Assembly Bill A1094

2025-2026 Legislative Session

Allows the use of unmanned aerial vehicles in tracking big game

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    • Passed Assembly
    • Passed Senate
  • Delivered to Governor
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2025-A1094 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Environmental Conservation
Law Section:
Environmental Conservation Law
Laws Affected:
Add §11-0936, En Con L
Versions Introduced in 2023-2024 Legislative Session:
A8445

2025-A1094 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Allows the use of unmanned aerial vehicles in tracking big game that are dead, wounded or injured.

2025-A1094 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   1094
 
                        2025-2026 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                              January 8, 2025
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by M. of A. MAGNARELLI, BURDICK, BUTTENSCHON, DAVILA, STIRPE
   -- read once and referred to the Committee on Environmental  Conserva-
   tion
 
 AN  ACT  to  amend  the  environmental  conservation law, in relation to
   allowing the use of unmanned aerial vehicles to track dead, wounded or
   injured big game

   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section  1.  The environmental conservation law is amended by adding a
 new section 11-0936 to read as follows:
 § 11-0936. UNMANNED AERIAL VEHICLES.
   NOTWITHSTANDING ANY OTHER PROVISION OF THIS  CHAPTER,  THE  DEPARTMENT
 MAY BY REGULATION PROVIDE FOR THE CERTIFICATION OF UNMANNED AERIAL VEHI-
 CLES  AND  MAY  AUTHORIZE  THE  USE  OF SUCH UNMANNED AERIAL VEHICLES BY
 PERSONS LICENSED BY THE DEPARTMENT TO TRACK AND FIND  DEAD,  WOUNDED  OR
 INJURED  BIG GAME, AND FOR THE CERTIFICATION OF UNMANNED AERIAL VEHICLES
 AND MAY AUTHORIZE THE USE OF SUCH UNMANNED AERIAL  VEHICLES  BY  PERSONS
 LICENSED  BY THE DEPARTMENT TO TRACK BEAR PURSUANT TO SUBDIVISION ONE OF
 SECTION 11-0521 OF THIS ARTICLE.
   § 2. This act shall take effect on the ninetieth day  after  it  shall
 have become a law. Effective immediately, the addition, amendment and/or
 repeal  of  any  rule  or regulation necessary for the implementation of
 this act on its effective date are authorized to be made  and  completed
 on or before such date.
 
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD01298-01-5

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