Assembly BillIntroduced
A 5210: Allows for the taking of deer with a crossbow in Suffolk county.
What A 5210 does, verified January 8, 2026
The bill allows for the taking of deer with a crossbow in Suffolk County. It specifically permits this activity on the second Monday in November through March 31st. The amendments to the law are subject to the expiration and reversion of the existing provision when the new provisions take effect.
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 5210
- What is the current status of A 5210?
- As of January 8, 2026, A 5210 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 5210 pass?
- Not yet. A 5210 has been introduced and has not passed either house.
- Who wrote A 5210, and where is it now?
- A 5210 was authored by Asm. Keith Brown with 3 coauthors. Its committee of record is Assembly Environmental Conservation.
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| Jan. 07, 2026 | referred to environmental conservation |
| Feb. 12, 2025 | referred to environmental conservation |
Latest bill textIntroduced version, February 12, 2025 · 313 words
STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 5210 2025-2026 Regular Sessions IN ASSEMBLY February 12, 2025 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. K. BROWN -- read once and referred to the Commit- tee on Environmental Conservation AN ACT to amend the environmental conservation law, in relation to allowing for the taking of deer with a crossbow in Suffolk county The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows: 1 Section 1. Item (h) of paragraph a of subdivision 2 of section 11-0907 2 of the environmental conservation law, as amended by section 1 of chap- 3 ter 104 of the laws of 2016, is amended to read as follows: 4 (h) Suffolk County Deer of either sex crossbow or 5 long bow [only] 6 Second Monday in 7 November through 8 March thirty-first 9 § 2. Item (h) of paragraph a of subdivision 2 of section 11-0907 of 10 the environmental conservation law, as amended by section 2 of chapter 11 104 of the laws of 2016, is amended to read as follows: 12 (h) Suffolk County Deer of either sex crossbow or 13 long bow [only] 14 Second Monday in 15 November through 16 March thirty-first 17 § 3. This act shall take effect immediately; provided, however, that 18 the amendments to item (h) of paragraph a of subdivision 2 of section 19 11-0907 of the environmental conservation law made by section one of 20 this act shall be subject to the expiration and reversion of such item 21 pursuant to section 13 of chapter 600 of the laws of 1993, as amended, 22 when upon such date the provisions of section two of this act shall take 23 effect. EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [] is old law to be omitted. LBD08506-01-5
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