---
type: "Bill"
title: "Extends the authority of the department of environmental conservation to manage whelk and conch"
description: "Extends the authority of the department of environmental conservation to manage whelk and conch from 2023 to 2026."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ny"
legislature: "New York Legislature"
session: "2023-2024"
identifier: "A 7442"
citation: "New York A 7442 (2023-2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Dana Levenberg"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 14
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2023-05-19"
last_action: "2023-08-23"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/5df7b8b9-7714-4ec0-b5b0-311f09630add"
source_url: "http://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2023/A7442"
source_hash: "ad1c310da7978b392bea021a30099f8b706e7cc7c4b090c39f30c8acd5785cbf"
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 7442 (2023-2024) — Extends the authority of the department of environmental conservation to manage whelk and conch

Extends the authority of the department of environmental conservation to manage whelk and conch from 2023 to 2026.

## Version chain

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

1. **A7442** (committee substitute) — [source](http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?sh=printbill&bn=A7442&term=2023&Text=Y)

## Votes

- Assembly Vote — **142–2** (pass) · lower
- Floor Vote — **58–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Dana Levenberg — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-05-19** REFERRED TO ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION `referral-committee`
- **2023-05-23** REPORTED REFERRED TO RULES `referral-committee`
- **2023-05-24** REPORTED
- **2023-05-24** RULES REPORT CAL.312
- **2023-05-24** ORDERED TO THIRD READING RULES CAL.312
- **2023-05-30** PASSED ASSEMBLY `passage`
- **2023-05-30** DELIVERED TO SENATE
- **2023-05-30** REFERRED TO ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION `referral-committee`
- **2023-06-01** SUBSTITUTED FOR S6953
- **2023-06-01** 3RD READING CAL.1161
- **2023-06-01** PASSED SENATE `passage`
- **2023-06-01** RETURNED TO ASSEMBLY
- **2023-08-11** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
- **2023-08-23** SIGNED CHAP.320 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/5df7b8b9-7714-4ec0-b5b0-311f09630add`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New York legislature records).