Senate Bill S1676

2025-2026 Legislative Session

Requires that nuisance wildlife control operators disclose to the client that euthanasia may be used to resolve a wildlife related problem

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Current Bill Status - In Assembly 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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2025-S1676 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A1420
Current Committee:
Assembly Environmental Conservation
Law Section:
Environmental Conservation Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §11-0524, En Con L
Versions Introduced in 2023-2024 Legislative Session:
S8431, A9945

2025-S1676 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Requires that nuisance wildlife control operators disclose to the client, in writing, that euthanasia may be used to resolve a wildlife related problem.

2025-S1676 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2025-S1676 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   1676
 
                        2025-2026 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                             January 13, 2025
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sen. SKOUFIS -- 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,  in  relation  to
   requiring  nuisance wildlife control operators to disclose that eutha-
   nasia may be used to resolve a wildlife issue

   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section  1.  Section  11-0524 of the environmental conservation law is
 amended by adding two new subdivisions 6 and 7 to read as follows:
   6. BEFORE A NUISANCE WILDLIFE CONTROL OPERATOR UNDERTAKES ANY  CONTROL
 MEASURES,  SUCH NUISANCE WILDLIFE CONTROL OPERATOR SHALL PROVIDE, TO THE
 CLIENT, IN WRITING, A STATEMENT INDICATING THAT EUTHANASIA MAY  BE  USED
 AS A METHOD TO RESOLVE THE WILDLIFE ISSUE.
   7.  THE  DEPARTMENT  IS AUTHORIZED TO PROMULGATE RULES AND REGULATIONS
 NECESSARY TO EFFECTUATE THE PROVISIONS OF THIS SECTION.
   § 2. This act shall take effect one year after it shall have become  a
 law. Effective immediately, the addition, amendment and/or repeal of any
 rule  or  regulation necessary for the implementation of this act on its
 effective date are authorized to be made on  or  before  such  effective
 date.
 
 
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD04301-01-5

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