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New York bills · 2025 Regular Session

New York S 678

Relates to certain commercial fishing and shellfish licenses and permits

  1. Introduced
  2. In committee
  3. Passed Senate
  4. Passed House
  5. To Governor
  6. Became law

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Summary

Official abstract published by the New York legislature

Provides that where the total number of commercial food fish license, commercial crab permits, commercial whelk and conch licenses, and marine and coastal district party and charter boat license applications from persons who were not issued such license in the previous year exceeds the number of licenses that are available, the department of environmental conservation shall randomly select recipients of the available licenses from among those applications received by the first business day of the applicable license year; provides for a temporary authorization where in the event of a temporary emergency, a licensee or permittee may provide written authorization for a person to temporarily undertake any licensed activities on the licensee's or permittee's behalf; makes related provisions.

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Roll-call votes

State vote data last updated Oct 16, 2026, 8:07 AM.

DateVoteResultYour legislators
Mar 5, 2026
Senate		Floor Vote - Version: ApassSet your home in New York to see
Feb 4, 2026
Senate		Environmental Conservation Vote - Version: ApassSet your home in New York to see
Feb 26, 2025
Senate		Floor Vote - Version: ApassSet your home in New York to see
Jan 21, 2025
Senate		Environmental Conservation VotepassSet your home in New York to see

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