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NY S09296
Bill
Status
Introduced
2/25/2026
Primary Sponsor
Anthony Palumbo
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AI Summary
- Allows lifetime fishing licenses for whelk, crab, horseshoe crab, food fish (including summer flounder/fluke and striped bass) to be transferred to persons outside the holder's immediate family
- Requires the person receiving the transfer to have derived at least 51% of gross income from commercial fishing for three consecutive years prior to eligibility
- Limits such non-family transfers to one time per year
- Current law restricts lifetime license transfers only to relatives by first degree of consanguinity, legal marriage, adopted children, stepchildren, or step siblings
- Takes effect 120 days after becoming law
Legislative Description
Authorizes the transfer of a lifetime fishing license one time per year to persons outside of "family".
Last Action
REFERRED TO ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION
2/25/2026
Committee Referrals
Environmental Conservation2/25/2026
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