assembly Bill A110

2023-2024 Legislative Session

Prohibits the use of leg-gripping traps

download bill text pdf

Sponsored By

Current Bill Status - In Assembly Committee


  • Introduced
  • In Committee
  • On Floor Calendar
    • Passed Senate
    • Passed Assembly
  • Delivered to Governor
  • Signed/Vetoed by Governor

Your Voice

do you support this bill?

Please enter your contact information

Home address is used to determine the senate district in which you reside. Your support or opposition to this bill is then shared immediately with the senator who represents you.

Optional services from the NY State Senate:

Create an account. An account allows you to officially support or oppose key legislation, sign petitions with a single click, and follow issues, committees, and bills that matter to you. When you create an account, you agree to this platform's terms of participation.

Include a custom message for your Senator? (Optional)

Enter a message to your senator. Many New Yorkers use this to share the reasoning behind their support or opposition to the bill. Others might share a personal anecdote about how the bill would affect them or people they care about.

Actions

view actions (1)
Assembly Actions - Lowercase
Senate Actions - UPPERCASE
Jan 04, 2023 referred to environmental conservation

Co-Sponsors

Multi-Sponsors

A110 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S1619
Current Committee:
Assembly Environmental Conservation
Law Section:
Environmental Conservation Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §§11-1101, 11-1901 & 11-1903, En Con L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2019-2020: A8733, S7550
2021-2022: A3467, A9320, S4459

A110 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Prohibits the use of leg-gripping traps.

A110 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                    110
 
                        2023-2024 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                                (PREFILED)
 
                              January 4, 2023
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  M. of A. L. ROSENTHAL, DINOWITZ, GONZALEZ-ROJAS, EPSTEIN
   -- read once and referred to the Committee on Environmental  Conserva-
   tion
 
 AN  ACT  to  amend  the  environmental  conservation law, in relation to
   prohibiting the use of leg-gripping traps

   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section  1.  Subdivisions  5  and 6 of section 11-1101 of the environ-
 mental conservation law, subdivision 6 as amended by chapter 47  of  the
 laws  of  1975,  subparagraph  (b)  of  paragraph  b of subdivision 6 as
 amended by chapter 911 of the laws of 1990, and paragraph a of  subdivi-
 sion  6 as amended and paragraph c of such subdivision as added by chap-
 ter 605 of the laws of 1991, are amended to read as follows:
   5. Except as provided in subdivision 1 or 2 of  section  11-0523  with
 respect to destructive and menacing wildlife, no person shall (a) set or
 use  a trap of the leg-gripping type [having teeth in the jaws]; (b) set
 a trap so that wildlife when caught is suspended; (c) use, locate or set
 a snare or a device consisting of a noose of  any  material  whereby  an
 animal may be taken.
   6.  a. No person shall set or use a trap of the leg-gripping type [(a)
 having a spread of jaws exceeding 7 1/4" measured at right angles to the
 axis upon which the jaws operate and excluding the gripping  surface  of
 each  jaw,  when  used  under  water during the open season for trapping
 beaver or otter, or (b) in any other case], except as provided in  title
 5 or in section 11-1109[, having a spread of jaws exceeding 5-3/4" as so
 measured].
   b.  No person shall set or use a body gripping type trap with a dimen-
 sion of more than 7-1/2 inches except:
   (a) when used in water during the open season for trapping beaver  and
 otter; or

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