New Fishing Regulation Impacts Small Groups

New Fishing Regulation Impacts Small Groups

by | May 14, 2025 | ProtectCommunity

The NYSDEC fisheries unit, during summer 2024, announced the adoption of a new regulation to take effect starting in 2025, that will impact bass fishing tournaments statewide.  Starting January 1, 2025, organizations, clubs, charities and just some guys getting together for a little fun competition, will now be required to secure a permit to hold any type of black bass tournament in NYS, where the tournament field is at least 10 competitors or teams, or more.  The permit is free, for now, and tournament organizers must apply for this permit at least 45 days in advance of the event. 

Justification for this new requirement appears to be the desire to understand what tournament fishing pressure does to a local bass fishery and it’s expected quality, despite the vast majority of fish caught during these events being released to fight another day.  Collecting tournament statistics seems to be the goal, and understanding the number of tournaments held each season in NY may help better understand the impacts tournament angling may bring, while collecting insight into the water body’s quality of fish being caught. 

On the surface, this seems to make sense.  What doesn’t make sense to me, is the 10 participants/ competitors.  Nor does the 45-day minimum application date from event, especially in the face of modern web technologies.  The DEC can turn around a web application for senior crossbow usage and issue a permit within a few days for a physically compromised senior hunter to use a crossbow throughout early archery, but they cannot figure out how to host a similar application for bass tournaments?  But it’s the 10 participants/ teams, and the fact that this would include the new Fish Donkey app powered contests, which includes kayak fishing, and these Fish Donkey tournaments could encompass multiple state waters, not just one. 

Although it is valuable information to quantify a specific water’s bass fishing quality, these small tournaments are the essence of recreational angling.  A group of friends throwing together a “king of the lake” tourney grows camaraderie, helps promote fishing, and offers the chance to improve at the sport through friendly competition, pitting your knowledge and skill against others in a friendly competitive fashion.  Many local bass fishing clubs hold fund-raising open tournaments to support scholarship opportunities, or help raise funds for medical research, such as the BassEye events raising money for the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation.  Some clubs may even hold weekly afternoon contests during the summer months, with participation in these opportunities varying from a half dozen to maybe 20 anglers, and you never know which week will bring out more members to participate. 

This is part of why we buy a recreational sport fishing license.  

Make no mistake, I do believe a big difference exists between local club events and professional tournaments.  I also believe these big tournaments secure a permit already to hold these events, which often bring over 300 competitors to the host waters.  But waters capable of handling these large events are limited by launch facility and parking capacity.  And with the majority of tournaments practicing catch and release, direct population impacts – the focus of management efforts to begin with – show as negligible.  The fact these small clubs return to various waters to hold tournaments is informative to the fishery quality, as no club wants to hold a tournament on a water that will produce few keepers to weigh.  We can use common sense to understand impacts to the fisheries.  Besides, fishing pressure is a function of people buying fishing licenses and actually fishing.  The DEC is not to manage the fishermen.  They are to manage the fisheries. 

This effort will bear very little fruit, and with the scattergun approach, become a costly thing to try to incorporate, but to what end?  What’s next?  Fishermen have to provide catch reports to the department after every outing?  That’s what the survey efforts accomplish.  What value is there in collecting data from 30 kayakers fishing 20 different waters during their competition, and immediately releasing each catch after measurement and photograph? 

Wisdom should inform us all that, with limited resources, focusing efforts on larger tournaments where competition is a profession for many, is a vastly more efficient use of conservation funds than wasting valuable resources to chase the impacts of 20 fish being caught, and released.

 Small tournaments are the essence of recreational angling, and has been since man began fishing.  Recreational angling is what we buy our fishing license to pursue.  Anglers do not purchase fishing licenses to fund the DEC’s efforts to manage fishermen, the funds are to manage, protect and restore fisheries.

 The ECFSC is working to correct this apparent injustice.  We already hold the permit.  It’s called a fishing license.  Focus efforts on professional tournament impacts, as this is where the pressure may create some negative perceptions of a lake’s fishery quality.  Apply common sense everywhere else.

