New York A 9437: Relates to the department of environmental conservation's regulation of crabs

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A09437 Summary:

BILL NOA09437 

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SAME ASSAME AS S08823

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SPONSORGlick

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COSPNSRColton

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MLTSPNSR

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Amd §13-0331, En Con L; amd §3, Chap of 2025 (as proposed in S.4289 & A.4997)

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Extends DEC's authority to regulate management of crabs; authorizes the department of environmental conservation to take any actions necessary to ensure any quota limiting the taking of horseshoe crabs does not exceed certain thresholds.

Go to top A09437 Actions:

BILL NOA09437 

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01/06/2026referred to environmental conservation

01/07/2026referred to environmental conservation

01/12/2026reported referred to rules

01/12/2026reported 

01/12/2026rules report cal.4

01/12/2026ordered to third reading rules cal.4

01/13/2026substituted by s8823

&nbspS08823 AMEND= HARCKHAM

&nbsp01/08/2026REFERRED TO RULES

&nbsp01/12/2026ORDERED TO THIRD READING CAL.42

&nbsp01/13/2026PASSED SENATE

&nbsp01/13/2026DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY

&nbsp01/13/2026referred to environmental conservation

&nbsp01/13/2026substituted for a9437

&nbsp01/13/2026ordered to third reading rules cal.4

&nbsp02/03/2026passed assembly

&nbsp02/03/2026returned to senate

&nbsp02/13/2026DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR

&nbsp02/13/2026SIGNED CHAP.83

Go to topA09437 Committee&nbspVotes:

Committee:ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION Chair:Glick 
DATE:01/12/2026AYE/NAY:20/7 Action: Favorable refer to committee Rules GlickAyeSimpsonNay

ColtonAyeSmullenNay

OtisAyeTagueNay

WilliamsAyeManktelowNay

BarrettAyeBrownAye

CarrollAyeLemondesNay

McMahonAyeSlaterAye

BurdickAyeBaileyNay

LunsfordExcusedSempolinskiNay

KellesAye

Gonzalez-RojasAye

SeptimoExcused

LeeAye

LevenbergAye

SimoneAye

AndersonAye

ConradAye

LasherAye

SchiavoniAye

KassayAye

Committee:RULES Chair:Glick 
DATE:01/12/2026AYE/NAY:19/8 Action: Favorable HeastieExcusedBarclayNay

PretlowAyeHawleyExcused

CookExcusedBlankenbushNay

GlickAyeRaNay

DinowitzAyeBrabenecNay

ColtonAyePalmesanoNay

MagnarelliAyeReillyNay

PaulinAyeSmithNay

Peoples-StokesAyeJensenNay

BenedettoAye

LavineAye

LupardoAye

BraunsteinAye

DavilaExcused

HyndmanAye

RozicAye

BronsonAye

HevesiAye

HunterAye

TaylorAye

CruzAye

VanelAye

Go to topA09437 Floor&nbspVotes:

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

Go to topA09437 Text:

 STATE OF NEW YORK
 ________________________________________________________________________

 9437

 IN ASSEMBLY

 January 6, 2026
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 Introduced by M. of A. GLICK -- read once and referred to the Committee
 on Environmental Conservation

 AN ACT to amend the environmental conservation law, in relation to the
 department of environmental conservation's regulation of crabs; and to
 amend a chapter of the laws of 2025, amending the environmental
 conservation law relating to extending certain provisions relating to
 the department of environmental conservation's regulation of crabs,
 and to prohibiting the taking of horseshoe crabs for commercial and
 biomedical purposes, as proposed in legislative bills numbers S. 4289
 and A. 4997, in relation to the effectiveness thereof; and providing
 for the repeal of certain provisions upon expiration thereof

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

 1 Section 1. Subdivision 7 of section 13-0331 of the environmental
 2 conservation law, as amended by section 1 of a chapter of the laws of
 3 2025, amending the environmental conservation law relating to extending
 4 certain provisions relating to the department of environmental conserva-
 5 tion's regulation of crabs, and to prohibiting the taking of horseshoe
 6 crabs for commercial and biomedical purposes, as proposed in legislative
 7 bills numbers S. 4289 and A. 4997, is amended to read as follows:
 8 7. The department may, until December thirty-first, two thousand
 9 [twenty-seven] twenty-nine, fix by regulation measures for the manage-
 10 ment of crabs of any kind including horseshoe crabs (Limulus sp.),
 11 including minimum and maximum size limits, catch and possession limits,
 12 open and closed seasons including lunar closures, closed areas,
 13 restrictions on the manner of taking and landing including a prohibition
 14 on the harvest of crabs in amplexus, requirements for permits and eligi-
 15 bility therefor, recordkeeping requirement