---
type: "Bill"
title: "Extends the authority of the department of environmental conservation to manage American eel"
description: "Extends the authority of the department of environmental conservation to manage American eel from 2025 to 2026."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ny"
legislature: "New York Legislature"
session: "2025-2026"
identifier: "A 8654"
citation: "New York A 8654 (2025-2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Deborah Glick"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 14
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2025-05-22"
last_action: "2025-07-29"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c1517dde-d36a-469b-8d7f-2092ce8a403e"
source_url: "http://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2025/A8654"
source_hash: "12b7163dff591674cb67b1ad653413f5060d614a0d569e2b7137c072736bccfc"
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 8654 (2025-2026) — Extends the authority of the department of environmental conservation to manage American eel

Extends the authority of the department of environmental conservation to manage American eel from 2025 to 2026.

## Version chain

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

1. **A8654** (committee substitute) — [source](http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?sh=printbill&bn=A8654&term=2025&Text=Y)

## Votes

- Floor Vote — **59–0** (pass) · upper
- Assembly Vote — **141–1** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Deborah Glick — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-05-22** REFERRED TO ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION `referral-committee`
- **2025-05-28** REPORTED REFERRED TO RULES `referral-committee`
- **2025-05-29** REPORTED
- **2025-05-29** RULES REPORT CAL.368
- **2025-05-29** ORDERED TO THIRD READING RULES CAL.368
- **2025-05-29** PASSED ASSEMBLY `passage`
- **2025-05-29** DELIVERED TO SENATE
- **2025-05-29** REFERRED TO ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION `referral-committee`
- **2025-06-11** SUBSTITUTED FOR S7863A
- **2025-06-11** 3RD READING CAL.1382
- **2025-06-11** PASSED SENATE `passage`
- **2025-06-11** RETURNED TO ASSEMBLY
- **2025-07-29** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
- **2025-07-29** SIGNED CHAP.203 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/c1517dde-d36a-469b-8d7f-2092ce8a403e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New York legislature records).