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NY S 678

passed one chamber

Relates to certain commercial fishing and shellfish licenses and permits

New York · 2025-2026 Regular Session · upper

Quick answers

Did NY S 678 pass?

Not yet. NY S 678 has passed one chamber and awaits action in the other as of 2026-03-05. Latest recorded action (2026-03-05): REFERRED TO ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION

What is NY S 678 about?

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.

Who sponsors NY S 678?

Monica Martinez is the primary sponsor of NY S 678.

Description

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.

Introduced
Latest action
2026-03-05 — REFERRED TO ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION
Bill type
bill
Last updated

Sponsors

  • Monica Martinezprimary

Committees

Not provided by source.

Action timeline

  1. 2025-01-08

    REFERRED TO ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION

    referral-committee

  2. 2025-01-21

    1ST REPORT CAL.117

  3. 2025-01-22

    2ND REPORT CAL.

  4. 2025-01-27

    AMENDED 678A

    amendment-passage

  5. 2025-01-27

    ADVANCED TO THIRD READING

  6. 2025-02-26

    PASSED SENATE

    passage

  7. 2025-02-26

    DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY

  8. 2025-02-26

    REFERRED TO ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION

    referral-committee

  9. 2026-01-07

    DIED IN ASSEMBLY

  10. 2026-01-07

    RETURNED TO SENATE

  11. 2026-01-07

    REFERRED TO ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION

    referral-committee

  12. 2026-02-04

    1ST REPORT CAL.256

  13. 2026-02-05

    2ND REPORT CAL.

  14. 2026-02-09

    ADVANCED TO THIRD READING

  15. 2026-03-05

    PASSED SENATE

    passage

  16. 2026-03-05

    DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY

  17. 2026-03-05

    REFERRED TO ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION

    referral-committee

Versions

Documents

Votes

  • Environmental Conservation Vote

    2025-01-21 · pass · 11-0

    Member-level votes (11)
    • Siela Bynoe: yes
    • Patricia Canzoneri-Fitzpatrick: yes
    • Patricia Fahy: yes
    • Pete Harckham: yes
    • Michelle Hinchey: yes
    • Brad Hoylman-Sigal: yes
    • Brian Kavanagh: yes
    • Rachel May: yes
    • Anthony H. Palumbo: yes
    • José M. Serrano: yes
    • Dan Stec: yes
  • Floor Vote - Version: A

    2025-02-26 · pass · 60-1

    Member-level votes (63)
    • Joseph P. Addabbo Jr.: yes
    • Jake Ashby: yes
    • Jamaal Bailey: yes
    • April Baskin: yes
    • George Borrello: yes
    • Jabari Brisport: yes
    • Samra Brouk: yes
    • Siela Bynoe: yes
    • Patricia Canzoneri-Fitzpatrick: yes
    • Stephen T. Chan: yes
    • Cordell Cleare: yes
    • Jeremy Cooney: yes
    • Patricia Fahy: yes
    • Simcha Felder: 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
    • Brad Hoylman-Sigal: 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
    • Thomas F. O'Mara: yes
    • Peter Oberacker: yes
    • Robert Ortt: yes
    • Anthony H. Palumbo: yes
    • Kevin S. Parker: yes
    • Roxanne J. Persaud: yes
    • Jessica Ramos: yes
    • Steve Rhoads: yes
    • Gustavo Rivera: yes
    • Robert Rolison: yes
    • Christopher Ryan: yes
    • Sean Ryan: yes
    • Julia Salazar: yes
    • James Sanders Jr.: yes
    • Jessica Scarcella-Spanton: yes
    • Luis R. Sepúlveda: yes
    • José M. Serrano: 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
    • James Skoufis: no
    • Leroy Comrie: excused
    • Zellnor Myrie: excused
  • Environmental Conservation Vote - Version: A

    2026-02-04 · pass · 10-0

    Member-level votes (10)
    • Siela Bynoe: yes
    • Patricia Canzoneri-Fitzpatrick: yes
    • Patricia Fahy: yes
    • Pete Harckham: yes
    • Michelle Hinchey: yes
    • Brian Kavanagh: yes
    • Rachel May: yes
    • Anthony H. Palumbo: yes
    • José M. Serrano: yes
    • Dan Stec: yes
  • Floor Vote - Version: A

    2026-03-05 · pass · 59-0

    Member-level votes (63)
    • 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
    • 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

Related bills

  • Prior session: S 9235not in this corpus

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