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NY A 1616

in committee

Enacts the "Big Five African Trophies Act" relating to banning the importation, transportation and possession of certain African wildlife species and products

New York · 2025-2026 Regular Session · lower

Quick answers

Did NY A 1616 pass?

Not yet. NY A 1616 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 A 1616 about?

Enacts the "Big Five African Trophies Act" relating to banning the importation, transportation and possession of certain African wildlife species and products.

Who sponsors NY A 1616?

Linda Rosenthal is the primary sponsor of NY A 1616, joined by 12 cosponsors.

Description

Enacts the "Big Five African Trophies Act" relating to banning the importation, transportation and possession of certain African wildlife species and products.

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

  • Linda Rosenthalprimary
  • Jo Anne Simoncosponsor
  • Patrick Burkecosponsor
  • Jessica Gonzalez-Rojascosponsor
  • Dana Levenbergcosponsor
  • Steve Sterncosponsor
  • Anna Kellescosponsor
  • Maritza Davilacosponsor
  • Harvey Epsteincosponsor
  • Tony Simonecosponsor
  • Alex Borescosponsor
  • Marcela Mitaynescosponsor
  • William Coltoncosponsor

Committees

Not provided by source.

Action timeline

  1. 2025-01-10

    REFERRED TO ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION

    referral-committee

  2. 2026-01-07

    REFERRED TO ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION

    referral-committee

Versions

Documents

Votes

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Related bills

  • Prior session: A 10287not in this corpus
  • Prior session: A 584not in this corpus
  • Prior session: A 4010not in this corpus
  • Prior session: A 7556not in this corpus
  • Prior session: A 716not in this corpus
  • Companion bill: S 5014

Official source

https://legislation.nysenate.gov/api/3/bills/2025-2026/A1616?summary=&detail=

Attribution

Data from openstates_bulk_csv, retrieved 2026-07-24T05:28:30.722574Z

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