New York A 6854: Removes restrictions on crossbow size and draw weight when used for hunting

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A06854 Summary:

BILL NOA06854 

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SAME ASSAME AS S01504

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SPONSORPalmesano

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COSPNSR

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MLTSPNSR

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Amd §11-0901, En Con L

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Removes restrictions on crossbow size and draw weight when used for hunting.

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BILL NOA06854 

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03/14/2025referred to environmental conservation

01/07/2026referred to environmental conservation

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
 ________________________________________________________________________

 6854

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN ASSEMBLY

 March 14, 2025
 ___________

 Introduced by M. of A. PALMESANO -- read once and referred to the
 Committee on Environmental Conservation

 AN ACT to amend the environmental conservation law, in relation to
 removing restrictions on crossbow size and draw weight when used for
 hunting

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

 1 Section 1. Subparagraph 9 of paragraph b of subdivision 4 of section
 2 11-0901 of the environmental conservation law, as added by section 6 of
 3 part EE of chapter 55 of the laws of 2014, is amended to read as
 4 follows:
 5 (9) with a crossbow unless [such crossbow shall consist of a bow and
 6 string, either compound or recurve, that launches a minimum fourteen
 7 inch bolt, not including point, mounted upon a stock with a trigger that
 8 holds the string and limbs under tension until released. The] the trig-
 9 ger unit of such crossbow [must have] has a working safety. [The minimum
 10 limb width of such crossbow shall be seventeen inches, have a minimum
 11 peak draw weight of one hundred pounds and a maximum peak draw weight of
 12 two hundred pounds. The minimum overall length of such crossbow from
 13 buttstock to front of limbs shall be twenty-four inches.]
 14 § 2. Subparagraph 9 of paragraph c of subdivision 4 of section 11-0901
 15 of the environmental conservation law, as added by section 7 of part EE
 16 of chapter 55 of the laws of 2014, is amended to read as follows:
 17 (9) with a crossbow unless [such crossbow shall consist of a bow and
 18 string, either compound or recurve, that launches a minimum fourteen
 19 inch bolt, not including point, mounted upon a stock with a trigger that
 20 holds the string and limbs under tension until released. The] the trig-
 21 ger unit of such crossbow [must have] has a working safety. [The minimum
 22 limb width of such crossbow shall be seventeen inches, have a minimum
 23 peak draw weight of one hundred pounds and a maximum peak draw weight of
 24 two hundred pounds. The minimum overall length of such crossbow from
 25 buttstock to front of limbs shall be twenty-four inches.]
 26 § 3. This act shall take effect immediately.

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD01906-01-5

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