of taking and
 8 landing, requirements for permits and eligibility therefor, recordkeep-
 9 ing requirements, requirements on the amount and type of fishing effort
 10 and gear, and requirements relating to transportation, possession and
 11 sale, provided that such regulations are no less restrictive than
 12 requirements set forth in this chapter and provided further that such
 13 regulations are consistent with the compliance requirements of applica-
 14 ble fishery management plans adopted by the Atlantic States Marine Fish-
 15 eries Commission and with applicable provisions of fishery management
 16 plans adopted pursuant to the Federal Fishery Conservation and Manage-
 17 ment Act (16 U.S.C. §1800 et seq.).
 18 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD15013-01-6

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