---
type: "Bill"
title: "Extends the authority of the department of environmental conservation to manage American eel"
description: "Extends the authority of the department of environmental conservation to manage American eel from 2022 to 2025."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ny"
legislature: "New York Legislature"
session: "2021-2022"
identifier: "A 10159"
citation: "New York A 10159 (2021-2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 1
action_count: 14
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2022-05-04"
last_action: "2022-06-30"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a2c465f3-30d8-4787-8e03-74caf0a709bd"
source_url: "http://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2021/A10159"
source_hash: "28057700fc7be4a246b749bb585ca2a09e5f732a32c0e5d8df57cbe026eece4a"
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 10159 (2021-2022) — Extends the authority of the department of environmental conservation to manage American eel

Extends the authority of the department of environmental conservation to manage American eel from 2022 to 2025.

## Version chain

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

1. **A10159** (committee substitute) — [source](http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?sh=printbill&bn=A10159&term=2021&Text=Y)

## Votes

- Floor Vote — **61–0** (pass) · upper
- Assembly Vote — **140–4** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Rules Committee — primary (organization)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-05-04** REFERRED TO ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION `referral-committee`
- **2022-05-09** REPORTED REFERRED TO RULES `referral-committee`
- **2022-05-10** REPORTED
- **2022-05-10** RULES REPORT CAL.154
- **2022-05-10** ORDERED TO THIRD READING RULES CAL.154
- **2022-05-11** PASSED ASSEMBLY `passage`
- **2022-05-11** DELIVERED TO SENATE
- **2022-05-11** REFERRED TO ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION `referral-committee`
- **2022-05-23** SUBSTITUTED FOR S9304
- **2022-05-23** 3RD READING CAL.1410
- **2022-05-23** PASSED SENATE `passage`
- **2022-05-23** RETURNED TO ASSEMBLY
- **2022-06-22** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
- **2022-06-30** SIGNED CHAP.296 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/a2c465f3-30d8-4787-8e03-74caf0a709bd`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New York legislature records).