---
type: "Bill"
title: "Extends for three years the effectiveness of chapter 435 of the laws of 2014"
description: "Extends for three years the effectiveness of certain provisions relating to defining spearguns and allowing recreational spearfishing in New York's marine and coastal waters."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ny"
legislature: "New York Legislature"
session: "2017-2018"
identifier: "A 7186"
citation: "New York A 7186 (2017-2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["THIELE"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 13
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2017-04-12"
last_action: "2017-06-29"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/0667dab8-b17f-4048-b2a4-4fc5d1896a7f"
source_url: "http://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2017/A7186"
source_hash: "5a9cb9386214616e35efdcd04c679d039ce2fad9192ed63b122fce9edba838b0"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-ny"]
---

# New York A 7186 (2017-2018) — Extends for three years the effectiveness of chapter 435 of the laws of 2014

Extends for three years the effectiveness of certain provisions relating to defining spearguns and allowing recreational spearfishing in New York's marine and coastal waters.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **A7186 HTML** (committee substitute) — [source](http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?sh=printbill&bn=A7186&term=2017&Text=Y)
2. **A7186 PDF** (committee substitute) — [source](http://legislation.nysenate.gov/pdf/bills/2017/A7186)

## Votes

- Assembly Vote — **147–0** (pass) · lower
- Floor Vote — **62–1** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- THIELE — primary (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2017-04-12** REFERRED TO ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION `referral-committee`
- **2017-05-23** REPORTED
- **2017-05-25** ADVANCED TO THIRD READING CAL.549
- **2017-06-07** REFERRED TO RULES `referral-committee`
- **2017-06-07** PASSED ASSEMBLY `passage`
- **2017-06-07** DELIVERED TO SENATE
- **2017-06-07** REFERRED TO RULES `referral-committee`
- **2017-06-13** SUBSTITUTED FOR S5511
- **2017-06-13** 3RD READING CAL.1069
- **2017-06-13** PASSED SENATE `passage`
- **2017-06-13** RETURNED TO ASSEMBLY
- **2017-06-23** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
- **2017-06-29** SIGNED CHAP.66 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/0667dab8-b17f-4048-b2a4-4fc5d1896a7f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New York legislature records).