New York S 7415: Relates to hunting deer with a crossbow

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S07415 Summary:

BILL NOS07415 

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SAME ASNo Same As

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SPONSORRYAN C

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COSPNSRASHBY, GALLIVAN, HELMING, O'MARA, STEC, WALCZYK, WEBB

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Amd §11-0701, En Con L

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Allows for the hunting of deer by individuals age sixty and older with a crossbow in a special archery season.

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04/15/2025REFERRED TO ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION

05/28/20251ST REPORT CAL.1379

05/29/20252ND REPORT CAL.

06/04/2025ADVANCED TO THIRD READING 

06/13/2025COMMITTED TO RULES

01/07/2026REFERRED TO ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
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 7415

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN SENATE

 April 15, 2025
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 Introduced by Sens. C. RYAN, ASHBY, GALLIVAN, HELMING, O'MARA, STEC,
 WALCZYK, WEBB -- 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 the
 hunting of deer with a crossbow

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

 1 Section 1. Paragraphs 2 and 3 of subdivision 3 of section 11-0701 of
 2 the environmental conservation law, as amended by section 1-a of part R
 3 of chapter 58 of the laws of 2013, are amended and a new paragraph 4 is
 4 added to read as follows:
 5 (2) who is eighteen years of age or older to hunt wild deer and bear
 6 with a longbow, as provided in title [9] nine of this article, in a
 7 special longbow season; [and]
 8 (3) who is sixteen or seventeen years of age to exercise the same
 9 privileges subject to the provisions of section 11-0929 and subdivision
 10 3 of section 11-0713 of this article[.]; and
 11 (4) who is sixty years of age or older to hunt deer with a crossbow,
 12 as provided in title nine of this article, in a special archery season.
 13 The department shall adopt regulations to allow the hunting of deer by
 14 the use of a crossbow to any person sixty years of age or older in a
 15 special archery season, subject to such restrictions as the department
 16 may adopt by regulation. The department shall adopt regulations requir-
 17 ing documentation to establish that an applicant is eligible to use a
 18 crossbow pursuant to this paragraph.
 19 § 2. This act shall take effect June 1, 2026. Effective immediately,
 20 the addition, amendment, and/or repeal of any rule or regulation neces-
 21 sary for the implementation of this act on its effective date are
 22 authorized to be made and completed on or before such effective date.

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD10298-01-5

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