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Senate Bill S1919

2025-2026 Legislative Session

Eliminates sporting license fees for honorably discharged, disabled veterans

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2025-S1919 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A6052
Current Committee:
Assembly Environmental Conservation
Law Section:
Environmental Conservation Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §11-0702, En Con L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2021-2022: S9190
2023-2024: S3351, A5805

2025-S1919 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Eliminates sporting license fees for honorably discharged, disabled veterans.

2025-S1919 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2025-S1919 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   1919
 
                        2025-2026 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                             January 14, 2025
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sens.  SKOUFIS, HARCKHAM, HELMING, ROLISON, STEC -- 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
   providing free  lifetime  licenses  for  New  York  state's  honorably
   discharged, disabled veterans
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Subdivision 1  of  section  11-0702  of  the  environmental
 conservation  law,  as  amended by section 16 of part R of chapter 58 of
 the laws of 2013, is amended to read as follows:
   1. There are hereby created the following lifetime  hunting,  fishing,
 trapping,  archery  and  muzzle-loading  privileges  and  fees  therefor
 subject to the same privileges and obligations  of  a  comparable  short
 term license:
 
              Licenses                               Fees
       a. Lifetime license including a
       hunting license, fishing license
       and turkey permit. If purchased,
      for a  child four years
      of age or younger                              $380.00
       for a child age five through
      eleven years of age                            $535.00
       for a person age twelve through
      sixty-nine years of age                        $765.00
       for a person age seventy
       and over[.]                                   $65.00
       FOR A NEW YORK STATE RESIDENT
       WHO HAS BEEN (A) HONORABLY DISCHARGED FROM
       SERVICE IN THE ARMED FORCES OF THE
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD05525-01-5

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Brittani_Beaver
10 months ago

This bill would help this states veteran population more economically feed their families and may help encourage veterans to not relocate to another lower cost of living state. How many years has this bill passed the senate and assembly and then “died” on the En con committee’s desk? Pass the bill!

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