New York S 5835: Waives fishing, hunting and trapping license fees for certain first responders

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S05835 Summary:

BILL NOS05835 

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SAME ASSAME AS A06350

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SPONSORSKOUFIS

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COSPNSRRHOADS

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MLTSPNSR

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Amd §11-0715, En Con L

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Waives fishing, hunting and trapping license fees for certain first responders.

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BILL NOS05835 

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03/03/2025REFERRED TO ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION

03/11/20251ST REPORT CAL.518

03/12/20252ND REPORT CAL.

03/13/2025ADVANCED TO THIRD READING 

06/06/2025PASSED SENATE

06/06/2025DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY

06/06/2025referred to environmental conservation

01/07/2026died in assembly

01/07/2026returned to senate

01/07/2026REFERRED TO ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION

01/20/20261ST REPORT CAL.107

01/21/20262ND REPORT CAL.

01/27/2026ADVANCED TO THIRD READING 

06/01/2026PASSED SENATE

06/01/2026DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY

06/01/2026referred to environmental conservation

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
 ________________________________________________________________________

 5835

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN SENATE

 March 3, 2025
 ___________

 Introduced by Sen. SKOUFIS -- 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 waiv-
 ing fishing, hunting and trapping license fees for certain first
 responders

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

 1 Section 1. The opening paragraph of subdivision 2 of section 11-0715
 2 of the environmental conservation law, as amended by section 4 of part R
 3 of chapter 58 of the laws of 2013, is amended to read as follows:
 4 A member of the Shinnecock tribe or the Poospatuck tribe or a member
 5 of the six nations, residing on any reservation wholly or partly within
 6 the state, is entitled to receive free of charge a fishing license, a
 7 hunting license, a muzzle-loading privilege, a trapping license, and a
 8 bowhunting privilege; a resident of the state who is a member of the
 9 United States armed forces in active service who is not stationed within
 10 the state and has not been herein longer than thirty days on leave or
 11 furlough, is entitled to receive free of charge a fishing license, a
 12 hunting license, and a trapping license; a resident of the state who is
 13 an active member of the organized militia of the state of New York as
 14 defined by section one of the military law, or the reserve components of
 15 the armed forces of the United States, and excluding members of the
 16 inactive national guard and individual ready reserve, is entitled to
 17 receive free of charge a fishing license, a hunting license, and a trap-
 18 ping license; a resident of the state who is a certified first responder
 19 who was disabled as a result of a certified World Trade Center medical
 20 condition is entitled to receive free of charge a fishing license, a
 21 hunting license, and a trapping license; and a resident who is blind is
 22 entitled to receive a fishing license free of charge. For the purposes
 23 of this subdivision a person is blind only if either: (a) [his or her]
 24 their central visual acuity does not exceed 20/200 in the better eye

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD09196-01-5

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 1 with correcting lenses, or (b) [his or her] their visual acuity is
 2 greater than 20/200 but is accompanied by a limitation of the field of
 3 vision such that the widest diameter of the visual field subtends an
 4 angle no greater than 20 degrees.
 5 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.

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