---
type: "Bill"
title: "Authorizes hunting big game by rifle in the county of Niagara"
description: "Authorizes hunting big game by rifle in the county of Niagara except within the city of Niagara Falls, the city of Lockport and the city of North Tonawanda."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ny"
legislature: "New York Legislature"
session: "2023-2024"
identifier: "S 8382"
citation: "New York S 8382 (2023-2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Robert Ortt"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 17
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2024-01-25"
last_action: "2024-09-27"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/8dd59c6d-f339-4b81-bbad-6e27f736a92f"
source_url: "http://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2023/S8382"
source_hash: "5f3d77bdb69a5323fe1e74c0e0aad54c572fffc16bf770bf10c02eb871f8f79e"
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 8382 (2023-2024) — Authorizes hunting big game by rifle in the county of Niagara

Authorizes hunting big game by rifle in the county of Niagara except within the city of Niagara Falls, the city of Lockport and the city of North Tonawanda.

## Version chain

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

1. **S8382** (committee substitute) — [source](http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?sh=printbill&bn=S8382&term=2023&Text=Y)
2. **S8382A** (committee substitute) — [source](http://legislation.nysenate.gov/pdf/bills/2023/S8382A)
3. **S8382B** (committee substitute) — [source](http://legislation.nysenate.gov/pdf/bills/2023/S8382B)

## Votes

- Floor Vote - Version: B — **57–2** (pass) · upper
- Environmental Conservation Vote - Version: B — **10–1** (pass) · upper
- Assembly Vote — **131–9** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Robert Ortt — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-01-25** REFERRED TO ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION `referral-committee`
- **2024-05-13** AMEND (T) AND RECOMMIT TO ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION `amendment-passage, referral-committee`
- **2024-05-13** PRINT NUMBER 8382A `amendment-passage`
- **2024-05-13** AMEND AND RECOMMIT TO ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION `amendment-passage, referral-committee`
- **2024-05-13** PRINT NUMBER 8382B `amendment-passage`
- **2024-05-21** 1ST REPORT CAL.1313
- **2024-05-22** 2ND REPORT CAL.
- **2024-05-23** ADVANCED TO THIRD READING
- **2024-06-05** PASSED SENATE `passage`
- **2024-06-05** DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY
- **2024-06-05** REFERRED TO ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION `referral-committee`
- **2024-06-07** SUBSTITUTED FOR A9130A
- **2024-06-07** ORDERED TO THIRD READING RULES CAL.623
- **2024-06-07** PASSED ASSEMBLY `passage`
- **2024-06-07** RETURNED TO SENATE
- **2024-09-20** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
- **2024-09-27** SIGNED CHAP.389 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/8dd59c6d-f339-4b81-bbad-6e27f736a92f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New York legislature records).