NY A 8515

enacted

Enacts the whale awareness act

New York · 2025-2026 Regular Session · lower

Quick answers

Did NY A 8515 pass?

Yes. NY A 8515 has been enacted into law as of 2026-08-07. Latest recorded action (2026-08-07): SIGNED CHAP.208

What is NY A 8515 about?

Enacts the whale awareness act directing the department of environmental conservation to establish recommendations and educational materials for reduction of marine mammal interactions.

Who sponsors NY A 8515?

Rebecca Kassay is the primary sponsor of NY A 8515, joined by 16 cosponsors.

Description

Enacts the whale awareness act directing the department of environmental conservation to establish recommendations and educational materials for reduction of marine mammal interactions.

Introduced: —
Latest action: 2026-08-07 — SIGNED CHAP.208
Bill type: bill
Last updated: —

Committees

Not provided by source.

Action timeline

2025-05-20
REFERRED TO ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION
referral-committee
2026-01-07
REFERRED TO ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION
referral-committee
2026-02-05
AMEND AND RECOMMIT TO ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION
amendment-passage,referral-committee
2026-02-05
PRINT NUMBER 8515A
amendment-passage
2026-02-10
REPORTED
2026-02-12
ADVANCED TO THIRD READING CAL.259
2026-02-24
PASSED ASSEMBLY
passage
2026-02-24
DELIVERED TO SENATE
2026-02-24
REFERRED TO ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION
referral-committee
2026-03-05
SUBSTITUTED FOR S2292B
2026-03-05
3RD READING CAL.376
2026-03-05
PASSED SENATE
passage
2026-03-05
RETURNED TO ASSEMBLY
2026-08-07
DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR
executive-receipt
2026-08-07
SIGNED CHAP.208
executive-signature

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Documents

Votes

Assembly Vote
2026-02-24 · pass · 132-0
Member-level votes (150)
- Alvarez: yes
- Carroll P: yes
- Friend: yes
- Lemondes: yes
- Pheffer Amato: excused
- Slater: yes
- Anderson: yes
- Carroll RC: yes
- Gallagher: yes
- Levenberg: yes
- Pirozzolo: yes
- Smith: yes
- Angelino: yes
- Cashman: yes
- Gallahan: yes
- Lucas: excused
- Powers: yes
- Smullen: yes
- Bailey: yes
- Chandler-Waterm: yes
- Gandolfo: yes
- Lunsford: yes
- Pretlow: yes
- Solages: yes
- Barclay: yes
- Chang: yes
- Gibbs: excused
- Lupardo: yes
- Ra: yes
- Steck: yes
- Barrett: yes
- Chludzinski: yes
- Giglio: yes
- Magnarelli: yes
- Raga: yes
- Stern: yes
- Beephan: yes
- Clark: yes
- Glick: yes
- Maher: excused
- Rajkumar: yes
- Stirpe: yes
- Bendett: yes
- Colton: yes
- Gonzalez-Rojas: yes
- Manktelow: yes
- Ramos: yes
- Tague: yes
- Benedetto: yes
- Conrad: yes
- Gray: yes
- McDonald: yes
- Reilly: yes
- Tannousis: yes
- Berger: yes
- Cook: excused
- Griffin: yes
- McDonough: excused
- Reyes: yes
- Tapia: yes
- Bichotte Hermel: excused
- Cruz: yes
- Hawley: yes
- McMahon: yes
- Rivera: yes
- Taylor: yes
- Blankenbush: excused
- Cunningham: yes
- Hevesi: yes
- Meeks: yes
- Romero: yes
- Torres: yes
- Blumencranz: yes
- Dais: yes
- Hooks: yes
- Mikulin: yes
- Rosenthal: yes
- Valdez: yes
- Bologna: yes
- Davila: yes
- Hunter: yes
- Miller: yes
- Rozic: yes
- Vanel: yes
- Bores: excused
- De Los Santos: yes
- Hyndman: yes
- Mitaynes: yes
- Santabarbara: yes
- Walker: excused
- Brabenec: yes
- DeStefano: yes
- Jackson: yes
- Molitor: yes
- Sayegh: yes
- Walsh: yes
- Braunstein: yes
- Dilan: yes
- Jacobson: yes
- Moreno: yes
- Schiavoni: yes
- Weprin: yes
- Bronson: yes
- Dinowitz: yes
- Jensen: yes
- Morinello: yes
- Seawright: excused
- Wieder: yes
- Brook-Krasny: excused
- DiPietro: yes
- Kassay: yes
- Norber: yes
- Sempolinski: yes
- Williams: yes
- Brown EA: yes
- Durso: yes
- Kay: yes
- Novakhov: yes
- Septimo: yes
- Woerner: yes
- Brown K: yes
- Eachus: yes
- Kelles: excused
- O'Pharrow: yes
- Shimsky: yes
- Wright: yes
- Burdick: yes
- Eichenstein: yes
- Kim: yes
- Otis: excused
- Shrestha: excused
- Yeger: excused
- Burke: yes
- Fall: yes
- Lasher: yes
- Palmesano: yes
- Simon: yes
- Zaccaro: excused
- Burroughs: yes
- Fitzpatrick: excused
- Lavine: yes
- Paulin: yes
- Simone: yes
- Zinerman: yes
- Buttenschon: yes
- Forrest: yes
- Lee: yes
- Peoples-Stokes: yes
- Simpson: yes
- Mr. Speaker: yes
Floor Vote - Version: A
2026-03-05 · pass · 59-0
Member-level votes (63)
- Joseph P. Addabbo Jr.: yes
- Jake Ashby: yes
- Jamaal Bailey: yes
- April Baskin: yes
- George Borrello: yes
- Erik Bottcher: yes
- Jabari Brisport: yes
- Siela Bynoe: yes
- Patricia Canzoneri-Fitzpatrick: yes
- Stephen T. Chan: yes
- Cordell Cleare: yes
- Leroy Comrie: yes
- Jeremy Cooney: yes
- Patricia Fahy: yes
- Nathalia Fernandez: yes
- Patrick M. Gallivan: yes
- Michael Gianaris: yes
- Kristen Gonzalez: yes
- Andrew Gounardes: yes
- Joseph A. Griffo: yes
- Pete Harckham: yes
- Pamela Helming: yes
- Michelle Hinchey: yes
- Robert Jackson: yes
- Brian Kavanagh: yes
- Liz Krueger: yes
- Andrew J. Lanza: yes
- John Liu: yes
- Monica Martinez: yes
- Jack M. Martins: yes
- Mario Mattera: yes
- Rachel May: yes
- Shelley Mayer: yes
- Dean Murray: yes
- Zellnor Myrie: yes
- Thomas F. O'Mara: yes
- Peter Oberacker: yes
- Robert Ortt: yes
- Anthony H. Palumbo: yes
- Kevin S. Parker: yes
- Roxanne J. Persaud: yes
- Steve Rhoads: yes
- Gustavo Rivera: yes
- Robert Rolison: yes
- Christopher Ryan: yes
- Julia Salazar: yes
- Jessica Scarcella-Spanton: yes
- Luis R. Sepúlveda: yes
- José M. Serrano: yes
- James Skoufis: yes
- Toby Ann Stavisky: yes
- Dan Stec: yes
- Andrea Stewart-Cousins: yes
- James Tedisco: yes
- Mark Walczyk: yes
- Lea Webb: yes
- William Weber: yes
- Alexis Weik: yes
- Jeremy Zellner: yes
- Samra Brouk: excused
- Jessica Ramos: excused
- James Sanders Jr.: excused
- Sam Sutton: excused

Related bills

Companion bill: S 2292

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