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Assembly Bill A1898

2025-2026 Legislative Session

Prohibits using toxic ammunition in the taking of wildlife

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2025-A1898 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Environmental Conservation
Law Section:
Environmental Conservation Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §11-0901, En Con L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2019-2020: A3485
2021-2022: A3614
2023-2024: A849

2025-A1898 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Prohibits using toxic ammunition in the taking of wildlife; allows any federally approved nontoxic ammunition in the taking of wildlife.

2025-A1898 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   1898
 
                        2025-2026 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             January 14, 2025
                                ___________
 
 Introduced by M. of A. ROSENTHAL, JACOBSON, KELLES -- Multi-Sponsored by
   --  M.  of A.  LEVENBERG -- read once and referred to the Committee on
   Environmental Conservation
 
 AN ACT to amend the  environmental  conservation  law,  in  relation  to
   prohibiting the use of toxic ammunition in the taking of wildlife

   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Subdivision 3  of  section  11-0901  of  the  environmental
 conservation  law  is  amended  by  adding  a new paragraph h to read as
 follows:
   H. WILDLIFE SHALL NOT BE TAKEN WITH THE USE OF ANY  TOXIC  AMMUNITION,
 INCLUDING LEAD AMMUNITION. WILDLIFE SHALL BE TAKEN USING ONLY ANY FEDER-
 ALLY APPROVED NONTOXIC AMMUNITION.
   §  2.  This  act shall take effect on the thirtieth day after it shall
 have become a law.
 
 
 
 
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD05323-01-5

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