---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relates to extending the authority of the department of environmental conservation to manage blueback herring"
description: "Relates to extending the authority of the department of environmental conservation to manage blueback herring to 2020."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ny"
legislature: "New York Legislature"
session: "2017-2018"
identifier: "A 8274"
citation: "New York A 8274 (2017-2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["HUNTER"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 14
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2017-06-05"
last_action: "2017-08-21"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a5f8b442-b02f-48eb-ac0a-ce6dd1d58c51"
source_url: "http://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2017/A8274"
source_hash: "d763dfce8589195cb3ab677a00373aaa23c66ca1cb500814578bb984a22b7dd9"
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 8274 (2017-2018) — Relates to extending the authority of the department of environmental conservation to manage blueback herring

Relates to extending the authority of the department of environmental conservation to manage blueback herring to 2020.

## Version chain

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

1. **A8274 HTML** (committee substitute) — [source](http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?sh=printbill&bn=A8274&term=2017&Text=Y)
2. **A8274 PDF** (committee substitute) — [source](http://legislation.nysenate.gov/pdf/bills/2017/A8274)

## Votes

- Floor Vote — **61–1** (pass) · upper
- Assembly Vote — **136–6** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

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

## Timeline

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

- **2017-06-05** 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.198
- **2017-06-12** ORDERED TO THIRD READING RULES CAL.198
- **2017-06-13** PASSED ASSEMBLY `passage`
- **2017-06-13** DELIVERED TO SENATE
- **2017-06-13** REFERRED TO RULES `referral-committee`
- **2017-06-19** SUBSTITUTED FOR S5711
- **2017-06-19** 3RD READING CAL.1959
- **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.220 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/a5f8b442-b02f-48eb-ac0a-ce6dd1d58c51`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New York legislature records).