---
type: "Bill"
title: "Extends DEC's authority to regulate management of crabs, and prohibits the taking of horseshoe crabs for commercial and biomedical purposes"
description: "Extends DEC's authority to regulate management of crabs to 12/31/2027; prohibits the taking of horseshoe crabs for commercial and biomedical purposes."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ny"
legislature: "New York Legislature"
session: "2025-2026"
identifier: "A 4997"
citation: "New York A 4997 (2025-2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Deborah Glick"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 16
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2025-02-10"
last_action: "2025-12-19"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f0ed73af-d9fe-4318-80d9-b879e48e7376"
source_url: "http://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2025/A4997"
source_hash: "a89fe0e563a703d0eea981081caf09a81009de769972a95dfe8e190c353a9107"
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 4997 (2025-2026) — Extends DEC's authority to regulate management of crabs, and prohibits the taking of horseshoe crabs for commercial and biomedical purposes

Extends DEC's authority to regulate management of crabs to 12/31/2027; prohibits the taking of horseshoe crabs for commercial and biomedical purposes.

## Version chain

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

1. **A4997** (committee substitute) — [source](http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?sh=printbill&bn=A4997&term=2025&Text=Y)

## Votes

- Floor Vote — **43–16** (pass) · upper
- Assembly Vote — **100–45** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Deborah Glick — primary (person)
- Chris Burdick — cosponsor (person)
- Dana Levenberg — cosponsor (person)
- David Weprin — cosponsor (person)
- Gabriella Romero — cosponsor (person)
- Jo Anne Simon — cosponsor (person)
- Karines Reyes — cosponsor (person)
- Robert C. Carroll — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-02-10** REFERRED TO ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION `referral-committee`
- **2025-05-20** REPORTED REFERRED TO CODES `referral-committee`
- **2025-05-28** REPORTED REFERRED TO RULES `referral-committee`
- **2025-05-29** REPORTED
- **2025-05-29** RULES REPORT CAL.313
- **2025-05-29** ORDERED TO THIRD READING RULES CAL.313
- **2025-06-05** PASSED ASSEMBLY `passage`
- **2025-06-05** DELIVERED TO SENATE
- **2025-06-05** REFERRED TO RULES `referral-committee`
- **2025-06-11** SUBSTITUTED FOR S4289
- **2025-06-11** 3RD READING CAL.1375
- **2025-06-11** PASSED SENATE `passage`
- **2025-06-11** RETURNED TO ASSEMBLY
- **2025-12-08** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
- **2025-12-19** SIGNED CHAP.653 `executive-signature`
- **2025-12-19** APPROVAL MEMO.35

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/f0ed73af-d9fe-4318-80d9-b879e48e7376`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New York legislature records).