New York A 11440: Extends the authority of the department of environmental conservation to manage whelk and conch

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A11440 Summary:

BILL NOA11440 

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SAME ASSAME AS S10071

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SPONSORRules (Lunsford)

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COSPNSR

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MLTSPNSR

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Amd §13-0330, En Con L

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Extends the authority of the department of environmental conservation to manage whelk and conch to December 31, 2029.

Go to top A11440 Actions:

BILL NOA11440 

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05/15/2026referred to environmental conservation

05/20/2026reported referred to rules

05/21/2026reported 

05/21/2026rules report cal.206

05/21/2026ordered to third reading rules cal.206

05/28/2026substituted by s10071

&nbspS10071 AMEND= BOTTCHER

&nbsp04/27/2026REFERRED TO ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION

&nbsp05/05/20261ST REPORT CAL.962

&nbsp05/06/20262ND REPORT CAL.

&nbsp05/07/2026ADVANCED TO THIRD READING 

&nbsp05/14/2026PASSED SENATE

&nbsp05/14/2026DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY

&nbsp05/14/2026referred to environmental conservation

&nbsp05/28/2026substituted for a11440

&nbsp05/28/2026ordered to third reading rules cal.206

&nbsp05/28/2026passed assembly

&nbsp05/28/2026returned to senate

Go to topA11440 Committee&nbspVotes:

Committee:ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION Chair:Glick 
DATE:05/20/2026AYE/NAY:28/0 Action: Favorable refer to committee Rules GlickAyeSimpsonAye

ColtonAyeSmullenAye

OtisAyeTagueAye

WilliamsAyeManktelowAye

BarrettAyeBrownAye

CarrollAyeLemondesAye

McMahonAyeSlaterAye

BurdickAyeBaileyAye

LunsfordAyeSempolinskiAye

KellesAye

Gonzalez-RojasAye

SeptimoExcused

LeeExcused

LevenbergAye

SimoneAye

AndersonAye

ConradAye

LasherAye

SchiavoniAye

KassayAye

KayAye

Committee:RULES Chair:Glick 
DATE:05/21/2026AYE/NAY:27/0 Action: Favorable HeastieExcusedRaAye

PretlowAyeHawleyExcused

CookExcusedBlankenbushAye

GlickAyeBrabenecAye

DinowitzAyePalmesanoAye

ColtonAyeReillyAye

MagnarelliAyeSmithAye

PaulinAyeJensenAye

Peoples-StokesAyeGandolfoAye

BenedettoExcused

LavineAye

LupardoAye

BraunsteinAye

DavilaAye

HyndmanAye

RozicAye

BronsonAye

HevesiAye

HunterAye

TaylorAye

CruzAye

VanelAye

Go to topA11440 Floor&nbspVotes:

There are no Assembly votes for this bill in this legislative session.

Go to topA11440 Text:

 STATE OF NEW YORK
 ________________________________________________________________________

 11440

 IN ASSEMBLY

 May 15, 2026
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 Introduced by COMMITTEE ON RULES -- (at request of M. of A. Lunsford) --
 (at request of the Department of Environmental Conservation) -- read
 once and referred 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 whelk and conch

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

 1 Section 1. Subdivision 6 of section 13-0330 of the environmental
 2 conservation law, as amended by of chapter 320 of the laws of 2023, is
 3 amended to read as follows:
 4 6. The department may, until December thirty-first, two thousand
 5 [twenty-six] twenty-nine, fix by regulation measures for the management
 6 of whelk or conch (Busycon and Busycotypus spp.), including size limits,
 7 catch and possession limits, open and closed seasons, closed areas,
 8 restrictions on the manner of taking and landing, requirements for
 9 permits and eligibility therefor, recordkeeping requirements, require-
 10 ments on the amount and type of fishing effort and gear, and require-
 11 ments relating to transportation, possession and sale, provided that
 12 such regulations are no less restrictive than requirements set forth in
 13 this chapter and provided further that such regulations are consistent
 14 with the compliance requirements of applicable fishery management plans
 15 adopted by the Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission and with
 16 applicable provisions of fishery management plans adopted pursuant to
 17 the Federal Fishery Conservation and Management Act (16 U.S.C. § 1800 et
 18 seq.).
 19 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD15009-01-6

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