Safety Rings Save Lives

Safety Rings Save Lives

by | May 13, 2025 | ProtectCommunity

Another recent event, that may not have gotten much attention, occurred on the morning of April 26, 2025, at Freedom Park, located at the foot of Ferry Street, Buffalo, NY.  This area is located just downstream of the Peace Bridge, and is the site of the old ferry crossing to Canada before the Peace Bridge was built.  This very popular park offers tremendous shore fishing, but also is along one of the most dangerous stretches of the Upper Niagara River.  In fact, this area is where the Buffalo PD family lost Officer Craig Lehner during a dive training exercise.  Following a tragic death of a youth who fell into the fast waters, and another rescue that had first responders searching for drift wood to use to help bring the victim to shore, Erie County Federation of Sportsmen’s Clubs member Southtowns Walleye Association (SWA), began an initiative to solicit donations to secure state-of-the-art secure life ring/ life saver stations, for installation in our area parks along our waterways.  Working with the Buffalo Common Council and the local East Side Anglers Club, Buffalo United Front, and the Friends of Broderick Park (now Freedom Park), the commitment was made to install several of these stations at Freedom Park, with the Buffalo City Parks providing the installation services.  Three life ring stations were installed before the union stepped in and objected to the installation work being done at no cost, suspending the installation of the planned number of stations.  

Well, as the politicians continue to fight over making these public places safer for the community to enjoy – which is the point of the park to begin with – community enjoyment and enrichment, an individual went into the river and was caught in the frigid fast waters dangerous reach.  Fortunately, and luckily, a station was installed in close proximity to where the victim went into the water, and the City of Good Angling Neighbors leapt into action, successfully pulling this young man from the waters with that safety ring provided by SWA!  This area needs more life ring stations, as it is a much larger waterfront than 3 stations can effectively cover.  In fast waters, regardless of temperature, you have literally seconds to get that life ring to the struggling victim before currents wash them away.    Some safety ladders wouldn’t hurt, either! 

Rest assured all parties involved in this effort continue to fight to make our public parks along our incredible waterfront safer for the whole community, not just the anglers.  And with many other places in other states having such stations installed, with the proper amount of them to cover the length of waterfront, it leaves many in the Federation wondering why our area doesn’t exercise the same due diligence?  The Erie County Fisheries Advisory Board got word to Erie County, resulting in county parks, like Black Rock Park, Isleview Park and even Sprague Brook Park receiving a station near the highest traffic areas, some stretches could certainly use a few more units, too.  The sportsmen and women of Erie County saved a life.  Help us today to improve the safety of our areas.  Contact us at the Federation to learn more about how you can help today!

Photo credit- courtesy of George Johnson

Offshore Windmills Disrupt Nature

Offshore Windmills Disrupt Nature

by | May 12, 2025 | ProtectCommunity

On Thursday, April 24, 2025, when after a long, largely behind-the-scenes battle, the Erie County Legislature brought a resolution sponsored by Legislator John Mills, to oppose the construction of offshore wind turbines in Lake Erie.  This was actually the second such resolution the Erie County Legislature adopted – the first being in 2010, when NYPA was pursuing their Great Lakes Offshore Wind ideas, or GLOW, for short.  Back then, the legislature was a 15-member body.  Members of the Federation fought this idea then, and the result was a vote of 13-2 to oppose the folly of wind turbines in our drinking water and world-class fisheries.  This latest battle began in earnest in 2019, after receiving word from the Town of Evans that another wind developer was sniffing around.  The sporting community was immediately mobilized. 

Federation members involved in the first round rejoined with others from across the community in defense of our treasures.  This collection of concerned citizens formed a specific group to defend the lake from this mystifying effort – called CAWTILE, or Citizens Against Wind Turbines In Lake Erie.  The first hearing on the reaffirming resolution authored by Mills occurred in 2019, and despite overwhelming evidence brought before the legislature, the resolution was tabled in committee.

Fast forward 5 years and a few months, the Environment and Energy Committee moved the resolution to the floor, and after careful consideration of all the information presented, voted to reaffirm the opposition to a wind factory in our drinking water by a vote of 10-1!  Although the fight to protect Lake Erie, and the other Great Lakes, from this terrible and damaging idea, is not over, garnering the overwhelming desire to protect our fisheries and drinking water takes us to the next fight, which is truly where the water is protected – to the EPA and Federal Government.  We invite everyone to join us to assure our drinking water and most incredible fishery in the Nation is protected.

To find out how, reach out to the Federation, or visit https://www.CAWTILE.com and become a defender of the greatest freshwater resource in the world!  The lakes need us all.

