Assembly Bill A7606

2025-2026 Legislative Session

Relates to including the Asian longhorned tick and lone star tick on the invasive species list

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Current Bill Status - In Assembly Committee

  • Introduced
    • In Committee Assembly
    • In Committee Senate
    • On Floor Calendar Assembly
    • On Floor Calendar Senate
    • Passed Assembly
    • Passed Senate
  • Delivered to Governor
  • Signed By Governor

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2025-A7606 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S1114
Current Committee:
Assembly Environmental Conservation
Law Section:
Environmental Conservation Law
Laws Affected:
Add §9-1713, En Con L
Versions Introduced in 2023-2024 Legislative Session:
S7852

2025-A7606 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Relates to including the Asian longhorned tick and lone star tick on the invasive species list, and include them in the comprehensive plan for invasive species management.

2025-A7606 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   7606
 
                        2025-2026 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                               April 1, 2025
                                ___________
 
 Introduced by M. of A. KASSAY -- read once and referred to the Committee
   on Environmental Conservation
 
 AN  ACT  to  amend  the  environmental  conservation law, in relation to
   including the Asian longhorned tick and the  lone  star  tick  on  the
   invasive species list

   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 9-1713 to read as follows:
 § 9-1713. ASIAN LONGHORNED TICK AND LONE STAR TICK.
   THE COMMISSIONER, IN CONSULTATION WITH THE COMMISSIONER OF THE DEPART-
 MENT OF AGRICULTURE AND MARKETS, SHALL ADD THE ASIAN LONGHORNED TICK AND
 THE  LONE  STAR  TICK TO THE STATE INVASIVE SPECIES LIST AND INCLUDE THE
 ASIAN LONGHORNED TICK AND THE LONE STAR TICK IN THE  COMPREHENSIVE  PLAN
 FOR  INVASIVE  SPECIES  MANAGEMENT  PURSUANT  TO  SECTION 9-1705 OF THIS
 TITLE, AND WHEREVER PRACTICAL, PROHIBIT AND ACTIVELY ELIMINATE OR OTHER-
 WISE CONTROL THE INVASIVE SPECIES THE ASIAN LONGHORNED TICK AND THE LONE
 STAR TICK AT PROJECT SITES FUNDED OR REGULATED BY THE STATE  IN  COLLAB-
 ORATION WITH THE COUNCIL, AID IN THE REVIEW AND REFORM OF RELEVANT REGU-
 LATORY PROCESSES TO REMOVE UNNECESSARY IMPEDIMENTS TO THE RESTORATION OF
 INVADED ECOSYSTEMS, AND INCLUDE INFORMATION ON THE ASIAN LONGHORNED TICK
 AND  THE  LONE  STAR TICK ON STATEWIDE DATABASES AND CLEARINGHOUSES THAT
 INCORPORATE EXISTING DATA FROM AGENCIES AND ORGANIZATIONS IN THE  STATE,
 AS  WELL  AS  FROM  NEARBY  STATES,  PROVINCES,  CANADA, AND THE FEDERAL
 GOVERNMENT.
   § 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 effective date.
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD03629-01-5

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