---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relates to extending the authority of the department of environmental conservation to manage black sea bass"
description: "Relates to extending the authority of the department of environmental conservation to manage black sea bass; extends provisions to December 31, 2020."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ny"
legislature: "New York Legislature"
session: "2017-2018"
identifier: "A 7938"
citation: "New York A 7938 (2017-2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["D'URSO"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 14
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2017-05-19"
last_action: "2017-08-21"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/728642df-cb10-4b61-99c1-3ba054652fc0"
source_url: "http://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2017/A7938"
source_hash: "dfc2e29be23d3cda0d6d0280edc52fa24a4becb2af955c45bf27bd242c69fb8f"
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 7938 (2017-2018) — Relates to extending the authority of the department of environmental conservation to manage black sea bass

Relates to extending the authority of the department of environmental conservation to manage black sea bass; extends provisions to December 31, 2020.

## Version chain

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

1. **A7938 HTML** (committee substitute) — [source](http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?sh=printbill&bn=A7938&term=2017&Text=Y)
2. **A7938 PDF** (committee substitute) — [source](http://legislation.nysenate.gov/pdf/bills/2017/A7938)

## Votes

- Floor Vote — **61–1** (pass) · upper
- Assembly Vote — **133–5** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- D'URSO — primary (person)
- BRAUNSTEIN — cosponsor (person)
- COLTON — cosponsor (person)
- DICKENS — cosponsor (person)
- ENGLEBRIGHT — cosponsor (person)
- WILLIAMS — cosponsor (person)
- ZEBROWSKI O — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-05-19** REFERRED TO ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION `referral-committee`
- **2017-06-07** REPORTED REFERRED TO RULES `referral-committee`
- **2017-06-13** REPORTED
- **2017-06-13** RULES REPORT CAL.252
- **2017-06-13** ORDERED TO THIRD READING RULES CAL.252
- **2017-06-14** PASSED ASSEMBLY `passage`
- **2017-06-14** DELIVERED TO SENATE
- **2017-06-14** REFERRED TO RULES `referral-committee`
- **2017-06-19** SUBSTITUTED FOR S6482
- **2017-06-19** 3RD READING CAL.1967
- **2017-06-19** PASSED SENATE `passage`
- **2017-06-19** RETURNED TO ASSEMBLY
- **2017-08-09** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
- **2017-08-21** SIGNED CHAP.207 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/728642df-cb10-4b61-99c1-3ba054652fc0`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New York legislature records).