Greetings

Greetings

by | May 11, 2025 | ProtectCommunity

Salutations, fellow anglers, hunters, trappers; sportsmen and women across Erie County, NY.  As I’ve begun my 20th year of service to the sporting community and conservation heritage with the Erie County Federation of Sportsmen’s Clubs, a common question I often hear is, “what does the Federation do for the local sportsmen and women?” 

Although predominantly organized as an education and outreach non-profit for public benefit, hosting and sponsoring many family-oriented teach me to fish programs, involvement in Hunter’s Education, special youth hunts and the like, the organization also stands in defense of wildlife and fisheries conservation, waterways and natural habitat protections and assuring ample opportunity exists for community members to embrace the great outdoors and sporting traditions safely and responsibly.  Being the representative umbrella for over 40 conservation-related clubs and organizations within Erie County, the Federation is the largest such organization in NY State.  But what do we do?  And, are we effective?

In the next several days I will look at recent events that hit close to home and illustrate examples of the effectiveness and dedication to the mission of this all-volunteer organization.

 

Legislative Report 04-23-25

Legislative Report 04-23-25

by | Apr 24, 2025 | Laws and Legislation

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.

 

“The Constitution of most of our states (and of the United States) assert that all power is inherent in the people; that they may exercise it by themselves; that it is their right and duty to be at all times armed.” – Letter from Thomas Jefferson to John Cartwright, 5th June, 1824.

 

New York Senate Bill 7350

Status

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 2-0)
Status: Introduced on April 10 2025 – 25% progression
Action: 2025-04-10 – REFERRED TO AGRICULTURE
Pending: Senate Agriculture Committee
Summary

Expands the definition of aggravated cruelty to animals to include serious physical injuries or the use of a weapon.

History

2025-04-10

Senate

REFERRED TO AGRICULTURE

Same As/Similar To

A06397 (Same As) 2025-03-04 – referred to agriculture

New York Assembly Bill 7816

Status

Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill
Status: Introduced on April 11 2025 – 25% progression
Action: 2025-04-11 – referred to education
Pending: Assembly Education Committee
Summary

Permits schools located within the state to purchase reduced fat or whole New York milk to provide or sell at such school; defines New York milk as raw milk produced by milking cows within the state, transported to a dairy processing center within the state, and processed as fluid milk into containers intended for distribution to consumers.

History

2025-04-11

Assembly

referred to education

Same As/Similar To

S06900 (Same As) 2025-03-26 – REFERRED TO EDUCATION

 

New York Assembly Bill 7886

Status

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: Introduced on April 11 2025 – 25% progression
Action: 2025-04-11 – referred to transportation
Pending: Assembly Transportation Committee
Summary

Authorizes seniors and persons with mobility impairment to use an ATV to enter and exit certain lands where ice fishing is permitted by the department of environmental conservation during ice fishing season.

History

2025-04-11

Assembly

referred to transportation

Same As/Similar To

S07164 (Same As) 2025-04-03 – REFERRED TO TRANSPORTATION

 

New York Assembly Bill 7810

Status

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: Introduced on April 11 2025 – 25% progression
Action: 2025-04-11 – referred to economic development
Pending: Assembly Economic Development, Job Creation, Commerce and Industry Committee
Summary

Establishes a private cause of action for certain violations regarding machine-guns, assault weapons, disguised guns, ghost guns, and unfinished frames or receivers.

History

2025-04-11

Assembly

referred to economic development

Same As/Similar To

S06403 (Same As) 2025-03-13 – REFERRED TO CODES

 

New York Assembly Bill 7872

Status

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: Introduced on April 11 2025 – 25% progression
Action: 2025-04-11 – referred to real property taxation
Pending: Assembly Real Property Taxation Committee
Summary

Caps the amount of real property taxes required to be paid on primary residences by persons over sixty-five years of age.

History

2025-04-11

Assembly

referred to real property taxation

 

New York Senate Bill 7415

Status

Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Republican 6-2)
Status: Introduced on April 15 2025 – 25% progression
Action: 2025-04-15 – REFERRED TO ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION
Pending: Senate Environmental Conservation Committee
Summary

Allows for the hunting of deer by individuals age sixty and older with a crossbow in a special archery season.

