Senate Bill S5835

2025-2026 Legislative Session

Waives fishing, hunting and trapping license fees for certain first responders

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Current Bill Status - On Floor Calendar

  • 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-S5835 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A6350
Law Section:
Environmental Conservation Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §11-0715, En Con L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2019-2020: S5910
2021-2022: S788
2023-2024: S5942, A8180

2025-S5835 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Waives fishing, hunting and trapping license fees for certain first responders.

2025-S5835 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2025-S5835 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   5835
 
                        2025-2026 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                               March 3, 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 waiv-
   ing fishing, hunting and  trapping  license  fees  for  certain  first
   responders

   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. The opening paragraph of subdivision 2 of  section  11-0715
 of the environmental conservation law, as amended by section 4 of part R
 of chapter 58 of the laws of 2013, is amended to read as follows:
   A  member  of the Shinnecock tribe or the Poospatuck tribe or a member
 of the six nations, residing on any reservation wholly or partly  within
 the  state,  is  entitled to receive free of charge a fishing license, a
 hunting license, a muzzle-loading privilege, a trapping license,  and  a
 bowhunting  privilege;  a  resident  of the state who is a member of the
 United States armed forces in active service who is not stationed within
 the state and has not been herein longer than thirty days  on  leave  or
 furlough,  is  entitled  to  receive free of charge a fishing license, a
 hunting license, and a trapping license; a resident of the state who  is
 an  active  member  of the organized militia of the state of New York as
 defined by section one of the military law, or the reserve components of
 the armed forces of the United States,  and  excluding  members  of  the
 inactive  national  guard  and  individual ready reserve, is entitled to
 receive free of charge a fishing license, a hunting license, and a trap-
 ping license; A RESIDENT OF THE STATE WHO IS A CERTIFIED FIRST RESPONDER
 WHO WAS DISABLED AS A RESULT OF A CERTIFIED WORLD TRADE  CENTER  MEDICAL
 CONDITION  IS  ENTITLED  TO  RECEIVE FREE OF CHARGE A FISHING LICENSE, A
 HUNTING LICENSE, AND A TRAPPING LICENSE; and a resident who is blind  is
 entitled  to  receive a fishing license free of charge. For the purposes
 of this subdivision a person is blind only if either: (a) [his  or  her]
 THEIR  central  visual  acuity  does not exceed 20/200 in the better eye
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD09196-01-5

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