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A00667 Summary:

BILL NOA00667 

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SAME ASSAME AS S01182

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SPONSORRosenthal (MS)

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COSPNSRDinowitz, Stern, Gonzalez-Rojas, Epstein, Davila, Kelles, Shimsky, Simone, Bores, Mitaynes, Colton,
 Seawright, Romero, Moreno

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MLTSPNSRLevenberg, Simon

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Amd §§11-1101, 11-1901 & 11-1903, En Con L

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Prohibits the use of leg-gripping traps.

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BILL NOA00667 

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01/08/2025referred to environmental conservation

01/07/2026referred to environmental conservation

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
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 667

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN ASSEMBLY

 (Prefiled)

 January 8, 2025
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 Introduced by M. of A. ROSENTHAL, DINOWITZ, STERN, GONZALEZ-ROJAS,
 EPSTEIN, DAVILA, KELLES, SHIMSKY -- Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of A.
 LEVENBERG, SIMON -- read once and referred to the Committee on Envi-
 ronmental Conservation

 AN ACT to amend the environmental conservation law, in relation to
 prohibiting the use of leg-gripping traps

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

 1 Section 1. Subdivisions 5 and 6 of section 11-1101 of the environ-
 2 mental conservation law, subdivision 6 as amended by chapter 47 of the
 3 laws of 1975, subparagraph (b) of paragraph b of subdivision 6 as
 4 amended by chapter 911 of the laws of 1990, and paragraph a of subdivi-
 5 sion 6 as amended and paragraph c of such subdivision as added by chap-
 6 ter 605 of the laws of 1991, are amended to read as follows:
 7 5. Except as provided in subdivision 1 or 2 of section 11-0523 with
 8 respect to destructive and menacing wildlife, no person shall (a) set or
 9 use a trap of the leg-gripping type [having teeth in the jaws]; (b) set
 10 a trap so that wildlife when caught is suspended; (c) use, locate or set
 11 a snare or a device consisting of a noose of any material whereby an
 12 animal may be taken.
 13 6. a. No person shall set or use a trap of the leg-gripping type [(a)
 14 having a spread of jaws exceeding 7 1/4" measured at right angles to the
 15 axis upon which the jaws operate and excluding the gripping surface of
 16 each jaw, when used under water during the open season for trapping
 17 beaver or otter, or (b) in any other case], except as provided in title
 18 5 or in section 11-1109[, having a spread of jaws exceeding 5-3/4" as so
 19 measured].
 20 b. No person shall set or use a body gripping type trap with a dimen-
 21 sion of more than 7-1/2 inches except:

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD02008-01-5

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 1 (a) when used in water during the open season for trapping beaver and
 2 otter; or
 3 (b) as further permitted by the department by regulation.
 4 The dimension of the body gripping trap shall be ascertained when the
 5 trap is set in the extreme cocked position and shall be the maximum
 6 distance between pairs of contacting body gripping surfaces except for
 7 rectangular devices which shall be the maximum perpendicular distance
 8 between pairs of contacting body gripping surfaces.
 9 [c. Traps of the leg-gripping type having a spread of jaws exceeding
 10 4" measured as described in paragraph a of this subdivision, when set on
 11 land (excluding traps originally set in water) (a) shall be covered at
 12 the time the trap is set or visited; if the trap becomes uncovered after
 13 it is set the covering shall be replaced at the time the trap is visit-
 14 ed; coverings shall include but not be limited to soil, sand, leaves,
 15 needles, other plant materials, and other substances as permitted by
 16 department regulation; such substances shall completely cover the jaws
 17 of the trap, and (b) shall be equipped with a pan tensioning device
 18 which shall include but not be limited to a bolt and nut, notches
 19 grooved in the pan and dog or lever, sheer pins, a spring under the pan
 20 or strip of band steel, or other devices or modifications as permitted
 21 by regulation of the department.]
 22 § 2. Subdivision 7 of section 11-1901 of the environmental c