History

2025-04-15

Senate

REFERRED TO ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION

 

New York Senate Bill 7419

Status

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: Introduced on April 15 2025 – 25% progression
Action: 2025-04-15 – REFERRED TO CODES
Pending: Senate Codes Committee
Summary

Permits courts to remand a principal to the custody of the sheriff for felony offenses involving the possession of firearms and weapons.

History

2025-04-15

Senate

REFERRED TO CODES

Same As/Similar To

A07460 (Same As) 2025-03-28 – referred to codes

 

New York Assembly Bill 7983

Status

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: Introduced on April 16 2025 – 25% progression
Action: 2025-04-16 – referred to codes
Pending: Assembly Codes Committee
Summary

Prohibits the purchase of ammunition if such purchaser failed a background check, is prohibited by federal law or is subject to a temporary or extreme risk protection order issued pursuant to article sixty-three-A of the civil practice law and rules.

History

2025-04-16

Assembly

referred to codes

Same As/Similar To

S07236 (Same As) 2025-04-04 – REFERRED TO CODES

 

New York Senate Bill 7447

Status

Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Democrat 4-1)
Status: Introduced on April 16 2025 – 25% progression
Action: 2025-04-16 – REFERRED TO INSURANCE
Pending: Senate Insurance Committee
Summary

Requires health insurers to provide coverage for long term medical care for Lyme disease and other tick borne related pathogens; provides for taxpayer gifts for tick borne illness research, detection and education; establishes the tick borne illness research, detection and education fund.

History

2025-04-16

Senate

REFERRED TO INSURANCE

 

New York Senate Bill 1069

Status

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 6-0)
Status: Engrossed on April 22 2025 – 50% progression
Action: 2025-04-22 – referred to environmental conservation
Pending: Assembly Environmental Conservation Committee
Summary

Prohibits the lease of state forests, reforestation areas, wildlife management areas and unique areas for the purpose of gas and oil production.

Roll Calls

2025-04-22 – Senate – Senate Floor Vote – Final Passage (Y: 50 N: 3 NV: 0 Abs: 9) [PASS]
2025-02-11 – Senate – Senate Environmental Conservation Committee Vote (Y: 11 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]

History

2025-04-22

Assembly

referred to environmental conservation

2025-04-22

Senate

DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY

2025-04-22

Senate

PASSED SENATE

2025-02-24

Senate

ADVANCED TO THIRD READING

2025-02-12

Senate

2ND REPORT CAL.

2025-02-11

Senate

1ST REPORT CAL.325

2025-01-08

Senate

REFERRED TO ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION

Same As/Similar To

A01179 (Same As) 2025-04-03 – advanced to third reading cal.85

 

New York Senate Bill 1733

Status

Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill
Status: Engrossed on April 22 2025 – 50% progression
Action: 2025-04-22 – referred to environmental conservation
Pending: Assembly Environmental Conservation Committee
Summary

Creates a program to assist municipalities with water quality improvement of water bodies within the municipality managed by lake associations.Top of Form

Roll Calls

2025-04-22 – Senate – Senate Rules Committee Vote (Y: 15 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 6) [PASS]
2025-04-22 – Senate – Senate Floor Vote – Final Passage (Y: 53 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 9) [PASS]
2025-01-21 – Senate – Senate Environmental Conservation Committee Vote (Y: 11 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]

History

2025-04-22

Assembly

referred to environmental conservation

2025-04-22

Senate

DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY

2025-04-22

Senate

PASSED SENATE

2025-04-22

Senate

ORDERED TO THIRD READING CAL.687

2025-04-22

Senate

COMMITTEE DISCHARGED AND COMMITTED TO RULES

2025-01-21

Senate

REPORTED AND COMMITTED TO FINANCE

2025-01-13

Senate

REFERRED TO ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION

Same As/Similar To

A02627 (Same As) 2025-01-21 – referred to environmental conservation

 

New York Senate Bill 7550

Status

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: Introduced on April 22 2025 – 25% progression
Action: 2025-04-22 – REFERRED TO ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION
Pending: Senate Environmental Conservation Committee
Summary

Allows the use of unmanned aerial vehicles in tracking big game that are dead, wounded or injured.

History

2025-04-22

Senate

REFERRED TO ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION

Same As/Similar To

A01094 (Same As) 2025-01-08 – referred to environmental conservation

 

New York Senate Bill 7549

Status

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: Introduced on April 22 2025 – 25% progression
Action: 2025-04-22 – REFERRED TO TRANSPORTATION
Pending: Senate Transportation Committee
Summary

Requires that vehicles yield the right of way to multi-use trails that cross roadways.

