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Assembly Bill A10751

2025-2026 Legislative Session

Relates to leucistic and melanistic deer

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2025-A10751 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S9450
Current Committee:
Assembly Environmental Conservation
Law Section:
Environmental Conservation Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §11-0901, En Con L

2025-A10751 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Prohibits the hunting of leucistic deer, including white deer and albino deer, or melanistic deer; authorizes the hunting of such deer on private property.

2025-A10751 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   10751
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                              March 27, 2026
                                ___________
 
 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
   leucistic and melanistic deer
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

   Section 1. Subdivision 4  of  section  11-0901  of  the  environmental
 conservation  law  is  amended  by adding a new paragraph b-1 to read as
 follows:
   B-1. (1) NO PERSON SHALL HUNT LEUCISTIC DEER, INCLUDING WHITE DEER AND
 ALBINO DEER, OR MELANISTIC DEER.
   (2) THE PROHIBITION CONTAINED IN SUBPARAGRAPH ONE  OF  THIS  PARAGRAPH
 SHALL  NOT  APPLY  TO:  THE  OWNER  OR  LESSEE OF THE DWELLING HOUSE, OR
 MEMBERS OF SUCH OWNER'S OR LESSEE'S IMMEDIATE FAMILY  RESIDING  THEREIN,
 OR  A PERSON IN THEIR EMPLOY, OR THE GUEST OF THE OWNER OR LESSEE OF THE
 DWELLING HOUSE ACTING WITH THE CONSENT OF SUCH OWNER OR LESSEE.
   (3) FOR THE PURPOSE OF THIS PARAGRAPH, THE FOLLOWING TERMS SHALL  HAVE
 THE FOLLOWING MEANINGS:
   (I)  "LEUCISTIC  DEER"  SHALL  MEAN  ANY DEER DISPLAYING THE RECESSIVE
 GENETIC TRAIT OF LEUCISM, OR THE ABSENCE OF MELANIN PIGMENT, CAUSING THE
 DEER'S COAT TO BE WHITE IN COLOR ON ALL PARTS OF THE BODY, EXCLUDING THE
 TARSAL GLANDS, HEAD, OR PARTS OF THE HEAD; AND
   (II) "MELANISTIC DEER" SHALL MEAN  ANY  DEER  DISPLAYING  THE  GENETIC
 MUTATION  OF MELANISM, CAUSING THE DEER'S COAT TO BE BLACK OR DARK BROWN
 IN COLOR ON ALL PARTS OF THE BODY, EXCLUDING THE TARSAL GLANDS, HEAD, OR
 PARTS OF THE HEAD.
   § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
 
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD14099-01-5

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