---
type: "Bill"
title: "Extends provisions of law related to youth pheasant hunting on long island"
description: "Extends the authority of the department of environmental conservation to fix open season and bag limits for pheasant hunting on Long Island by individuals who hold a junior license."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ny"
legislature: "New York Legislature"
session: "2025-2026"
identifier: "A 8661"
citation: "New York A 8661 (2025-2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Tommy Schiavoni"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 14
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2025-05-23"
last_action: "2025-08-07"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/97e6116d-5361-4248-88a1-e71c2e4f15bc"
source_url: "http://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2025/A8661"
source_hash: "8eb065729a3c9f430d570f4793da34058036dcd7603b9ea518a8c2a8da2ea6e6"
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 8661 (2025-2026) — Extends provisions of law related to youth pheasant hunting on long island

Extends the authority of the department of environmental conservation to fix open season and bag limits for pheasant hunting on Long Island by individuals who hold a junior license.

## Version chain

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

1. **A8661** (committee substitute) — [source](http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?sh=printbill&bn=A8661&term=2025&Text=Y)

## Votes

- Assembly Vote — **137–5** (pass) · lower
- Floor Vote — **56–3** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Tommy Schiavoni — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-05-23** REFERRED TO ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION `referral-committee`
- **2025-05-28** REPORTED REFERRED TO RULES `referral-committee`
- **2025-05-29** REPORTED
- **2025-05-29** RULES REPORT CAL.371
- **2025-05-29** ORDERED TO THIRD READING RULES CAL.371
- **2025-05-29** PASSED ASSEMBLY `passage`
- **2025-05-29** DELIVERED TO SENATE
- **2025-05-29** REFERRED TO ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION `referral-committee`
- **2025-06-11** SUBSTITUTED FOR S7864
- **2025-06-11** 3RD READING CAL.1383
- **2025-06-11** PASSED SENATE `passage`
- **2025-06-11** RETURNED TO ASSEMBLY
- **2025-08-04** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
- **2025-08-07** SIGNED CHAP.245 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/97e6116d-5361-4248-88a1-e71c2e4f15bc`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New York legislature records).