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Home/Bills/S 983New York · 2025–2026 Legislative Session
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S 983: Relates to authorizing angling by a single individual with up to three lines in freshwater; extends effectiveness of provisions for two years.

New York · Senate · 2025–2026 Legislative Session · last verified July 2, 2025

What S 983 does, verified July 2, 2025

The bill amends the Environmental Conservation Law to allow a single individual to fish with up to three lines in freshwater. The changes take effect immediately and will expire on December 31, 2027. The new provisions are intended to improve the effectiveness of the law.

Bill journey
1IntroducedCurrent
2In CommitteePending
3First Chamber FloorPending
4Second ChamberPending
5GovernorPending
6ChapteredPending
Last action: SUBSTITUTED BY A8161 (2025-06-04)Alert me
Recent actions4 total · showing 4
Jun. 04, 2025SUBSTITUTED BY A8161
May. 29, 2025ORDERED TO THIRD READING CAL.1463
May. 29, 2025COMMITTEE DISCHARGED AND COMMITTED TO RULES
Jan. 08, 2025REFERRED TO ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION
Latest bill textIntroduced version, January 8, 2025 · 201 words
  
  STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 983 2025-2026 Regular Sessions  IN SENATE (Prefiled) January 8, 2025 ___________ Introduced by Sen. ROLISON -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Environmental Conservation AN ACT to amend chapter 455 of the laws of 2011 amending the environ- mental conservation law relating to authorizing angling by a single individual with up to three lines in freshwater, in relation to the effectiveness thereof The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows: 1 Section 1. Section 2 of chapter 455 of the laws of 2011 amending the 2 environmental conservation law relating to authorizing angling by a 3 single individual with up to three lines in freshwater, as amended by 4 chapter 419 of the laws of 2023, is amended to read as follows: 5 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately and shall expire and be 6 deemed repealed December 31, [2025] 2027. 7 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately. EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD02347-01-5 
Text of S 983 as introduced, from the official record. Connect Plus keeps every version and highlights what changed.Compare versions
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