What's happening
This bill extends permission to hunt big game with rifles in Tompkins County until 2028.
Why it matters
Directly impacts hunters and landowners in Tompkins County. by continuing to allow the use of rifles for big game hunting, which can affect local hunting practices, game management, and related economic activity.
Represents a continuation rather than a permanent change. the law is extended only through 2028, maintaining a temporary “trial period” approach that could be revisited or reversed in the future, rather than making rifle hunting a permanent fixture.
Could influence safety, wildlife populations, and regional hunting tourism. by keeping rifle hunting legal, stakeholders such as local governments, law enforcement, and wildlife officials will need to keep monitoring the outcomes and impacts in Tompkins County.
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Who cares
Hunters in Tompkins County
Care about this bill because it extends their ability to hunt big game with rifles for an additional two years, maintaining current hunting opportunities.
Local Law Enforcement and Wildlife Officers
Care because they are responsible for enforcing hunting regulations and need clarity on the legal status of rifle hunting in the county.
- Watching
Environmental and Conservation Groups
Care as they monitor the impact of hunting methods on local wildlife populations and may have concerns or support regarding continued rifle hunting.
Residents of Tompkins County
Care due to potential safety, noise, and wildlife management issues associated with rifle hunting in their communities.
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Extend Rifle Hunting in Tompkins
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Sponsors
No co-sponsors yet.
History
- Substituted by S10583
- Ordered to third reading rules cal.437
- Rules report cal.437
- Reported
- Reported referred to rules
- Reference changed to ways and means
- 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.
Extend Rifle Hunting in Tompkins
Signed by Governor · Sponsor Lea Webb
Full text
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STATE OF NEW YORK
11481
IN ASSEMBLY
May 27, 2026
Introduced by COMMITTEE ON RULES -- (at request of M. of A. Kelles) -read once and referred to the Committee on Environmental Conservation
AN ACT to amend chapter 152 of the laws of 2020 amending the environmental conservation law relating to authorizing hunting big game by rifle in the county of Tompkins, in relation to extending the effectiveness thereof
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assembly, do enact as follows:
Section 1. Subdivision d of section 5 of chapter 152 of the laws of 2020 amending the environmental conservation law relating to authorizing hunting big game by rifle in the county of Tompkins, as amended by chapter 289 of the laws of 2024, is amended to read as follows:
d. nothing contained in this act shall be construed so as to extend the provisions of this act beyond October 1, [2026] 2028, when upon such date this act shall expire and the provisions contained herein shall be deemed repealed.
§ 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[ ] is old law to be omitted.
LBD15983-01-6
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