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S 225: Removes requirements that a parent, guardian or person and the minor remain at ground level at all times while deer hunting.
What S 225 does, verified January 8, 2026
The bill aims to amend the environmental conservation law to make it easier for parents or guardians to hunt deer with their minors. Currently, the law requires minors to remain at ground level at all times while deer hunting, but this bill proposes to remove this requirement. Instead, the bill would require parents or guardians to have at least three years of experience in hunting deer, hold a valid hunting license, and maintain physical control over the minor while hunting. Physical control means being able to issue verbal directions, maintain visual contact, and provide guidance and supervision to the minor. The bill would take effect immediately, but the amendments made to the law would be repealed along with the original section.
Bill journey
1IntroducedCurrent
2In CommitteePending
3First Chamber FloorPending
4Second ChamberPending
5GovernorPending
6ChapteredPending
Last action: REFERRED TO ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION (2026-01-07)Alert me
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| Jan. 07, 2026 | REFERRED TO ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION |
| Jan. 08, 2025 | REFERRED TO ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION |
Latest bill textIntroduced version, January 8, 2025 · 336 words
STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 225 2025-2026 Regular Sessions IN SENATE (Prefiled) January 8, 2025 ___________ Introduced by Sen. GALLIVAN -- 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 removing requirements that a parent, guardian or person and the minor remain at ground level at all times while deer hunting The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows: 1 Section 1. Paragraph (b) of subdivision 1 of section 11-0935 of the 2 environmental conservation law, as added by section 1 of part ZZ of 3 chapter 55 of the laws of 2021, is amended to read as follows: 4 (b) such parent, guardian or person has had at least three [year's] 5 years' experience in hunting deer; and 6 (i) such parent, guardian or person holds a hunting license; and 7 (ii) such parent, guardian or person maintains physical control over 8 the minor at all times while hunting. For the purposes of this paragraph 9 "physical control" shall mean that the physical proximity of such minor 10 to the parent, guardian or person is such that the parent, guardian or 11 person is reasonably able to issue verbal directions and instructions, 12 maintain constant visual contact, and otherwise provide guidance and 13 supervision to the minor; and 14 [(iii) such parent, guardian or person and the minor remain at ground15level at all times while hunting; and] 16 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately; provided, however, that 17 the amendments made to subdivision 1 of section 11-0935 of the environ- 18 mental conservation law made by section one of this act shall not affect 19 the repeal of such section and shall be deemed repealed therewith. EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [] is old law to be omitted. LBD01062-01-5
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