New York A 8666: Relates to authorizing hunting big game by rifle in the county of Tompkins

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A08666 Summary:

BILL NOA08666A

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SAME ASSAME AS S06831-A

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SPONSORLevenberg

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COSPNSRSteck

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MLTSPNSR

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Amd §181, Nav L

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Requires the owner or operator of a vessel to establish and maintain with the department evidence of financial responsibility sufficient to meet the amount of liability.

Go to top A08666 Actions:

BILL NOA08666A

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05/27/2025referred to environmental conservation

01/07/2026referred to environmental conservation

01/12/2026reported referred to codes

01/13/2026amend and recommit to codes

01/13/2026print number 8666a

01/21/2026reported 

01/22/2026advanced to third reading cal.239

Go to topA08666 Committee&nbspVotes:

Committee:ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION Chair:Glick 
DATE:01/12/2026AYE/NAY:19/8 Action: Favorable refer to committee Codes GlickAyeSimpsonNay

ColtonAyeSmullenNay

OtisAyeTagueNay

WilliamsAyeManktelowNay

BarrettAyeBrownNay

CarrollAyeLemondesNay

McMahonAyeSlaterAye

BurdickAyeBaileyNay

LunsfordExcusedSempolinskiNay

KellesAye

Gonzalez-RojasAye

SeptimoExcused

LeeAye

LevenbergAye

SimoneAye

AndersonAye

ConradAye

LasherAye

SchiavoniAye

KassayAye

Committee:CODES Chair:Dinowitz 
DATE:01/21/2026AYE/NAY:13/5 Action: Favorable DinowitzAyeMorinelloNay

CookExcusedReillyNay

LavineAyeMikulinNay

WeprinAyeTannousisNay

HevesiAyeAngelinoExcused

SeawrightAyeMolitorNay

RosenthalAye

WalkerAye

VanelAye

CruzAye

BoresExcused

ReyesAye

CunninghamAye

RomeroAye

AlvarezAye

Go to topA08666 Floor&nbspVotes:

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

Go to topA08666 Text:

 STATE OF NEW YORK
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 8666--A

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN ASSEMBLY

 May 27, 2025
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 Introduced by M. of A. LEVENBERG -- read once and referred to the
 Committee on Environmental Conservation -- recommitted to the Commit-
 tee on Environmental Conservation in accordance with Assembly Rule 3,
 sec. 2 -- reported and referred to the Committee on Codes -- committee
 discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted
 to said committee

 AN ACT to amend the navigation law, in relation to financial responsi-
 bility for the liability of a major facility or vessel

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

 1 Section 1. Paragraph (e) of subdivision 3 of section 181 of the navi-
 2 gation law, as amended by chapter 584 of the laws of 1992 and subpara-
 3 graphs (ii) and (iii) as amended by chapter 585 of the laws of 1992 and
 4 as further amended by section 104 of part A of chapter 62 of the laws of
 5 2011, is amended and a new paragraph (f) is added to read as follows:
 6 (e) (i) The owner or operator of a vessel shall establish and maintain
 7 with the department evidence of financial responsibility sufficient to
 8 meet the amount of liability established pursuant to paragraph (a) of
 9 this subdivision. A person may not cause or permit the operation of a
 10 vessel in the state until the person has furnished to the department,
 11 and the department has approved such evidence. The owner or operator of
 12 any vessel which demonstrates financial responsibility pursuant to the
 13 requirements of the Federal Oil Pollution Act of 1990 (33 U.S.C. 2701 et
 14 seq.), shall be deemed to have demonstrated financial responsibility in
 15 accordance with this paragraph.
 16 (ii) The commissioner in consultation with the superintendent of
 17 financial services may promulgate regulations requiring the owner or
 18 operator of a major facility other than a vessel to establish and main-
 19 tain evidence of financial responsibility in an amount not to exceed
 20 twenty-five dollars plus an annual inflation adjustment, determined by
 21 the commissioner from the increase in the consumer price index in the

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD11301-03-5

 A. 8666--A 2

 1 one-year period ending on the March thirty-first prior to such inflation
 2 adjustment effective on the ensuing September first, per incident, for
 3 each barrel of total petroleum storage capacity at the facility, subject
 4 to a maximum of one million dollars per incident per facility in an
 5 aggregate