---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relates to extending the authority of the department of environmental conservation to manage lobster"
description: "Extends the authority of the department of environmental conservation to manage lobster."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ny"
legislature: "New York Legislature"
session: "2017-2018"
identifier: "S 7996"
citation: "New York S 7996 (2017-2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["BOYLE"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 13
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2018-03-16"
last_action: "2018-12-21"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f3bf4357-7ad1-47e2-9e57-a6694acb4b22"
source_url: "http://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2017/S7996"
source_hash: "8d67c3c0d9355f5bb2bc0ec348b913657e66fc708d8700a81d213396849a91af"
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 7996 (2017-2018) — Relates to extending the authority of the department of environmental conservation to manage lobster

Extends the authority of the department of environmental conservation to manage lobster.

## Version chain

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

1. **S7996 HTML** (committee substitute) — [source](http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?sh=printbill&bn=S7996&term=2017&Text=Y)
2. **S7996 PDF** (committee substitute) — [source](http://legislation.nysenate.gov/pdf/bills/2017/S7996)

## Votes

- Assembly Vote — **127–5** (pass) · lower
- Environmental Conservation Vote — **11–1** (pass) · upper
- Floor Vote — **61–1** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- BOYLE — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-03-16** REFERRED TO ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION `referral-committee`
- **2018-05-01** 1ST REPORT CAL.992
- **2018-05-02** 2ND REPORT CAL.
- **2018-05-07** ADVANCED TO THIRD READING
- **2018-06-04** PASSED SENATE `passage`
- **2018-06-04** DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY
- **2018-06-04** REFERRED TO ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION `referral-committee`
- **2018-06-07** SUBSTITUTED FOR A10857
- **2018-06-07** ORDERED TO THIRD READING CAL.1084
- **2018-06-07** PASSED ASSEMBLY `passage`
- **2018-06-07** RETURNED TO SENATE
- **2018-12-12** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
- **2018-12-21** SIGNED CHAP.443 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/f3bf4357-7ad1-47e2-9e57-a6694acb4b22`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New York legislature records).