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A 5292: Provides that persons with a disability shall be eligible to receive a fishing license for five dollars.

New York · Assembly · 2025–2026 Legislative Session · last verified January 8, 2026

What A 5292 does, verified January 8, 2026

The proposed legislation aims to provide a reduced fee fishing license for individuals with a disability. A person with a disability who has been a resident of the state for at least thirty days prior to applying is eligible for a reduced fee fishing license. The license is renewable annually for a five-dollar fee. This change is intended to make fishing more accessible to individuals with disabilities.

Bill journey
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5GovernorPending
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Last action: referred to environmental conservation (2026-01-07)Alert me
Quick answers about A 5292
What is the current status of A 5292?
As of January 8, 2026, A 5292 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 5292 pass?
Not yet. A 5292 has been introduced and has not passed either house.
Who wrote A 5292, and where is it now?
A 5292 was authored by Asm. Tommy John Schiavoni. Its committee of record is Assembly Environmental Conservation.
Recent actions2 total · showing 2
Jan. 07, 2026referred to environmental conservation
Feb. 12, 2025referred to environmental conservation
Latest bill textIntroduced version, February 12, 2025 · 220 words
  
  STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 5292 2025-2026 Regular Sessions  IN ASSEMBLY February 12, 2025 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. SCHIAVONI -- read once and referred to the Committee on Environmental Conservation AN ACT to amend the environmental conservation law, in relation to providing for persons with a disability to be eligible to receive a fishing license for a reduced fee 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 4-a to read as follows: 3 4-a. A person, resident in the state for at least thirty days imme- 4 diately prior to the date of application, who has a disability, as such 5 term is defined pursuant to subdivision twenty-one of section two 6 hundred ninety-two of the executive law, is entitled to receive a fish- 7 ing license for which such person is eligible, renewable each year for a 8 five dollar fee. 9 § 2. This act shall take effect on the one hundred twentieth day after 10 it shall have become a law. EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD09132-01-5 
Text of A 5292 as introduced, from the official record. Connect Plus keeps every version and highlights what changed.Compare versions
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