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Assembly Bill A11372

2025-2026 Legislative Session

Extends the effectiveness of chapter 435 of the laws of 2014 relating to defining spearguns and allowing recreational spearfishing in New York's marine and coastal waters

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2025-A11372 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S10531
Current Committee:
Senate Rules
Law Section:
Environmental Conservation
Laws Affected:
Amd §3, Chap 435 of 2014
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2017-2018: S5511
2019-2020: S8094
2021-2022: S4251
2023-2024: A6107, S2724

2025-A11372 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Extends the effectiveness of certain provisions relating to defining spearguns and allowing recreational spearfishing in New York's marine and coastal waters.

2025-A11372 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   11372
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                               May 14, 2026
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  COMMITTEE ON RULES -- (at request of M. of A. Schiavoni)
   -- read once and referred to the Committee on Environmental  Conserva-
   tion
 
 AN  ACT  to  amend chapter 435 of the laws of 2014 amending the environ-
   mental conservation law relating to defining  spearguns  and  allowing
   recreational  spearfishing in New York's marine and coastal waters, in
   relation to extending the effectiveness thereof
 
   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section  1.  Section 3 of chapter 435 of the laws of 2014 amending the
 environmental conservation law relating to defining spearguns and allow-
 ing recreational spearfishing in New York's marine and  coastal  waters,
 as  amended  by chapter 149   of the laws of 2023, is amended to read as
 follows:
   § 3. This act shall take effect on the ninetieth day  after  it  shall
 have become a law and shall expire and be deemed repealed June 1, [2026]
 2029.
   § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
 
 
 
 
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD15892-01-6

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