---
type: "Bill"
title: "Extends the authority of the department of environmental conservation to manage monkfish"
description: "Extends the authority of the department of environmental conservation to manage monkfish to 2024."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ny"
legislature: "New York Legislature"
session: "2021-2022"
identifier: "A 7394"
citation: "New York A 7394 (2021-2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["LUNSFORD"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 12
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2021-05-06"
last_action: "2021-06-11"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/454fbc2b-687c-4e94-8819-eaa1a5d5e18a"
source_url: "http://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2021/A7394"
source_hash: "acb10ddd0c8cb4260dcce754733414c60e7cce89b210635eeee9b68f59e4dd28"
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 7394 (2021-2022) — Extends the authority of the department of environmental conservation to manage monkfish

Extends the authority of the department of environmental conservation to manage monkfish to 2024.

## Version chain

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

1. **A7394** (committee substitute) — [source](http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?sh=printbill&bn=A7394&term=2021&Text=Y)

## Votes

- Assembly Vote — **145–2** (pass) · lower
- Floor Vote — **63–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- LUNSFORD — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-05-06** REFERRED TO ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION `referral-committee`
- **2021-05-11** REPORTED
- **2021-05-13** ADVANCED TO THIRD READING CAL.388
- **2021-05-19** PASSED ASSEMBLY `passage`
- **2021-05-19** DELIVERED TO SENATE
- **2021-05-19** REFERRED TO ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION `referral-committee`
- **2021-06-02** SUBSTITUTED FOR S7065
- **2021-06-02** 3RD READING CAL.1427
- **2021-06-02** PASSED SENATE `passage`
- **2021-06-02** RETURNED TO ASSEMBLY
- **2021-06-11** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
- **2021-06-11** SIGNED CHAP.123 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/454fbc2b-687c-4e94-8819-eaa1a5d5e18a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New York legislature records).