---
type: "Bill"
title: "Requires that a person hold a license, tag or privilege in an electronic or other acceptable format pursuant to regulations"
description: "Requires that a person hold a license, tag or privilege in an electronic or other acceptable format pursuant to regulations for the hunting of deer and bears."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ny"
legislature: "New York Legislature"
session: "2023-2024"
identifier: "S 8644"
citation: "New York S 8644 (2023-2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Pete Harckham"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 14
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2024-02-26"
last_action: "2024-06-28"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/81b23075-e718-47f7-bac8-6541451a720e"
source_url: "http://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2023/S8644"
source_hash: "056152ebca7bf9158807a4becb9cbfe08f1ad907ca669fd2d2ae47fc11a0eb8a"
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 8644 (2023-2024) — Requires that a person hold a license, tag or privilege in an electronic or other acceptable format pursuant to regulations

Requires that a person hold a license, tag or privilege in an electronic or other acceptable format pursuant to regulations for the hunting of deer and bears.

## Version chain

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

1. **S8644** (committee substitute) — [source](http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?sh=printbill&bn=S8644&term=2023&Text=Y)
2. **S8644A** (committee substitute) — [source](http://legislation.nysenate.gov/pdf/bills/2023/S8644A)

## Votes

- Assembly Vote — **142–0** (pass) · lower
- Environmental Conservation Vote — **10–1** (pass) · upper
- Floor Vote - Version: A — **59–2** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Pete Harckham — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-02-26** REFERRED TO ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION `referral-committee`
- **2024-03-12** 1ST REPORT CAL.645
- **2024-03-13** 2ND REPORT CAL.
- **2024-03-14** AMENDED 8644A `amendment-passage`
- **2024-03-14** ADVANCED TO THIRD READING
- **2024-05-29** PASSED SENATE `passage`
- **2024-05-29** DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY
- **2024-05-29** REFERRED TO ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION `referral-committee`
- **2024-06-07** SUBSTITUTED FOR A10565
- **2024-06-07** ORDERED TO THIRD READING RULES CAL.588
- **2024-06-07** PASSED ASSEMBLY `passage`
- **2024-06-07** RETURNED TO SENATE
- **2024-06-26** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
- **2024-06-28** SIGNED CHAP.158 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/81b23075-e718-47f7-bac8-6541451a720e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New York legislature records).