Assembly BillIntroduced
A 2283: Provides that a resident of the state for a period of three months prior to the date of application and who is otherwise qualified for certain hunting, fishing and big game licenses and who has a disability as defined in the executive law shall be entitled to receive such license at 50% of the cost set by statute.
What A 2283 does, verified January 8, 2026
The bill aims to provide a discount on licensing fees for disabled individuals. A resident of the state who has a disability and has lived in the state for at least three months prior to applying for a license is entitled to receive the license at a cost of 50% of what the fee and additional cost would otherwise be. This change applies to licenses to which the Environmental Conservation Law applies. The bill will take effect 30 days after it becomes a law.
Bill journey
1IntroducedCurrent
2In CommitteePending
3First Chamber FloorPending
4Second ChamberPending
5GovernorPending
6ChapteredPending
Last action: referred to environmental conservation (2026-01-07)Alert me
Quick answers about A 2283
- What is the current status of A 2283?
- As of January 8, 2026, A 2283 is recorded as "Introduced": it has been introduced and is waiting for its first committee hearing or floor vote. The last recorded action, on January 7, 2026, was "referred to environmental conservation".
- Did A 2283 pass?
- Not yet. A 2283 has been introduced and has not passed either house.
- Who wrote A 2283, and where is it now?
- A 2283 was authored by Asm. Robert Smullen with 1 coauthor. Its committee of record is Assembly Environmental Conservation.
Author and sponsors
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| Jan. 07, 2026 | referred to environmental conservation |
| Jan. 16, 2025 | referred to environmental conservation |
Latest bill textIntroduced version, January 16, 2025 · 230 words
STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 2283 2025-2026 Regular Sessions IN ASSEMBLY January 16, 2025 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. SMULLEN, BRABENEC -- read once and referred to the Committee on Environmental Conservation AN ACT to amend the environmental conservation law, in relation to fees for licenses for disabled persons The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows: 1 Section 1. Section 11-0715 of the environmental conservation law is 2 amended by adding a new subdivision 8 to read as follows: 3 8. A resident of the state for a period of three months immediately 4 prior to the date of application for licensure, who is otherwise enti- 5 tled to exercise the privileges of any license to which this section 6 applies, and who has a disability as defined in subdivision twenty-one 7 of section two hundred ninety-two of the executive law, shall be enti- 8 tled to receive such license at the cost of fifty percent of what the 9 fee and additional cost to the issuing clerk would otherwise have been. 10 § 2. This act shall take effect on the thirtieth day after it shall 11 have become a law. EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [] is old law to be omitted. LBD05844-01-5
Text of A 2283 as introduced, from the official record. Connect Plus keeps every version and highlights what changed.Compare versions