Skip to content
S92Senate2015-2016 SessionSame asA10505

Eliminates the requirement that hunters wear back tags during hunting season in the state

Sponsor Patrick M. GallivanSD-59Affects Environment & Energy
Status
In Assembly Committee
Environmental Conservation
Impact
Pending
Passage
Pending

Bill progress

Step 5 of 7

In Assembly · Environmental Conservation

What's happening

Writing a plain-English summary… Track this bill to get it by email.

Why it matters

The daily · weekday mornings

Albany, before your first meeting.

Every bill that moved yesterday, summarized in a sentence and ranked by impact. The Albany Scorecard follows on Sundays.

Free. Unsubscribe in one click. Want alerts on specific bills? Create an account.

Who cares

Headline styles

Sponsors

Primary sponsor
Patrick M. Gallivan

Senator · Senate District 59

Chair, Crime Victims, Crime And Correction

No co-sponsors yet.

History

  1. Referred to environmental conservation
  2. Delivered to assembly
  3. Passed senateVote 53–7
  4. Ordered to third reading cal.1474
  5. Committee discharged and committed to rules
  6. Print number 92a
  7. Amend (t) and recommit to environmental conservation
  8. Referred to environmental conservation
  9. Returned to senate
  10. Died in assembly
  11. Referred to environmental conservation
  12. Delivered to assembly
Show 5 earlier actions
  1. Passed senateVote 53–8
  2. Advanced to third reading
  3. 2nd report cal.
  4. 1st report cal.278
  5. Referred to environmental conservation

Companion bill

The same bill in the other chamber. A bill becomes law when one version passes both houses and the governor signs it, so either number can carry it.

A10505Assembly

Eliminates the requirement that hunters wear back tags during hunting season in the state; repealer

In Assembly Committee · Environmental Conservation · Sponsor Aileen Gunther

Full text

The text isn't available here yet. Check nysenate.gov.

Sponsor's memo

Title of bill

An act to amend the environmental conservation law, in relation to eliminating the requirement that hunters wear back tags during hunting season in the state; and to repeal certain provisions of such law relating thereto

Purpose

To no longer require hunters to display back tags while hunting.

Summary of provisions

Section 1. Removes the requirement to display back tags on one's outer garment when legally hunting.

Section 2. Repeals the penalty provision for not displaying back tags.

Section 3. Establishes effective date.

Justification

This legislation would eliminate the use of back tags in New York. Currently, back tags are not required to be worn while hunting in the Northern zone and Catskill Park in New York which comprises almost 50% of New York's land mass. This bill would simplify the existing regulations by eliminating confusion along the border areas of today's back tag and no back tag areas. There are currently 48 other states that do not require the wearing of back tags.

Legislative history

2015 S.92/A 3937-A Passed Senate/Referred to Environmental Conservation 2013-14 S.90-A/A.6466-A Passed Senate/Referred to Environmental Conservation 2011-12 S.6993/A.9806 Passed Senate/Referred to Environmental Conservation

Fiscal implications

None.

Effective date

This act shall take effect immediately.

Summaries, headlines and scores are AI-generated from the official bill text. How we score bills. Source: NYS Open Legislation.