New York S 2292: Enacts the whale awareness act

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S02292 Summary:

BILL NOS02292B

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SAME ASSAME AS A08515-A

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SPONSORHARCKHAM

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COSPNSRBOTTCHER, CANZONERI-FITZPATRICK, CHAN, CLEARE, GOUNARDES, PALUMBO, RHOADS, SERRANO, STAVISKY, WEBER

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MLTSPNSR

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Add Art 13 Title 9 §13-0901, En Con L; amd §75, Nav L; amd §2251, V & T L

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Enacts the whale awareness act directing the department of environmental conservation to establish recommendations and educational materials for reduction of marine mammal interactions.

Go to top S02292 Actions:

BILL NOS02292B

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01/16/2025REFERRED TO ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION

04/24/2025AMEND (T) AND RECOMMIT TO ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION

04/24/2025PRINT NUMBER 2292A

04/29/20251ST REPORT CAL.767

04/30/20252ND REPORT CAL.

05/01/2025ADVANCED TO THIRD READING 

05/21/2025PASSED SENATE

05/21/2025DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY

05/22/2025referred to environmental conservation

01/07/2026died in assembly

01/07/2026returned to senate

01/07/2026REFERRED TO ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION

02/05/2026AMEND AND RECOMMIT TO ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION

02/05/2026PRINT NUMBER 2292B

02/24/20261ST REPORT CAL.376

02/25/20262ND REPORT CAL.

02/26/2026ADVANCED TO THIRD READING 

03/05/2026SUBSTITUTED BY A8515A

&nbspA08515 AMEND=A Kassay

&nbsp05/20/2025referred to environmental conservation

&nbsp01/07/2026referred to environmental conservation

&nbsp02/05/2026amend and recommit to environmental conservation

&nbsp02/05/2026print number 8515a

&nbsp02/10/2026reported 

&nbsp02/12/2026advanced to third reading cal.259

&nbsp02/24/2026passed assembly

&nbsp02/24/2026delivered to senate

&nbsp02/24/2026REFERRED TO ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION

&nbsp03/05/2026SUBSTITUTED FOR S2292B

&nbsp03/05/20263RD READING CAL.376

&nbsp03/05/2026PASSED SENATE

&nbsp03/05/2026RETURNED TO ASSEMBLY

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
 ________________________________________________________________________

 2292--B

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN SENATE

 January 16, 2025
 ___________

 Introduced by Sens. HARCKHAM, CANZONERI-FITZPATRICK, PALUMBO -- 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 commit-
 tee -- recommitted to the Committee on Environmental Conservation in
 accordance with Senate Rule 6, sec. 8 -- committee discharged, bill
 amended, ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted to said commit-
 tee

 AN ACT to amend the environmental conservation law, the navigation law
 and the vehicle and traffic law, in relation to enacting the whale
 awareness act

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

 1 Section 1. This act shall be known and may be cited as the "whale
 2 awareness act".
 3 § 2. Article 13 of the environmental conservation law is amended by
 4 adding a new title 9 to read as follows:
 5 TITLE 9
 6 WHALE AWARENESS ACT
 7 Section 13-0901. Marine mammal interaction recommendations and educa-
 8 tional materials.
 9 § 13-0901. Marine mammal interaction recommendations and educational
 10 materials.
 11 1. The department shall establish recommendations and educational
 12 materials for the reduction of marine mammal interactions with vessels.
 13 In developing such recommendations and educational materials, the
 14 department shall consult with the port authority of New York and New
 15 Jersey, the office of parks, recreation and historic preservation, the
 16 United States coast guard, the national oceanic and atmospheric adminis-
 17 tration, the marine mammal commission, and any other relevant agencies.
 18 For purposes of this section, "marine mammal interaction" means any act

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD04652-07-6

 S. 2292--B 2

 1 of pursuit, torment, or annoyance of a marine mammal in the wild that
 2 has the potential to injure or disturb such mammal by causing disruption
 3 of behavioral patterns, including, but not limited to, migration,
 4 breathing, nursing, breeding, feeding, or sheltering.
 5 2. Recommendatio