New York A 8515: Enacts the whale awareness act
Status: RETURNED TO ASSEMBLY (as of 2026-03-05)
State: New York · Session: 2025-2026 · Bill: A 8515
Sponsors: Rebecca Kassay, Sam Berger, Tommy Schiavoni, Linda Rosenthal, Tony Simone, Chris Burdick, Jen Lunsford, Dana Levenberg, Khaleel Anderson, Brian Cunningham, Jonathan Jacobson, Donna Lupardo, Andrew Hevesi, Steven Raga, Robert C. Carroll, John T. McDonald III
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Bill Search and Legislative Information | New York State Assembly • • • • • • • • Skip to main content New York State Assembly Speaker Carl E. Heastie --> --> --> • Assembly Members • Legislative Info • Public Hearings • Speaker's Press • Assembly Reports • Committees & More • Bill Search Home • Laws • Legislative Calendar • Public Hearing Schedule • Assembly Calendars • Assembly Committee Agenda Javascript must be enabled to properly view this page. Bill No.: • Summary • Actions • Committee Votes • Floor Votes • Memo • Text • LFIN • Chamber Video/Transcript A08515 Summary: BILL NOA08515A   SAME ASSAME AS S02292-B   SPONSORKassay   COSPNSRBerger, Schiavoni, Rosenthal, Simone, Burdick, Lunsford, Levenberg, Anderson, Cunningham, Jacobson, Lupardo, Hevesi, Raga, Carroll R, McDonald   MLTSPNSR   Add Art 13 Title 9 §13-0901, En Con L; amd §75, Nav L; amd §2251, V & T L   Enacts the whale awareness act directing the department of environmental conservation to establish recommendations and educational materials for reduction of marine mammal interactions. Go to top A08515 Actions: BILL NOA08515A   05/20/2025referred to environmental conservation 01/07/2026referred to environmental conservation 02/05/2026amend and recommit to environmental conservation 02/05/2026print number 8515a 02/10/2026reported 02/12/2026advanced to third reading cal.259 02/24/2026passed assembly 02/24/2026delivered to senate 02/24/2026REFERRED TO ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION 03/05/2026SUBSTITUTED FOR S2292B 03/05/20263RD READING CAL.376 03/05/2026PASSED SENATE 03/05/2026RETURNED TO ASSEMBLY Go to topA08515 Committee Votes: Committee:ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION Chair:Glick DATE:02/10/2026AYE/NAY:29/0 Action: Favorable GlickAyeSimpsonAye ColtonAyeSmullenAye OtisAyeTagueAye WilliamsAyeManktelowAye BarrettAyeBrownAye CarrollAyeLemondesAye McMahonAyeSlaterAye BurdickAyeBaileyAye LunsfordAyeSempolinskiAye KellesAye Gonzalez-RojasAye SeptimoAye LeeAye LevenbergExcused SimoneAye AndersonAye ConradAye LasherAye SchiavoniAye KassayAye KayAye Go to topA08515 Floor Votes: DATE:02/24/2026Assembly Vote YEA/NAY: 132/0Yes ‡ Alvarez Yes Carroll P Yes Friend Yes Lemondes ER Pheffer Amato Yes Slater Yes Anderson Yes Carroll RC Yes Gallagher Yes Levenberg Yes Pirozzolo Yes Smith Yes Angelino Yes Cashman Yes Gallahan ER Lucas Yes Powers Yes Smullen Yes Bailey Yes ‡ Chandler-Waterm Yes Gandolfo Yes Lunsford Yes Pretlow Yes Solages Yes Barclay Yes Chang ER Gibbs Yes Lupardo Yes Ra Yes Steck Yes Barrett Yes Chludzinski Yes Giglio Yes Magnarelli Yes Raga Yes Stern Yes Beephan Yes Clark Yes Glick ER Maher Yes Rajkumar Yes Stirpe Yes Bendett Yes Colton Yes Gonzalez-Rojas Yes Manktelow Yes Ramos Yes Tague Yes Benedetto Yes Conrad Yes Gray Yes McDonald Yes Reilly Yes Tannousis Yes Berger ER Cook Yes Griffin ER McDonough Yes Reyes Yes Tapia ER Bichotte Hermel Yes Cruz Yes Hawley Yes McMahon Yes Rivera Yes Taylor ER Blankenbush Yes Cunningham Yes Hevesi Yes Meeks Yes Romero Yes ‡ Torres Yes ‡ Blumencranz Yes Dais Yes Hooks Yes Mikulin Yes Rosenthal Yes Valdez Yes Bologna Yes Davila Yes Hunter Yes Miller Yes ‡ Rozic Yes Vanel ER Bores Yes De Los Santos Yes Hyndman Yes Mitaynes Yes Santabarbara ER Walker Yes Brabenec Yes DeStefano Yes Jackson Yes Molitor Yes Sayegh Yes Walsh Yes Braunstein Yes Dilan Yes Jacobson Yes Moreno Yes Schiavoni Yes Weprin Yes Bronson Yes Dinowitz Yes Jensen Yes Morinello ER Seawright Yes Wieder ER Brook-Krasny Yes ‡ DiPietro Yes Kassay Yes Norber Yes Sempolinski Yes Williams Yes Brown EA Yes Durso Yes Kay Yes Novakhov Yes Septimo Yes Woerner Yes Brown K Yes Eachus ER Kelles Yes O'Pharrow Yes Shimsky Yes Wright Yes Burdick Yes Eichenstein Yes Kim ER Otis ER Shrestha ER Yeger Yes Burke Yes Fall Yes Lasher Yes Palmesano Yes Simon ER Zaccaro Yes Burroughs ER Fitzpatrick Yes Lavine Yes ‡ Paulin Yes Simone Yes Zinerman Yes ‡ Buttenschon Yes Forrest Yes Lee Yes Peoples-Stokes Yes Simpson Yes Mr. Speaker ‡ Indicates voting via videoconference Go to topA08515 Text: STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 8515--A 2025-2026 Regular Sessions IN ASSEMBLY May 20, 2025 ___________ Introd
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