S10531 • 2025

Extends the effectiveness of chapter 435 of the laws of 2014 relating to defining spearguns and allowing recreational spearfishing in New York's marine and coastal waters

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Sponsor: James Skoufis
Last action: 2026-06-04
Official status: Senate Floor Calendar
Effective date: Not listed

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Extends the effectiveness of chapter 435 of the laws of 2014 relating to defining spearguns and allowing recreational spearfishing in New York's marine and coastal waters

Extends the effectiveness of chapter 435 of the laws of 2014 relating to defining spearguns and allowing recreational spearfishing in New York's marine and coastal waters Extends the effectiveness of certain provisions relating to defining spearguns and allowing recreational spearfishing in New York's marine and coastal waters.

What This Bill Does

Extends the effectiveness of chapter 435 of the laws of 2014 relating to defining spearguns and allowing recreational spearfishing in New York's marine and coastal waters Extends the effectiveness of certain provisions relating to defining spearguns and allowing recreational spearfishing in New York's marine and coastal waters.

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Bill History

2026-06-04 Senate
SUBSTITUTED BY A11372
2026-05-28 Senate
COMMITTEE DISCHARGED AND COMMITTED TO RULES
2026-05-28 Senate
ORDERED TO THIRD READING CAL.1441
2026-05-19 Senate
REFERRED TO ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION

Official Summary Text

Extends the effectiveness of chapter 435 of the laws of 2014 relating to defining spearguns and allowing recreational spearfishing in New York's marine and coastal waters
Extends the effectiveness of certain provisions relating to defining spearguns and allowing recreational spearfishing in New York's marine and coastal waters.

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S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                          10531

                                    I N  S E N A T E

                                      May 19, 2026
                                       ___________

        Introduced  by  Sen. SKOUFIS -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
          printed to be committed to the Committee on Environmental Conservation

        AN ACT to amend chapter 435 of the laws of 2014  amending  the  environ-
          mental  conservation  law  relating to defining spearguns and allowing
          recreational spearfishing in New York's marine and coastal waters,  in
          relation to extending 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 3 of chapter 435 of the laws of 2014  amending  the
     2  environmental conservation law relating to defining spearguns and allow-
     3  ing  recreational spearfishing in New York's marine and  coastal waters,
     4  as amended by chapter 149  of the laws of 2023, is amended  to  read  as
     5  follows:
     6    §  3.  This  act shall take effect on the ninetieth day after it shall
     7  have become a law and shall expire and be deemed repealed June 1, [2026]
     8  2029.
     9    § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.






         EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD15892-01-6