New York S 8304: Relates to mandatory continuing education for teachers relating to mental health issues and trauma informed care

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S08304 Summary:

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Directs the commissioner of DEC to remove peregrine falcons from the endangered species list and to promulgate regulations for their use in falconry.

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05/30/2025REFERRED TO ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION

01/07/2026REFERRED TO ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
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 8304

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN SENATE

 May 30, 2025
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 Introduced by Sen. OBERACKER -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
 printed to be committed to the Committee on Environmental Conservation

 AN ACT to amend the environmental conservation law, in relation to
 falconry

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

 1 Section 1. Section 11-1001 of the environmental conservation law, as
 2 added by chapter 825 of the laws of 1973, subdivision 1 as amended by
 3 chapter 325 of the laws of 1989, is amended to read as follows:
 4 § 11-1001. Definitions.
 5 (1) "Raptors" means all species of the orders Strigiformes and Falco-
 6 niformes and shall include but not be limited to falcons, hawks, owls
 7 and eagles except the golden eagle (Aquila [chrysaetor] chrysaetos) and
 8 bald eagle (Haliaetus leucocephalus) and all birds listed as endangered
 9 or threatened pursuant to section 11-0535 of this article. However,
 10 [properly banded peregrine falcons which are the progeny of birds
 11 lawfully acquired prior to 1978 are] lawfully acquired golden eagles,
 12 peregrine falcons, and their progeny are raptors within the meaning of
 13 this section.
 14 (2) "Falconry" means the sport of hunting by the use of trained
 15 raptors and includes the training, feeding and handling of such birds
 16 and their recapture after being released for hunting or training.
 17 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD13299-01-5

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