---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relates to the taking of crabs"
description: "Changes the department of environmental conservation's requirements from cooperating with municipalities to consulting with municipalities regarding harvest closure of crabs."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ny"
legislature: "New York Legislature"
session: "2017-2018"
identifier: "S 7297"
citation: "New York S 7297 (2017-2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["LAVALLE"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 11
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2018-01-05"
last_action: "2018-04-18"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/8ceb120f-c5f0-432e-925b-4a116be4c826"
source_url: "http://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2017/S7297"
source_hash: "800e502c009478f9a43f46b3bdc75ca3a89595ab558c7ff5d83a465b32b823fb"
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 S 7297 (2017-2018) — Relates to the taking of crabs

Changes the department of environmental conservation's requirements from cooperating with municipalities to consulting with municipalities regarding harvest closure of crabs.

## Version chain

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

1. **S7297 HTML** (committee substitute) — [source](http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?sh=printbill&bn=S7297&term=2017&Text=Y)
2. **S7297 PDF** (committee substitute) — [source](http://legislation.nysenate.gov/pdf/bills/2017/S7297)

## Votes

- Assembly Vote — **135–0** (pass) · lower
- Floor Vote — **61–0** (pass) · upper
- Rules Vote — **25–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- LAVALLE — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-01-05** REFERRED TO RULES `referral-committee`
- **2018-01-08** ORDERED TO THIRD READING CAL.25
- **2018-01-08** PASSED SENATE `passage`
- **2018-01-08** DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY
- **2018-01-08** REFERRED TO ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION `referral-committee`
- **2018-01-22** SUBSTITUTED FOR A8918
- **2018-01-22** ORDERED TO THIRD READING CAL.613
- **2018-01-22** PASSED ASSEMBLY `passage`
- **2018-01-22** RETURNED TO SENATE
- **2018-04-06** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
- **2018-04-18** SIGNED CHAP.21 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/8ceb120f-c5f0-432e-925b-4a116be4c826`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New York legislature records).