---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relates the restrictions on the taking of fish, shellfish and crustacea in special management areas"
description: "Relates to extending the authority of the department of environmental conservation to restrict the taking of fish, shellfish and crustacea in special management areas."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ny"
legislature: "New York Legislature"
session: "2017-2018"
identifier: "A 7965"
citation: "New York A 7965 (2017-2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["WALLACE"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 14
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2017-05-23"
last_action: "2017-08-21"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/7114adbf-6b6a-48db-a7c4-b053328d392f"
source_url: "http://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2017/A7965"
source_hash: "87a116a3f25f1dd3132357ecd97771da387985f45cd4d6d25a9fee9812491a99"
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 7965 (2017-2018) — Relates the restrictions on the taking of fish, shellfish and crustacea in special management areas

Relates to extending the authority of the department of environmental conservation to restrict the taking of fish, shellfish and crustacea in special management areas.

## Version chain

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

1. **A7965 HTML** (committee substitute) — [source](http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?sh=printbill&bn=A7965&term=2017&Text=Y)
2. **A7965 PDF** (committee substitute) — [source](http://legislation.nysenate.gov/pdf/bills/2017/A7965)

## Votes

- Floor Vote — **61–1** (pass) · upper
- Assembly Vote — **137–7** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- WALLACE — primary (person)
- ENGLEBRIGHT — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-05-23** REFERRED TO ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION `referral-committee`
- **2017-06-07** REPORTED REFERRED TO RULES `referral-committee`
- **2017-06-12** REPORTED
- **2017-06-12** RULES REPORT CAL.180
- **2017-06-12** ORDERED TO THIRD READING RULES CAL.180
- **2017-06-13** PASSED ASSEMBLY `passage`
- **2017-06-13** DELIVERED TO SENATE
- **2017-06-13** REFERRED TO RULES `referral-committee`
- **2017-06-21** SUBSTITUTED FOR S5748
- **2017-06-21** 3RD READING CAL.2132
- **2017-06-21** PASSED SENATE `passage`
- **2017-06-21** RETURNED TO ASSEMBLY
- **2017-08-09** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
- **2017-08-21** SIGNED CHAP.209 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/7114adbf-6b6a-48db-a7c4-b053328d392f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New York legislature records).