New York A 7402: Eliminates sporting license fees for honorably discharged, disabled veterans

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A07402 Summary:

BILL NOA07402 

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SAME ASSAME AS S03464

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SPONSORSempolinski

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COSPNSR

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MLTSPNSR

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Amd §11-0702, En Con L

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Eliminates sporting license fees for honorably discharged, disabled veterans.

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BILL NOA07402 

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03/25/2025referred to environmental conservation

01/07/2026referred to environmental conservation

04/21/2026held for consideration in environmental conservation

Go to topA07402 Committee&nbspVotes:

Committee:ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION Chair:Glick 
DATE:04/21/2026AYE/NAY:18/12 Action: Held for Consideration GlickAyeSimpsonNay

ColtonAyeSmullenNay

OtisAyeTagueNay

WilliamsAyeManktelowNay

BarrettAyeBrownNay

CarrollAyeLemondesNay

McMahonNaySlaterNay

BurdickAyeBaileyNay

LunsfordAyeSempolinskiNay

KellesAye

Gonzalez-RojasAye

SeptimoAye

LeeAye

LevenbergAye

SimoneAye

AndersonAye

McDonaldAye

ClarkAye

SchiavoniAye

KassayNay

KayNay

Go to topA07402 Floor&nbspVotes:

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

Go to topA07402 Text:

 STATE OF NEW YORK
 ________________________________________________________________________

 7402

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN ASSEMBLY

 March 25, 2025
 ___________

 Introduced by M. of A. SEMPOLINSKI -- read once and referred to the
 Committee on Environmental Conservation

 AN ACT to amend the environmental conservation law, in relation to
 providing free lifetime licenses for honorably discharged, disabled
 veterans

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

 1 Section 1. Subdivision 1 of section 11-0702 of the environmental
 2 conservation law, as amended by section 16 of part R of chapter 58 of
 3 the laws of 2013, is amended to read as follows:
 4 1. There are hereby created the following lifetime hunting, fishing,
 5 trapping, archery and muzzle-loading privileges and fees therefor
 6 subject to the same privileges and obligations of a comparable short
 7 term license:

 8 Licenses Fees
 9 a. Lifetime license including a
 10 hunting license, fishing license
 11 and turkey permit. If purchased,
 12 for a child four years
 13 of age or younger $380.00
 14 for a child age five through
 15 eleven years of age $535.00
 16 for a person age twelve through
 17 sixty-nine years of age $765.00
 18 for a person age seventy
 19 and over[.] $65.00
 20 for a person who has been
 21 honorably discharged from
 22 service in the armed forces of the
 23 United States and is certified

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD07334-01-5

 A. 7402 2

 1 as having a forty percent or
 2 greater service-connected disability. $0.00
 3 b. Lifetime hunting license. $535.00
 4 c. Lifetime fishing
 5 license for a person age
 6 sixty-nine or younger. $460.00
 7 d. Lifetime fishing license
 8 for a person age seventy
 9 and over. $ 65.00
 10 e. Lifetime trapping
 11 license. $395.00
 12 f. Lifetime archery privilege. $235.00
 13 g. Lifetime muzzle-loading privilege. $235.00
 14 h. For transfer to a person pursuant
 15 to section 11-0704 of this title.
 16 $50.00
 17 The holder of a lifetime hunting license or lifetime fishing license
 18 may, at any time, convert such license to a lifetime license pursuant to
 19 paragraph a of this subdivision for an additional fee equal to the
 20 difference between the current fee for the new license and the fee
 21 originally paid for the license.
 22 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.

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