---
type: "Bill"
title: "Requires the department of environmental conservation to designate certain species as vulnerable species"
description: "Requires the department of environmental conservation to designate certain species as vulnerable species and prohibits the sale of articles made from any part of a vulnerable species; and requires the department to designate the giraffe as a vulnerable species."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ny"
legislature: "New York Legislature"
session: "2019-2020"
identifier: "S 5098"
citation: "New York S 5098 (2019-2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["MARTINEZ"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 13
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2019-04-09"
last_action: "2019-12-13"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/86151e02-ae2d-470a-9487-1f64c4626b26"
source_url: "http://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2019/S5098"
source_hash: "91bb6109700c3310f708221fbd4518c2d2304045bed0ac0f2cdf1304bd52fc6a"
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 5098 (2019-2020) — Requires the department of environmental conservation to designate certain species as vulnerable species

Requires the department of environmental conservation to designate certain species as vulnerable species and prohibits the sale of articles made from any part of a vulnerable species; and requires the department to designate the giraffe as a vulnerable species.

## Version chain

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

1. **S5098** (committee substitute) — [source](http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?sh=printbill&bn=S5098&term=2019&Text=Y)

## Votes

- Rules Vote — **19–0** (pass) · upper
- Assembly Vote — **123–21** (pass) · lower
- Floor Vote — **48–14** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- MARTINEZ — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-04-09** REFERRED TO ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION `referral-committee`
- **2019-04-30** COMMITTEE DISCHARGED AND COMMITTED TO RULES `referral-committee`
- **2019-04-30** ORDERED TO THIRD READING CAL.489
- **2019-04-30** PASSED SENATE `passage`
- **2019-04-30** DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY
- **2019-04-30** REFERRED TO WAYS AND MEANS `referral-committee`
- **2019-04-30** SUBSTITUTED FOR A6600
- **2019-04-30** ORDERED TO THIRD READING CAL.209
- **2019-04-30** PASSED ASSEMBLY `passage`
- **2019-04-30** RETURNED TO SENATE
- **2019-12-06** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
- **2019-12-13** SIGNED CHAP.651 `executive-signature`
- **2019-12-13** APPROVAL MEMO.42

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/86151e02-ae2d-470a-9487-1f64c4626b26`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New York legislature records).