---
type: "Bill"
title: "Establishes an urban deer management pilot program"
description: "Relates to establishing an urban deer management pilot program; authorizes the department of environmental conservation, after a review of the site-specific deer management plan, and upon a finding that deer have become a nuisance, destructive to public or private property or a threat to public health or welfare, to issue a certified nuisance wildlife specialist a deer cull permit; defines terms."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ny"
legislature: "New York Legislature"
session: "2023-2024"
identifier: "A 783"
citation: "New York A 783 (2023-2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Pamela J. Hunter"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 15
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2023-01-11"
last_action: "2023-12-08"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/abaec43d-4afe-4724-8001-e7f27988680d"
source_url: "http://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2023/A783"
source_hash: "276da4bb1497f8e892f17e80406e014fee85dcba5ec14249f91115a5d93c41e5"
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 783 (2023-2024) — Establishes an urban deer management pilot program

Relates to establishing an urban deer management pilot program; authorizes the department of environmental conservation, after a review of the site-specific deer management plan, and upon a finding that deer have become a nuisance, destructive to public or private property or a threat to public health or welfare, to issue a certified nuisance wildlife specialist a deer cull permit; defines terms.

## Version chain

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

1. **A783** (committee substitute) — [source](http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?sh=printbill&bn=A783&term=2023&Text=Y)

## Votes

- Floor Vote — **59–2** (pass) · upper
- Assembly Vote — **145–2** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Pamela J. Hunter — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-01-11** REFERRED TO WAYS AND MEANS `referral-committee`
- **2023-05-17** REPORTED REFERRED TO RULES `referral-committee`
- **2023-05-22** REPORTED
- **2023-05-22** RULES REPORT CAL.182
- **2023-05-22** ORDERED TO THIRD READING RULES CAL.182
- **2023-05-22** PASSED ASSEMBLY `passage`
- **2023-05-22** DELIVERED TO SENATE
- **2023-05-22** REFERRED TO ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION `referral-committee`
- **2023-06-07** SUBSTITUTED FOR S2630
- **2023-06-07** 3RD READING CAL.1138
- **2023-06-07** PASSED SENATE `passage`
- **2023-06-07** RETURNED TO ASSEMBLY
- **2023-11-29** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
- **2023-12-08** SIGNED CHAP.683 `executive-signature`
- **2023-12-08** APPROVAL MEMO.37

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/abaec43d-4afe-4724-8001-e7f27988680d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New York legislature records).