---
type: "Bill"
title: "Extends the authority of the department of environmental conservation to manage Atlantic herring"
description: "Extends the authority of the department of environmental conservation to manage Atlantic herring."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ny"
legislature: "New York Legislature"
session: "2023-2024"
identifier: "S 6947"
citation: "New York S 6947 (2023-2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Monica Martinez"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 13
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2023-05-16"
last_action: "2023-08-23"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c1f1de5f-ca3d-468d-9465-8170b6fcbfd6"
source_url: "http://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2023/S6947"
source_hash: "809e0b188046ec9c18773c361b55e191cd3574c0e52625a55a79df90e908a134"
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 6947 (2023-2024) — Extends the authority of the department of environmental conservation to manage Atlantic herring

Extends the authority of the department of environmental conservation to manage Atlantic herring.

## Version chain

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

1. **S6947** (committee substitute) — [source](http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?sh=printbill&bn=S6947&term=2023&Text=Y)

## Votes

- Assembly Vote — **143–2** (pass) · lower
- Environmental Conservation Vote — **10–0** (pass) · upper
- Floor Vote — **58–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Monica Martinez — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-05-16** REFERRED TO ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION `referral-committee`
- **2023-05-22** 1ST REPORT CAL.1155
- **2023-05-23** 2ND REPORT CAL.
- **2023-05-24** ADVANCED TO THIRD READING
- **2023-06-01** PASSED SENATE `passage`
- **2023-06-01** DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY
- **2023-06-01** REFERRED TO WAYS AND MEANS `referral-committee`
- **2023-06-05** SUBSTITUTED FOR A7474
- **2023-06-05** ORDERED TO THIRD READING RULES CAL.558
- **2023-06-05** PASSED ASSEMBLY `passage`
- **2023-06-05** RETURNED TO SENATE
- **2023-08-11** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
- **2023-08-23** SIGNED CHAP.340 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/c1f1de5f-ca3d-468d-9465-8170b6fcbfd6`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New York legislature records).