New York S 5014: Enacts the "Big Five African Trophies Act" relating to banning the importation, transportation and possession of certain African wildlife species and products

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S05014 Summary:

BILL NOS05014 

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SAME ASSAME AS A01616

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SPONSORSEPULVEDA

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COSPNSRADDABBO, BRISPORT, CLEARE, COMRIE, GIANARIS, HARCKHAM, MARTINEZ, MAY, SERRANO, WEBB

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MLTSPNSR

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Add §11-0535-d, amd §71-0919, En Con L

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Enacts the "Big Five African Trophies Act" relating to banning the importation, transportation and possession of certain African wildlife species and products.

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BILL NOS05014 

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02/18/2025REFERRED TO ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION

02/25/20251ST REPORT CAL.400

02/26/20252ND REPORT CAL.

03/03/2025ADVANCED TO THIRD READING 

04/08/2025PASSED SENATE

04/08/2025DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY

04/08/2025referred to environmental conservation

01/07/2026died in assembly

01/07/2026returned to senate

01/07/2026REFERRED TO ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION

02/24/20261ST REPORT CAL.380

02/25/20262ND REPORT CAL.

02/26/2026ADVANCED TO THIRD READING 

05/05/2026PASSED SENATE

05/05/2026DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY

05/05/2026referred to environmental conservation

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
 ________________________________________________________________________

 5014

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN SENATE

 February 18, 2025
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 Introduced by Sens. SEPULVEDA, BRISPORT, COMRIE, HARCKHAM, MARTINEZ,
 MAY, SERRANO -- 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
 enacting the "Big Five African Trophies Act" relating to foreign game

 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 "Big Five
 2 African Trophies Act".
 3 § 2. The environmental conservation law is amended by adding a new
 4 section 11-0535-d to read as follows:
 5 § 11-0535-d. Big five African trophies act.
 6 1. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, no individual, firm,
 7 corporation, association, or partnership shall import, export, trans-
 8 port, process, sell, offer for sale, purchase, trade, barter, distribute
 9 or possess any part or product of the skin or body, whether raw or manu-
 10 factured, of the following animal species: African Elephant (Loxodonta
 11 africana); African Leopard (Panthera pardus); African Lion (Panthera
 12 leo); Black Rhinoceros (Diceros bicornis); White Rhinoceros (Ceratother-
 13 ium simum); and African Giraffe (Giraffa camelopardalis).
 14 2. Unless such activity is prohibited by federal law, paragraph e of
 15 subdivision six of section 11-0103 of this article, or sections 11-0512,
 16 11-0535-a, and 11-0536 of this title, the following exceptions and
 17 defenses apply to the prohibitions of subdivision one of this section:
 18 a. the part or product was located or possessed within the state of
 19 New York prior to the effective date of this section and the legal owner
 20 has obtained a certificate of possession from the secretary of state;
 21 b. the part or product is to be made part of a temporary or permanent
 22 collection of a museum chartered by the board of regents pursuant to the
 23 education law or to a museum authorized by a special charter from the
 24 legislature of this state, provided that the article is not thereafter

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD04164-01-5

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 1 sold, offered for sale, traded, bartered or distributed to any private
 2 party; or
 3 c. the part or product is distributed directly to a legal beneficiary
 4 of a trust or to a legal heir provided the article was located or
 5 possessed by the decedent prior to the effective date of this section;
 6 provided further that after transfer to the beneficiary or heir that the
 7 article is not thereafter sold, offered for sale, traded, bartered or
 8 distributed to any private party; provided further that the beneficiary
 9 or heir obtain a certificate of possession from the secretary of state
 10 within one hundred eighty days of obtaining the article.
 11 3. Any officer or agent authorized by the commissioner, or any polic