S7164 • 2025

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: Michelle Hinchey
Last action: 2026-06-05
Official status: In Senate 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.

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Bill History

2026-06-05 Senate
COMMITTED TO RULES
2026-05-21 Senate
ADVANCED TO THIRD READING
2026-05-20 Senate
AMENDED (T) 7164A
2026-05-20 Senate
2ND REPORT CAL.
2026-05-19 Senate
1ST REPORT CAL.1267
2026-01-07 Senate
REFERRED TO TRANSPORTATION
2025-06-13 Senate
COMMITTED TO RULES
2025-05-29 Senate
ADVANCED TO THIRD READING
2025-05-28 Senate
2ND REPORT CAL.
2025-05-27 Senate
1ST REPORT CAL.1319
2025-04-03 Senate
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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                                          7164

                               2025-2026 Regular Sessions

                                    I N  S E N A T E

                                      April 3, 2025
                                       ___________

        Introduced  by  Sen. HINCHEY -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
          printed to be committed 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