---
type: "Bill"
title: "Directs the department of environmental conservation to establish a Long Island deer management pilot program"
description: "Directs the department of environmental conservation to establish a Long Island deer management pilot program in the town of Southold."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ny"
legislature: "New York Legislature"
session: "2023-2024"
identifier: "S 4804"
citation: "New York S 4804 (2023-2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Anthony H. Palumbo"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 15
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2023-02-15"
last_action: "2023-12-08"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a597dab8-55fa-4c63-8ce1-a7d59a58c012"
source_url: "http://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2023/S4804"
source_hash: "57748190cfadf6d8ef94f3eefa59f2ee8ec83a5d34e6bbc118cc825baf2387af"
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 4804 (2023-2024) — Directs the department of environmental conservation to establish a Long Island deer management pilot program

Directs the department of environmental conservation to establish a Long Island deer management pilot program in the town of Southold.

## Version chain

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

1. **S4804** (committee substitute) — [source](http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?sh=printbill&bn=S4804&term=2023&Text=Y)
2. **S4804A** (committee substitute) — [source](http://legislation.nysenate.gov/pdf/bills/2023/S4804A)

## Votes

- Rules Vote - Version: A — **21–0** (pass) · upper
- Assembly Vote — **145–1** (pass) · lower
- Floor Vote - Version: A — **61–1** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Anthony H. Palumbo — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-02-15** REFERRED TO ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION `referral-committee`
- **2023-06-01** AMEND (T) AND RECOMMIT TO ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION `amendment-passage, referral-committee`
- **2023-06-01** PRINT NUMBER 4804A `amendment-passage`
- **2023-06-06** COMMITTEE DISCHARGED AND COMMITTED TO RULES `referral-committee`
- **2023-06-06** ORDERED TO THIRD READING CAL.1638
- **2023-06-06** PASSED SENATE `passage`
- **2023-06-06** DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY
- **2023-06-06** REFERRED TO ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION `referral-committee`
- **2023-06-09** SUBSTITUTED FOR A5542A
- **2023-06-09** ORDERED TO THIRD READING RULES CAL.764
- **2023-06-09** PASSED ASSEMBLY `passage`
- **2023-06-09** RETURNED TO SENATE
- **2023-11-29** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
- **2023-12-08** SIGNED CHAP.704 `executive-signature`
- **2023-12-08** APPROVAL MEMO.49

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/a597dab8-55fa-4c63-8ce1-a7d59a58c012`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New York legislature records).