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A11428 • 2025

Names the red-spotted newt/eastern newt the official amphibian of the state of New York

Names the red-spotted newt/eastern newt the official amphibian of the state of New York

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Sponsor
Brian Manktelow
Last action
2026-05-15
Official status
In Assembly Committee
Effective date
Not listed

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Names the red-spotted newt/eastern newt the official amphibian of the state of New York

Names the red-spotted newt/eastern newt the official amphibian of the state of New York Names the red-spotted newt/eastern newt the official amphibian of the state of New York.

What This Bill Does

  • Names the red-spotted newt/eastern newt the official amphibian of the state of New York Names the red-spotted newt/eastern newt the official amphibian of the state of New York.

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Bill History

  1. 2026-05-15 Assembly

    REFERRED TO GOVERNMENTAL OPERATIONS

Official Summary Text

Names the red-spotted newt/eastern newt the official amphibian of the state of New York
Names the red-spotted newt/eastern newt the official amphibian of the state of New York.

Current Bill Text

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S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
        ________________________________________________________________________

                                          11428

                                  I N  A S S E M B L Y

                                      May 15, 2026
                                       ___________

        Introduced  by  COMMITTEE ON RULES -- (at request of M. of A. Manktelow)
          -- read once and referred to the Committee on Governmental Operations

        AN ACT to amend the state law, in relation  to  naming  the  red-spotted
          newt/eastern newt the official amphibian of the state of New York

          THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
        BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

     1    Section 1. The state law is amended by adding a new  section  87-a  to
     2  read as follows:
     3    §  87-A.  STATE  AMPHIBIAN.  THE  RED-SPOTTED NEWT/EASTERN NEWT (NOTO-
     4  PHTHALMUS VIRIDESCENS) SHALL BE THE OFFICIAL AMPHIBIAN OF THE  STATE  OF
     5  NEW YORK.
     6    § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.








         EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD15870-01-6