Assembly Actions -
Lowercase Senate Actions - UPPERCASE |
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Jul 22, 2024 |
referred to environmental conservation |
Assembly Bill A10663
2023-2024 Legislative Session
Sponsored By
ROSENTHAL L
Current Bill Status - In Assembly Committee
- Introduced
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- In Committee Assembly
- In Committee Senate
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- On Floor Calendar Assembly
- On Floor Calendar Senate
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- Passed Assembly
- Passed Senate
- Delivered to Governor
- Signed By Governor
Actions
2023-A10663 (ACTIVE) - Details
- Current Committee:
- Assembly Environmental Conservation
- Law Section:
- Environmental Conservation Law
- Laws Affected:
- Add §11-0541, En Con L
2023-A10663 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 10663 I N A S S E M B L Y July 22, 2024 ___________ Introduced by COMMITTEE ON RULES -- (at request of M. of A. L. Rosen- thal) -- read once and referred to the Committee on Environmental Conservation AN ACT to amend the environmental conservation law, in relation to prohibiting the breeding, sale, trade, purchase, importation, and exportation of red-eared slider turtles THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM- BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: Section 1. Legislative intent. 1. New York is a significant partic- ipant in the global marketplace for the red-eared slider turtle, one of the world's 100 most invasive species, according to the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN). 2. Though native only in U.S. southern states, the red-eared slider is now considered invasive on every continent except Antarctica due to the global pet trade. 3. Because red-eared sliders can live up to 40 years in captivity and will continue to grow during that time, pet owners often release them into the wild, or the turtles escape enclosures, which has led to the national and international proliferation of the species. 4. Due to their long life, resistance to disease, and voracious forag- ing, red-eared sliders outcompete other species, disrupt habitats and pose a grave threat to biodiversity wherever they reside outside their natural range. 5. Although it is illegal for a pet owner to release a red-eared slider into the wild in New York, the regulation is unenforceable, and the commerce in red-eared sliders is unabated, resulting in the continu- ing spread of red-eared sliders in waters ranging from Buffalo to New York City's parks. 6. New York's participation in the international marketplace for red- eared slider turtles has made the state and its people unwitting partic- ipants in the global spread of one of the most invasive species on the planet. 7. It is in the best interest of the state that the breeding, sale, trade, purchase, importation, and exportation of red-eared slider EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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