New York S 1101: Limits the department of environmental conservation's ability to fix special open seasons for taking wild deer

Status: REFERRED TO ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION (as of 2026-01-07)

State: New York · Session: 2025-2026 · Bill: S 1101

Sponsors: Rachel May

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S01101 Summary:

BILL NOS01101A

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SAME ASSAME AS A07551

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SPONSORMAY

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Amd §11-0903, En Con L

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Limits the department of environmental conservation's ability to fix special open seasons for taking wild deer to ending no later than the 3rd Sunday of December of each year; allows the department to issue regulations for special seasons for particular counties or designated wildlife management units after consultation with local governments and stakeholders.

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01/08/2025REFERRED TO ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION

03/13/2025AMEND AND RECOMMIT TO ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION

03/13/2025PRINT NUMBER 1101A

01/07/2026REFERRED TO ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
 ________________________________________________________________________

 1101--A

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN SENATE

 January 8, 2025
 ___________

 Introduced by Sen. MAY -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
 printed to be committed to the Committee on Environmental Conservation
 -- committee discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended
 and recommitted to said committee

 AN ACT to amend the environmental conservation law, in relation to
 limiting the department of environmental conservation's ability to fix
 special open seasons for taking wild deer

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

 1 Section 1. Paragraph c of subdivision 9 of section 11-0903 of the
 2 environmental conservation law, as amended by chapter 911 of the laws of
 3 1990, is amended to read as follows:
 4 c. Such seasons may be fixed for any number of days during the period
 5 beginning on the eleventh day after the close of a regular open season
 6 for deer established by law and ending on [February 10] the third Sunday
 7 of December immediately following; provided, however that the department
 8 may, upon consultation with local governments and stakeholders, issue
 9 regulations for special seasons for particular counties or designated
 10 wildlife management units.
 11 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD03128-02-5

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