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NY S 4954

in committee

Prohibits the use of lead ammunition in the taking of wildlife on state-owned land and on land contributing surface water to the New York city water supply

New York · 2025-2026 Regular Session · upper

Quick answers

Did NY S 4954 pass?

Not yet. NY S 4954 is in committee as of 2026-01-07 and has not come to a final vote. Latest recorded action (2026-01-07): REFERRED TO ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION

What is NY S 4954 about?

Prohibits the use of lead ammunition in the taking of wildlife on wildlife management areas, state forests, forest preserves, state parks or any other state-owned land that is open for hunting and on land contributing surface water to the New York city water supply.

Who sponsors NY S 4954?

Pete Harckham is the primary sponsor of NY S 4954, joined by 1 cosponsor.

Description

Prohibits the use of lead ammunition in the taking of wildlife on wildlife management areas, state forests, forest preserves, state parks or any other state-owned land that is open for hunting and on land contributing surface water to the New York city water supply.

Introduced
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Latest action
2026-01-07 — REFERRED TO ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION
Bill type
bill
Last updated
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Sponsors

  • Pete Harckhamprimary
  • Brad Hoylman-Sigalcosponsor

Committees

Not provided by source.

Action timeline

  1. 2025-02-14

    REFERRED TO ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION

    referral-committee

  2. 2026-01-07

    REFERRED TO ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION

    referral-committee

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Votes

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Related bills

  • Prior session: A 8742not in this corpus
  • Prior session: A 703not in this corpus
  • Prior session: S 5058not in this corpus
  • Prior session: S 4976not in this corpus
  • Companion bill: A 1089

Official source

https://legislation.nysenate.gov/api/3/bills/2025-2026/S4954?summary=&detail=

Attribution

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