---
type: "Bill"
title: "Extends the authority of the department of environmental conservation to manage winter flounder"
description: "Extends the authority of the department of environmental conservation to manage winter flounder from 2023 to 2026."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ny"
legislature: "New York Legislature"
session: "2023-2024"
identifier: "A 7443"
citation: "New York A 7443 (2023-2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Jaime R. Williams"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 14
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2023-05-19"
last_action: "2023-08-23"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/9ee42774-76bf-48e2-9c29-f5e9c9eec636"
source_url: "http://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2023/A7443"
source_hash: "248319582d250f81f3a4a9816e125f4ee009a752debcc69becfe12e450342303"
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 7443 (2023-2024) — Extends the authority of the department of environmental conservation to manage winter flounder

Extends the authority of the department of environmental conservation to manage winter flounder from 2023 to 2026.

## Version chain

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

1. **A7443** (committee substitute) — [source](http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?sh=printbill&bn=A7443&term=2023&Text=Y)

## Votes

- Assembly Vote — **142–2** (pass) · lower
- Floor Vote — **58–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Jaime R. Williams — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-05-19** REFERRED TO ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION `referral-committee`
- **2023-05-23** REPORTED REFERRED TO RULES `referral-committee`
- **2023-05-24** REPORTED
- **2023-05-24** RULES REPORT CAL.313
- **2023-05-24** ORDERED TO THIRD READING RULES CAL.313
- **2023-05-30** PASSED ASSEMBLY `passage`
- **2023-05-30** DELIVERED TO SENATE
- **2023-05-30** REFERRED TO ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION `referral-committee`
- **2023-06-01** SUBSTITUTED FOR S6954
- **2023-06-01** 3RD READING CAL.1162
- **2023-06-01** PASSED SENATE `passage`
- **2023-06-01** RETURNED TO ASSEMBLY
- **2023-08-11** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
- **2023-08-23** SIGNED CHAP.321 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/9ee42774-76bf-48e2-9c29-f5e9c9eec636`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New York legislature records).