---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relates to the authority of the department of environmental conservation to manage fish"
description: "Extends provisions of law relating to the authority of the department of environmental conservation to fix by regulation open seasons, size and catch limits and manner of taking fish from December 31, 2025 until December 31, 2028."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ny"
legislature: "New York Legislature"
session: "2025-2026"
identifier: "A 8428"
citation: "New York A 8428 (2025-2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Demond Meeks"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 14
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2025-05-15"
last_action: "2025-07-29"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a6a49136-60b3-453a-95c0-7ad4a1b02cd2"
source_url: "http://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2025/A8428"
source_hash: "8c2b9106c7b8bd857c5eb7eee3fb7f04134cd428cfc5a91d4c6bd5819bf8c130"
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 8428 (2025-2026) — Relates to the authority of the department of environmental conservation to manage fish

Extends provisions of law relating to the authority of the department of environmental conservation to fix by regulation open seasons, size and catch limits and manner of taking fish from December 31, 2025 until December 31, 2028.

## Version chain

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

1. **A8428** (committee substitute) — [source](http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?sh=printbill&bn=A8428&term=2025&Text=Y)

## Votes

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

## Sponsors

- Demond Meeks — primary (person)
- Chris Burdick — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-05-15** REFERRED TO ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION `referral-committee`
- **2025-05-20** REPORTED REFERRED TO RULES `referral-committee`
- **2025-05-21** REPORTED
- **2025-05-21** RULES REPORT CAL.250
- **2025-05-21** ORDERED TO THIRD READING RULES CAL.250
- **2025-05-21** PASSED ASSEMBLY `passage`
- **2025-05-21** DELIVERED TO SENATE
- **2025-05-21** REFERRED TO ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION `referral-committee`
- **2025-06-04** SUBSTITUTED FOR S7767
- **2025-06-04** 3RD READING CAL.1058
- **2025-06-04** PASSED SENATE `passage`
- **2025-06-04** RETURNED TO ASSEMBLY
- **2025-07-29** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
- **2025-07-29** SIGNED CHAP.198 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/a6a49136-60b3-453a-95c0-7ad4a1b02cd2`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New York legislature records).