---
type: "Bill"
title: "Extends the authority of the department of environmental conservation to manage hickory shad"
description: "Extends the authority of the department of environmental conservation to manage hickory shad."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ny"
legislature: "New York Legislature"
session: "2025-2026"
identifier: "A 8656"
citation: "New York A 8656 (2025-2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Paula Kay"]
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/5a7b9ab0-9367-4cc5-a02e-c444d5badd52"
source_url: "http://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2025/A8656"
source_hash: "e3afa6ae4d408574cbc09f9ea8fffaf2f80c25825cbb31dbed25850bbdef8f6c"
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 8656 (2025-2026) — Extends the authority of the department of environmental conservation to manage hickory shad

Extends the authority of the department of environmental conservation to manage hickory shad.

## Version chain

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

1. **A8656** (committee substitute) — [source](http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?sh=printbill&bn=A8656&term=2025&Text=Y)

## Votes

- Floor Vote — **58–0** (pass) · upper
- Assembly Vote — **140–2** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Paula Kay — 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.369
- **2025-05-29** ORDERED TO THIRD READING RULES CAL.369
- **2025-05-29** PASSED ASSEMBLY `passage`
- **2025-05-29** DELIVERED TO SENATE
- **2025-05-29** REFERRED TO ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION `referral-committee`
- **2025-06-04** SUBSTITUTED FOR S7774
- **2025-06-04** 3RD READING CAL.1065
- **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.204 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/5a7b9ab0-9367-4cc5-a02e-c444d5badd52`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New York legislature records).