---
type: "Bill"
title: "Clarifies provisions regarding the use of crossbows for hunting"
description: "Clarifies provisions regarding the use of crossbows for hunting, allowing the department of environmental conservation to allow the use of crossbows for the taking of big game in any area long bows are permitted."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ny"
legislature: "New York Legislature"
session: "2025-2026"
identifier: "S 6360"
citation: "New York S 6360 (2025-2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Pete Harckham"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 15
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2025-03-11"
last_action: "2025-08-26"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e0f798dd-cf10-476d-88fc-176aca562552"
source_url: "http://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2025/S6360"
source_hash: "289a4b1f81f06b1458b0b4d470450fff57a203a598dd0d2d715d24077b3657e1"
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 6360 (2025-2026) — Clarifies provisions regarding the use of crossbows for hunting

Clarifies provisions regarding the use of crossbows for hunting, allowing the department of environmental conservation to allow the use of crossbows for the taking of big game in any area long bows are permitted.

## Version chain

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

1. **S6360** (committee substitute) — [source](http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?sh=printbill&bn=S6360&term=2025&Text=Y)
2. **S6360A** (committee substitute) — [source](http://legislation.nysenate.gov/pdf/bills/2025/S6360A)

## Votes

- Assembly Vote — **139–2** (pass) · lower
- Environmental Conservation Vote — **10–1** (pass) · upper
- Floor Vote - Version: A — **57–2** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Pete Harckham — primary (person)
- Christopher Ryan — cosponsor (person)
- George Borrello — cosponsor (person)
- Jake Ashby — cosponsor (person)
- James Skoufis — cosponsor (person)
- Jessica Scarcella-Spanton — cosponsor (person)
- Julia Salazar — cosponsor (person)
- Leroy Comrie — cosponsor (person)
- Michelle Hinchey — cosponsor (person)
- Pamela Helming — cosponsor (person)
- Patrick M. Gallivan — cosponsor (person)
- Rachel May — cosponsor (person)
- Robert Jackson — cosponsor (person)
- Thomas F. O'Mara — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-03-11** REFERRED TO ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION `referral-committee`
- **2025-05-08** AMEND AND RECOMMIT TO ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION `amendment-passage, referral-committee`
- **2025-05-08** PRINT NUMBER 6360A `amendment-passage`
- **2025-05-13** 1ST REPORT CAL.1055
- **2025-05-14** 2ND REPORT CAL.
- **2025-05-15** ADVANCED TO THIRD READING
- **2025-06-11** PASSED SENATE `passage`
- **2025-06-11** DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY
- **2025-06-11** REFERRED TO CODES `referral-committee`
- **2025-06-17** SUBSTITUTED FOR A8330A
- **2025-06-17** ORDERED TO THIRD READING RULES CAL.876
- **2025-06-17** PASSED ASSEMBLY `passage`
- **2025-06-17** RETURNED TO SENATE
- **2025-08-22** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
- **2025-08-26** SIGNED CHAP.358 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/e0f798dd-cf10-476d-88fc-176aca562552`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New York legislature records).