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S 7863: Extends the authority of the department of environmental conservation to manage American eel from 2025 to 2026.
What S 7863 does, verified September 28, 2025
The bill aims to extend the authority of the Department of Environmental Conservation to manage the American eel. The proposed change would update the current law to allow for the management of this species until December 31, 2026. The bill would take effect immediately, allowing for the extension of the current authority.
Bill journey
1IntroducedCurrent
2In CommitteePending
3First Chamber FloorPending
4Second ChamberPending
5GovernorPending
6ChapteredPending
Last action: SUBSTITUTED BY A8654 (2025-06-11)Alert me
Quick answers about S 7863
- What is the current status of S 7863?
- As of September 28, 2025, S 7863 is recorded as "Introduced": it has been introduced and is waiting for its first committee hearing or floor vote. The last recorded action, on June 11, 2025, was "SUBSTITUTED BY A8654".
- Did S 7863 pass?
- Not yet. S 7863 has been introduced and has not passed either house.
- Who wrote S 7863, and where is it now?
- S 7863 was authored by Sen. Siela Bynoe.
Author and sponsors
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| Jun. 11, 2025 | SUBSTITUTED BY A8654 |
| Jun. 04, 2025 | ADVANCED TO THIRD READING |
| May. 29, 2025 | 2ND REPORT CAL. |
| May. 29, 2025 | AMENDED 7863A |
| May. 28, 2025 | 1ST REPORT CAL.1382 |
Latest bill textIntroduced version, May 12, 2025 · 173 words
STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 7863 2025-2026 Regular Sessions IN SENATE May 12, 2025 ___________ Introduced by Sen. BYNOE -- (at request of the Department of Environ- mental Conservation) -- 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 extending the authority of the department of environmental conserva- tion to manage the American eel 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 13-0339-a of the 2 environmental conservation law, as amended by chapter 296 of the laws of 3 2022, is amended to read as follows: 4 b. American eel (Anguilla rostrata) until December thirty-first, two 5 thousand [twenty-five] twenty-eight, 6 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately. EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [] is old law to be omitted. LBD09960-01-5
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