History

2025-04-22

Senate

REFERRED TO TRANSPORTATION

Same As/Similar To

A05768 (Same As) 2025-02-20 – referred to transportation

 

 

 

The following are Federal Bills.

US Congress Senate Bill 1432

Status

Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Democrat 9-1)
Status: Introduced on April 10 2025 – 25% progression
Action: 2025-04-10 – Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
Pending: Senate Energy And Natural Resources Committee

Summary

A bill to amend the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act to permanently prohibit oil and gas exploration, development, and production on the outer Continental Shelf off the coast of California, Oregon, and Washington.

History

2025-04-10

Senate

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.

 

 

US Congress House Bill 2837

Status

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 31-0)
Status: Introduced on April 10 2025 – 25% progression
Action: 2025-04-10 – Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
Pending: House Judiciary Committee

Summary

To establish a Federal Advisory Council to Support Victims of Gun Violence.

History

2025-04-10

House

Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.

2025-04-10

House

Introduced in House

 

US Congress Senate Bill 1454

Status

Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill
Status: Introduced on April 10 2025 – 25% progression
Action: 2025-04-10 – Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.
Pending: Senate Agriculture, Nutrition, And Forestry Committee

Summary

A bill to amend the Animal Welfare Act to provide for greater protection of roosters, and for other purposes.

History

2025-04-10

Senate

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.

 

 

US Congress Senate Bill 1466

Status

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 12-0)
Status: Introduced on April 10 2025 – 25% progression
Action: 2025-04-10 – Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
Pending: Senate Judiciary Committee

Summary

A bill to establish a Federal Advisory Council to Support Victims of Gun Violence.

History

2025-04-10

Senate

Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.

 

 

US Congress House Bill 2813

Status

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 3-0)
Status: Introduced on April 10 2025 – 25% progression
Action: 2025-04-10 – Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Science, Space, and Technology, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
Pending: House Energy And Commerce Committee

Summary

To direct the Secretary of Energy to establish a working group on the commercialization and industrialization of small modular reactors and to modernize thresholds for electrical output of small modular reactors.

History

2025-04-10

House

Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Science, Space, and Technology, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.

2025-04-10

House

Introduced in House

 

US Congress House Bill 2881

Status

Spectrum: Strong Partisan Bill (Democrat 22-2)
Status: Introduced on April 10 2025 – 25% progression
Action: 2025-04-10 – Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
Pending: House Natural Resources Committee

Summary

To amend the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act to permanently prohibit the conduct of offshore drilling on the outer Continental Shelf in the Mid-Atlantic, South Atlantic, North Atlantic, and Straits of Florida planning areas.

History

2025-04-10

House

Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.

2025-04-10

House

Introduced in House

 

 

US Congress House Bill 22

Status

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 111-0)
Status: Engrossed on April 10 2025 – 50% progression
Action: 2025-04-10 – Received in the Senate.
Summary

To amend the National Voter Registration Act of 1993 to require proof of United States citizenship to register an individual to vote in elections for Federal office, and for other purposes.

Roll Calls

2025-04-10 – House – On Passage RC# 102 (Y: 220 N: 208 NV: 0 Abs: 5) [PASS]
2025-04-10 – House – On Motion to Recommit RC# 101 (Y: 211 N: 215 NV: 0 Abs: 7) [FAIL]

History

2025-04-10

Senate

Received in the Senate.

2025-04-10

House

Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.

2025-04-10

House

On passage Passed by the Yeas and Nays: 220 – 208 (Roll no. 102).

2025-04-10

House

On motion to recommit Failed by the Yeas and Nays: 211 – 215 (Roll no. 101).

2025-04-10

House

Considered as unfinished business.

2025-04-10

House

POSTPONED PROCEEDINGS – At the conclusion of debate on H.R. 22, the Chair put the question on motion to recommit and by voice vote, announced the noes had prevailed. Ms. Johnson (TX) demanded the yeas and nays and the Chair postponed further proceedings until a time to be announced.

2025-04-10

House

The previous question on the motion to recommit was ordered pursuant to clause 2(b) of rule XIX.

2025-04-10

House

Ms. Johnson (TX) moved to recommit to the Committee on House Administration.

2025-04-10

House

The previous question was ordered pursuant to the rule.

