---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relates to making provisions authorizing big game hunting in Seneca county permanent"
description: "Makes provisions authorizing big game hunting in Seneca county permanent."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ny"
legislature: "New York Legislature"
session: "2017-2018"
identifier: "A 7766"
citation: "New York A 7766 (2017-2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["KOLB"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 12
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2017-05-15"
last_action: "2017-08-21"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/37ee0004-469d-42d4-8224-e647583d9d65"
source_url: "http://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2017/A7766"
source_hash: "731be0f89f15b6699ed78d8e11527d35bd6d911fff6fd051c853a5fa250aa39e"
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 7766 (2017-2018) — Relates to making provisions authorizing big game hunting in Seneca county permanent

Makes provisions authorizing big game hunting in Seneca county permanent.

## Version chain

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

1. **A7766 HTML** (committee substitute) — [source](http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?sh=printbill&bn=A7766&term=2017&Text=Y)
2. **A7766 PDF** (committee substitute) — [source](http://legislation.nysenate.gov/pdf/bills/2017/A7766)

## Votes

- Assembly Vote — **128–11** (pass) · lower
- Floor Vote — **62–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- KOLB — primary (person)
- PALMESANO — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-05-15** REFERRED TO ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION `referral-committee`
- **2017-05-23** REPORTED
- **2017-05-25** ADVANCED TO THIRD READING CAL.571
- **2017-06-07** PASSED ASSEMBLY `passage`
- **2017-06-07** DELIVERED TO SENATE
- **2017-06-07** REFERRED TO RULES `referral-committee`
- **2017-06-19** SUBSTITUTED FOR S6025
- **2017-06-19** 3RD READING CAL.1908
- **2017-06-19** PASSED SENATE `passage`
- **2017-06-19** RETURNED TO ASSEMBLY
- **2017-08-09** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
- **2017-08-21** SIGNED CHAP.204 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/37ee0004-469d-42d4-8224-e647583d9d65`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New York legislature records).