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S1676 • 2025

Requires that nuisance wildlife control operators disclose to the client that euthanasia may be used to resolve a wildlife related problem

Requires that nuisance wildlife control operators disclose to the client that euthanasia may be used to resolve a wildlife related problem

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Sponsor
James Skoufis
Last action
2026-05-11
Official status
In Assembly Committee
Effective date
Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

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Requires that nuisance wildlife control operators disclose to the client that euthanasia may be used to resolve a wildlife related problem

Requires that nuisance wildlife control operators disclose to the client that euthanasia may be used to resolve a wildlife related problem Requires that nuisance wildlife control operators disclose to the client, in writing, that euthanasia may be used to resolve a wildlife related problem.

What This Bill Does

  • Requires that nuisance wildlife control operators disclose to the client that euthanasia may be used to resolve a wildlife related problem Requires that nuisance wildlife control operators disclose to the client, in writing, that euthanasia may be used to resolve a wildlife related problem.

Limits and Unknowns

  • This entry is temporarily using official source text because the generated explanation could not be confirmed against the official bill text during the last sync.

Bill History

  1. 2026-05-11 Senate

    PASSED SENATE

  2. 2026-05-11 Senate

    DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY

  3. 2026-05-11 Assembly

    REFERRED TO ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION

  4. 2026-02-09 Senate

    ADVANCED TO THIRD READING

  5. 2026-02-05 Senate

    2ND REPORT CAL.

  6. 2026-02-04 Senate

    1ST REPORT CAL.258

  7. 2026-01-07 Assembly

    DIED IN ASSEMBLY

  8. 2026-01-07 Assembly

    RETURNED TO SENATE

  9. 2026-01-07 Senate

    REFERRED TO ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION

  10. 2025-05-22 Senate

    PASSED SENATE

  11. 2025-05-22 Senate

    DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY

  12. 2025-05-22 Assembly

    REFERRED TO ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION

  13. 2025-05-01 Senate

    ADVANCED TO THIRD READING

  14. 2025-04-30 Senate

    2ND REPORT CAL.

  15. 2025-04-29 Senate

    1ST REPORT CAL.766

  16. 2025-01-13 Senate

    REFERRED TO ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION

Official Summary Text

Requires that nuisance wildlife control operators disclose to the client that euthanasia may be used to resolve a wildlife related problem
Requires that nuisance wildlife control operators disclose to the client, in writing, that euthanasia may be used to resolve a wildlife related problem.

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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                                          1676

                               2025-2026 Regular Sessions

                                    I N  S E N A T E

                                    January 13, 2025
                                       ___________

        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 the  environmental  conservation  law,  in  relation  to
          requiring  nuisance wildlife control operators to disclose that eutha-
          nasia may be used to resolve a wildlife issue

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

     1    Section  1.  Section  11-0524 of the environmental conservation law is
     2  amended by adding two new subdivisions 6 and 7 to read as follows:
     3    6. BEFORE A NUISANCE WILDLIFE CONTROL OPERATOR UNDERTAKES ANY  CONTROL
     4  MEASURES,  SUCH NUISANCE WILDLIFE CONTROL OPERATOR SHALL PROVIDE, TO THE
     5  CLIENT, IN WRITING, A STATEMENT INDICATING THAT EUTHANASIA MAY  BE  USED
     6  AS A METHOD TO RESOLVE THE WILDLIFE ISSUE.
     7    7.  THE  DEPARTMENT  IS AUTHORIZED TO PROMULGATE RULES AND REGULATIONS
     8  NECESSARY TO EFFECTUATE THE PROVISIONS OF THIS SECTION.
     9    § 2. This act shall take effect one year after it shall have become  a
    10  law. Effective immediately, the addition, amendment and/or repeal of any
    11  rule  or  regulation necessary for the implementation of this act on its
    12  effective date are authorized to be made on  or  before  such  effective
    13  date.




         EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD04301-01-5