---
type: "Bill"
title: "Extends the authority of the department of environmental conservation to adopt regulations for hunting in the northern zone"
description: "Extends the authority of the department of environmental conservation to adopt regulations for hunting in the northern zone."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ny"
legislature: "New York Legislature"
session: "2017-2018"
identifier: "S 7951"
citation: "New York S 7951 (2017-2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["O'MARA"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 13
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2018-03-13"
last_action: "2018-12-28"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/735b1e53-406c-43ef-a78e-3714817931f4"
source_url: "http://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2017/S7951"
source_hash: "2d4d9e6f49f4dd9a97aeaa5deed17c2eae1ae6a7c481c32b4a90a0c59c1de50d"
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 7951 (2017-2018) — Extends the authority of the department of environmental conservation to adopt regulations for hunting in the northern zone

Extends the authority of the department of environmental conservation to adopt regulations for hunting in the northern zone.

## Version chain

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

1. **S7951 HTML** (committee substitute) — [source](http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?sh=printbill&bn=S7951&term=2017&Text=Y)
2. **S7951 PDF** (committee substitute) — [source](http://legislation.nysenate.gov/pdf/bills/2017/S7951)

## Votes

- Floor Vote — **61–1** (pass) · upper
- Assembly Vote — **123–6** (pass) · lower
- Environmental Conservation Vote — **12–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- O'MARA — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-03-13** REFERRED TO ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION `referral-committee`
- **2018-05-01** 1ST REPORT CAL.989
- **2018-05-02** 2ND REPORT CAL.
- **2018-05-07** ADVANCED TO THIRD READING
- **2018-06-04** PASSED SENATE `passage`
- **2018-06-04** DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY
- **2018-06-04** REFERRED TO ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION `referral-committee`
- **2018-06-07** SUBSTITUTED FOR A10862
- **2018-06-07** ORDERED TO THIRD READING CAL.1089
- **2018-06-07** PASSED ASSEMBLY `passage`
- **2018-06-07** RETURNED TO SENATE
- **2018-12-18** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
- **2018-12-28** SIGNED CHAP.493 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/735b1e53-406c-43ef-a78e-3714817931f4`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New York legislature records).