PLEASE NOTE:
While some of these bills do not appear to have direct link to Conservation, they are an integral part of conservation in Western and ultimately New York State e.g. Fire-arm regulations, wind turbines and wind farms, term limits, recall bills, and salaries of elected state officials and legislators as well as some statewide insurance requirements are just a few of the crossovers we need to be aware of.
These bills are from legiscan.com. Here you can click on NY as home state and browse from day one of the current legislative session or search for a particular bill, from where you can read the bill, see who has sponsored the bill and where it currently stands in committees. “Spectrum” will tell you whether this was sponsored by one or both parties. “Status” will tell when it was introduced. “Action” will tell you the most recent action that has occurred on the proposal. “Pending” will tell you which committee it is currently in. “Sponsored” will tell you which legislators and their party affiliations sponsored the bill. “Summary” will give you a quick overview or title of the proposed bill. “History” will tell you where it has been since it was introduced. “Same As/Similar As” will show the legislative companion bill number, date of introduction and action in the companion NYS legislature.
Several proposed bills will appear more than once or seem to. This is because they have moved through several different committees in their corresponding chamber or have been amended or a version has been introduced in the other NYS Assembly or Senate Chamber.
New York Assembly Bill 9087
Status
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: Introduced on September 12 2025 – 25% progression
Action: 2025-09-12 – referred to energy
Pending: Assembly Energy Committee
Summary
Enacts the “community solar opportunity and local approval reform (Community SOLAR) act”; authorizes municipalities to establish standards for distributed generation energy facilities.
History
| 2025-09-12 | Assembly | referred to energy |
Same As/Similar To
S08119 (Same As) 2025-09-10 – PRINT NUMBER 8119A
New York Assembly Bill 9115
Status
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: Introduced on September 26 2025 – 25% progression
Action: 2025-09-26 – referred to environmental conservation
Pending: Assembly Environmental Conservation Committee
Summary
Relates to the right to hunt, trap and fish; provides for regulation by the state.
History
| 2025-09-26 | Assembly | referred to environmental conservation |
Same As/Similar To
S02428 (Same As) 2025-01-31 – OPINION REFERRED TO JUDICIARY
New York Assembly Bill 9089
Status
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: Introduced on September 12 2025 – 25% progression
Action: 2025-09-12 – referred to governmental operations
Pending: Assembly Governmental Operations Committee
Summary
Prohibits the passage of bills by the legislature between the hours of midnight and eight o’clock a.m. unless 2/3 of the legislature is present; requires two-thirds approval for messages of necessity.
History
| 2025-09-12 | Assembly | referred to governmental operations |
Same As/Similar To
S00233 (Same As) 2025-01-31 – OPINION REFERRED TO JUDICIARY
New York Senate Bill 8521
Status
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: Introduced on October 3 2025 – 25% progression
Action: 2025-10-03 – REFERRED TO RULES
Pending: Senate Rules Committee
Summary
Provides that if legislative passage of the budget has not occurred prior to the first day of any fiscal year, the bi-weekly salary installment payments of the governor and members of the legislature to be paid on or after such day shall be withheld and forfeited in perpetuity until such legislative passage of the budget has occurred.
History
| 2025-10-03 | Senate | REFERRED TO RULES |
Federal Bills to be aware of:
US Congress House Bill 5306
Status
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 5-0)
Status: Introduced on September 11 2025 – 25% progression
Action: 2025-09-11 – Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
Pending: House Energy And Commerce Committee
Summary
To prohibit the sale of a firearm unless the firearm or the packaging of the firearm carries a label that provides the number of the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline, and for other purposes.
Title
Gun Suicide Prevention Act of 2025
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History 2025-09-11 |
House | Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce. |
| 2025-09-11 | House | Introduced in House |
US Congress House Bill 1809
Status
Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill
Status: Introduced on March 3 2025 – 25% progression
Action: 2025-09-15 – Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 239.
Summary
To reauthorize funding to monitor, assess, and research the Great Lakes Basin.
Title
Great Lakes Fishery Research Reauthorization Act
History
| 2025-09-15 | House | Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 239. |
| 2025-09-15 | House | Reported by the Committee on Natural Resources. H. Rept. 119-283. |
| 2025-07-15 | House | Ordered to be Reported by Unanimous Consent. |
| 2025-07-15 | House | Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held |
| 2025-07-15 | House | Subcommittee on Water, Wildlife and Fisheries Discharged |
| 2025-04-08 | House | Subcommittee Hearings Held |
| 2025-04-01 | House | Referred to the Subcommittee on Water, Wildlife and Fisheries. |
| 2025-03-03 | House | Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources. |
| 2025-03-03 | House | Introduced in House |
US Congress House Bill 2293
Status
Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Republican 3-1)
Status: Introduced on March 24 2025 – 25% progression
Action: 2025-09-15 – Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 241.
Summary
To require the Secretary of the Interior to reissue certain regulations relating to the taking of double-crested cormorants at aquaculture facilities.
