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A7886 • 2025

Authorizes seniors and persons who are severely disabled to use an ATV to enter and exit certain lands for ice fishing

Authorizes seniors and persons who are severely disabled to use an ATV to enter and exit certain lands for ice fishing

Passed Legislature

This bill passed both chambers and reached final enrollment, even if later executive action is not shown here.

Sponsor
Paula Kay
Last action
2026-05-20
Official status
In Assembly Committee
Effective date
Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

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Authorizes seniors and persons who are severely disabled to use an ATV to enter and exit certain lands for ice fishing

Authorizes seniors and persons who are severely disabled to use an ATV to enter and exit certain lands for ice fishing Authorizes seniors and persons who are severely disabled to use an ATV to enter and exit certain lands where ice fishing is permitted by the department of environmental conservation when conditions are reasonably safe for the operation of ATV's.

What This Bill Does

  • Authorizes seniors and persons who are severely disabled to use an ATV to enter and exit certain lands for ice fishing Authorizes seniors and persons who are severely disabled to use an ATV to enter and exit certain lands where ice fishing is permitted by the department of environmental conservation when conditions are reasonably safe for the operation of ATV's.

Limits and Unknowns

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Bill History

  1. 2026-05-20 Assembly

    AMEND (T) AND RECOMMIT TO TRANSPORTATION

  2. 2026-05-20 Assembly

    PRINT NUMBER 7886A

  3. 2026-01-07 Assembly

    REFERRED TO TRANSPORTATION

  4. 2025-04-11 Assembly

    REFERRED TO TRANSPORTATION

Official Summary Text

Authorizes seniors and persons who are severely disabled to use an ATV to enter and exit certain lands for ice fishing
Authorizes seniors and persons who are severely disabled to use an ATV to enter and exit certain lands where ice fishing is permitted by the department of environmental conservation when conditions are reasonably safe for the operation of ATV's.

Current Bill Text

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S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                          7886

                               2025-2026 Regular Sessions

                                  I N  A S S E M B L Y

                                     April 11, 2025
                                       ___________

        Introduced by M. of A. KAY -- read once and referred to the Committee on
          Transportation

        AN  ACT to amend the vehicle and traffic law, in relation to authorizing
          certain persons to use an ATV to enter and exit certain  lands  during
          ice fishing season

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

     1    Section 1. Section 2403 of the vehicle and traffic law is  amended  by
     2  adding a new subdivision 2-a to read as follows:
     3    2-A. PUBLIC LANDS PERMITTING ICE FISHING.  DURING TIMES WHEN ICE FISH-
     4  ING  IS PERMITTED AND ONLY ON LANDS WHERE SNOWMOBILE USE IS PERMITTED BY
     5  THE DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION, INCLUDING WILDLIFE MANAGE-
     6  MENT AREAS, STATE FORESTS, FOREST PRESERVES, AND STATE PARKS,  A  PERSON
     7  MAY  OPERATE  AN  ATV  TO  ENTER AND EXIT SUCH LANDS WHEN SUCH PERSON IS
     8  SIXTY-FIVE YEARS OF AGE OR OLDER OR HAS A MOBILITY IMPAIRMENT THAT WOULD
     9  OTHERWISE PREVENT SUCH PERSON FROM ICE FISHING ACCESS WITHOUT THE USE OF
    10  SUCH ATV, AS DETERMINED BY A PHYSICIAN. SUCH PERSONS MAY UTILIZE AN  ATV
    11  AS  THE OPERATOR OR PASSENGER AND SHALL RESTRICT SUCH USAGE TO TRAVELING
    12  TO AND FROM ICE FISHING LOCATIONS.
    13    § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.




         EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD11283-01-5