Senate Bill S4238

2023-2024 Legislative Session

Relates to hunting, fishing and outdoor education in high school physical education courses

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Current Bill Status - In Senate Committee Environmental Conservation Committee


  • Introduced
    • In Committee Assembly
    • In Committee Senate
    • On Floor Calendar Assembly
    • On Floor Calendar Senate
    • Passed Assembly
    • Passed Senate
  • Delivered to Governor
  • Signed By Governor

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2023-S4238 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A5420
Current Committee:
Senate Environmental Conservation
Law Section:
Environmental Conservation Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §3-0301, En Con L; amd §809-a, Ed L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2011-2012: S4658, A7170
2013-2014: S3296, A4775
2015-2016: S1625, A4358
2017-2018: S2820, A3655
2019-2020: S941, A3696
2021-2022: S5442, A4942

2023-S4238 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Permits instruction in hunting, fishing and outdoor education in high school physical education courses.

2023-S4238 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2023-S4238 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   4238
 
                        2023-2024 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                             February 6, 2023
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sen.  O'MARA -- 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  and  the  education
   law,  in  relation  to  hunting, fishing and outdoor education in high
   school physical education courses

   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section  1.  Subdivision  1  of  section  3-0301  of the environmental
 conservation law is amended by adding a new  paragraph  aa  to  read  as
 follows:
   AA.  DISSEMINATE  INFORMATION RELATING TO HUNTING, FISHING AND OUTDOOR
 EDUCATION, IN  CONSULTATION  WITH  THE  COMMISSIONER  OF  EDUCATION,  TO
 PROMOTE  INSTRUCTION  IN  PHYSICAL  EDUCATION  COURSES  FOR  GRADES NINE
 THROUGH TWELVE IN HUNTING, FISHING AND OUTDOOR EDUCATION. SUCH  INSTRUC-
 TION SHALL INCLUDE INFORMATION ON THE:
   (1) VARIOUS HUNTING AND FISHING SEASONS;
   (2) SPECIES THAT CAN BE SOUGHT;
   (3) NECESSARY MATERIALS FOR OBTAINING HUNTING AND FISHING LICENSES;
   (4) OUTDOOR OPPORTUNITIES FOR RECREATION AND EXERCISE PURPOSES; AND
   (5) HISTORY AND BENEFITS OF HUNTING AND FISHING IN THIS STATE'S DEVEL-
 OPMENT.
   §  2. Section 809-a of the education law, as amended by chapter 442 of
 the laws of 1977, is amended to read as follows:
   § 809-a. Instruction in the safe use of firearms and in the game laws;
 HUNTING, FISHING AND OUTDOOR EDUCATION.  1.    The  officer,  board,  or
 commission  authorized  or required to prescribe courses of instructions
 in any school under state control,  may  authorize  instructions  to  be
 given  in  the safe and proper use of firearms allowed by law to be used
 in the taking of wild game, and may also authorize  instructions  to  be
 given  in  the study of game laws and of proper hunting and conservation

  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD08410-01-3
 S. 4238                             2
              

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