Title
Cormorant Relief Act of 2025
History
| 2025-09-15 | House | Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 241. |
| 2025-09-15 | House | Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Natural Resources. H. Rept. 119-285. |
| 2025-07-15 | House | Ordered to be Reported in the Nature of a Substitute by Unanimous Consent. |
| 2025-07-15 | House | Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held |
| 2025-07-15 | House | Subcommittee on Water, Wildlife and Fisheries Discharged |
| 2025-04-08 | House | Subcommittee Hearings Held |
| 2025-04-01 | House | Referred to the Subcommittee on Water, Wildlife and Fisheries. |
| 2025-03-24 | House | Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources. |
| 2025-03-24 | House | Introduced in House |
Same As/Similar To
SB1255 (Related) 2025-04-02 – Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.
US Congress House Bill 1676
Status
Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Republican 9-1)
Status: Introduced on February 27 2025 – 25% progression
Action: 2025-09-15 – Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 238.
Summary
To amend the Pittman-Robertson Wildlife Restoration Act to require the Secretary of the Interior to approve the wildlife conservation and restoration program of a State within a certain period of time.
Title
Make State Wildlife Action Plans Efficient Act of 2025 Make SWAPs Efficient Act of 2025
History
| 2025-09-15 | House | Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 238. |
| 2025-09-15 | House | Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Natural Resources. H. Rept. 119-282. |
| 2025-07-15 | House | Ordered to be Reported in the Nature of a Substitute by Unanimous Consent. |
| 2025-07-15 | House | Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held |
| 2025-07-15 | House | Subcommittee on Water, Wildlife and Fisheries Discharged |
| 2025-06-24 | House | Subcommittee Hearings Held |
| 2025-06-23 | House | Referred to the Subcommittee on Water, Wildlife and Fisheries. |
| 2025-02-27 | House | Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources. |
| 2025-02-27 | House | Introduced in House |
US Congress Senate Bill 2813
Status
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 11-0)
Status: Introduced on September 16 2025 – 25% progression
Action: 2025-09-16 – Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
Pending: Senate Judiciary Committee
Summary
A bill to amend chapter 44 of title 18, United States Code, to prohibit capacity-based restrictions on firearm magazines, and for other purposes.
Title
FIRE Act Freedom from Improper Regulation and Enforcement Act
History
| 2025-09-16 | Senate | Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. |
US Congress Senate Bill 2878
Status
Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill
Status: Introduced on September 18 2025 – 25% progression
Action: 2025-09-18 – Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.
Pending: Senate Environment And Public Works Committee
Summary
A bill to reauthorize funding to monitor, assess, and research the Great Lakes Basin, and for other purposes.Top of Form
Title
A bill to reauthorize funding to monitor, assess, and research the Great Lakes Basin, and for other purposes.
History
| 2025-09-18 | Senate | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works. |
US Congress House Bill 2462
Status
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 26-1)
Status: Introduced on March 27 2025 – 25% progression
Action: 2025-10-03 – Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 286.
Summary
To authorize livestock producers and their employees to take black vultures in order to prevent death, injury, or destruction to livestock, and for other purposes.
Title
Black Vulture Relief Act
History
| 2025-10-03 | House | Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 286. |
| 2025-10-03 | House | Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Natural Resources. H. Rept. 119-334. |
| 2025-07-15 | House | Ordered to be Reported in the Nature of a Substitute by the Yeas and Nays: 22 – 18. |
| 2025-07-15 | House | Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held |
| 2025-03-27 | House | Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources. |
| 2025-03-27 | House | Introduced in House |
Same As/Similar To
SB1823 (Related) 2025-05-20 – Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.
US Congress House Bill 2267
Status
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 3-0)
Status: Introduced on March 21 2025 – 25% progression
Action: 2025-10-03 – Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 288.
Summary
To require the Attorney General to submit to the Congress a report that includes the demographic data of persons determined to be ineligible to purchase a firearm based on a background check performed by the National Instant Criminal Background Check System.
Title
NICS Data Reporting Act of 2025
History
| 2025-10-03 | House | Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 288. |
| 2025-10-03 | House | Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Judiciary. H. Rept. 119-336. |
| 2025-03-25 | House | Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by Voice Vote. |
| 2025-03-25 | House | Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held |
| 2025-03-21 | House | Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary. |
| 2025-03-21 | House | Introduced in House |
US Congress House Bill 2184
Status
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 25-0)
Status: Introduced on March 18 2025 – 25% progression
Action: 2025-10-03 – Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 290.
Summary
To enforce the requirement that the National Instant Criminal Background Check System make a final disposition of requests to correct its records within 60 days, and for other purposes.
Title
Firearm Due Process Protection Act of 2025
History
| 2025-10-03 | House | Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 290. |
| 2025-10-03 | House | Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Judiciary. H. Rept. 119-338. |
| 2025-03-25 | House | Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by Voice Vote. |
| 2025-03-25 | House | Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held |
| 2025-03-18 | House | Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary. |
| 2025-03-18 | House | Introduced in House |
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