2025-04-10

House

DEBATE – The House proceeded with one hour of debate on H.R. 22.

2025-04-10

House

Rule provides for consideration of S.J. Res. 18, S.J. Res. 28, H.R. 1526 and H.R. 22. The resolution provides for consideration of H.R. 22, H.R. 1526, S.J. Res. 18, and S.J. Res. 28 under a closed rule. The resolution provides for one hour of debate on each measure and one motion to recommit on H.R. 22 and H.R. 1526, and one motion to commit on S.J. Res. 18 and S.J. Res. 28.

2025-04-10

House

Considered under the provisions of rule H. Res. 294.

2025-04-08

House

Rule H. Res. 294 passed House.

2025-04-07

House

Rules Committee Resolution H. Res. 294 Reported to House. Rule provides for consideration of S.J. Res. 18, S.J. Res. 28, H.R. 1526 and H.R. 22. The resolution provides for consideration of H.R. 22, H.R. 1526, S.J. Res. 18, and S.J. Res. 28 under a closed rule. The resolution provides for one hour of debate on each measure and one motion to recommit on H.R. 22 and H.R. 1526, and one motion to commit on S.J. Res. 18 and S.J. Res. 28.

2025-04-01

House

Rules Committee Resolution H. Res. 282 Reported to House. Rule provides for consideration of H.R. 22, H.R. 1526, S.J. Res. 18 and S.J. Res. 28. The resolution provides for consideration of H.R. 22, H.R. 1526, S.J. Res. 18, and S.J. Res. 28 under a closed rule. The resolution provides for one hour of debate on each measure and one motion to recommit on H.R. 22 and H.R. 1526, and one motion to commit on S.J. Res. 18 and S.J. Res. 28. The resolution also provides that H. Res. 23 and H. Res. 164 are laid on the table.

2025-01-03

House

Referred to the House Committee on House Administration.

2025-01-03

House

Introduced in House

Same As/Similar To

SB128 (Related) 2025-01-16 – Read twice and referred to the Committee on Rules and Administration.
HR282 (Related) 2025-04-01 – Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
HR294 (Related) 2025-04-08 – Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.

 

US Congress House Bill 2849

Status

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 27-0)
Status: Introduced on April 10 2025 – 25% progression
Action: 2025-04-10 – Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
Pending: House Natural Resources Committee

Summary

To amend the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act to permanently prohibit oil and gas exploration, development, and production on the outer Continental Shelf off the coast of California, Oregon, and Washington.

History

2025-04-10

House

Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.

2025-04-10

House

Introduced in House

 

US Congress House Bill 2930

Status

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 8-0)
Status: Introduced on April 17 2025 – 25% progression
Action: 2025-04-17 – Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
Pending: House Financial Services Committee

Summary

To ensure that residents of covered federally assisted rental housing may lawfully possess firearms, and for other purposes.
History

2025-04-17

House

Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.

2025-04-17

House

Introduced in House

 

 

 

US Congress Senate Bill 1486

Status

Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Democrat 12-2)
Status: Introduced on April 10 2025 – 25% progression
Action: 2025-04-10 – Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
Pending: Senate Energy And Natural Resources Committee

Summary

A bill to amend the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act to permanently prohibit the conduct of offshore drilling on the outer Continental Shelf in the Mid-Atlantic, South Atlantic, North Atlantic, and Straits of Florida planning areas.

History

2025-04-10

Senate

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.

 

 

US Congress House Bill 2948

Status

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 3-0)
Status: Introduced on April 17 2025 – 25% progression
Action: 2025-04-17 – Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
Pending: House Judiciary Committee

Summary

To authorize the Director of the Bureau of Justice Assistance to make grants to States, units of local government, and gun dealers to conduct gun buyback programs, and for other purposes.

History

2025-04-17

House

Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.

2025-04-17

House

Introduced in House

 

US Congress House Resolution 339

Status

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 17-0)
Status: Introduced on April 17 2025 – 25% progression
Action: 2025-04-17 – Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
Pending: House Judiciary Committee
Summary

Supporting the Second Amendment’s guarantee that the right of the people to keep and bear arms shall not be infringed, and commending President Trump and his administration as they work to protect Second Amendment freedoms by reviewing and eliminating any of the Biden administration’s infringements on American’s constitutional freedoms.

History

2025-04-17

House

Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.

2025-04-17

House

Submitted in House