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Bill	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.	us/states/ny	New York Legislature	2025-2026	S 6360	New York S 6360 (2025-2026)	bill		enacted	Pete Harckham	2	15	3	2025-03-11	2025-08-26	openstates	ocd-bill/e0f798dd-cf10-476d-88fc-176aca562552	http://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2025/S6360	289a4b1f81f06b1458b0b4d470450fff57a203a598dd0d2d715d24077b3657e1	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	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
2. S6360A (committee substitute) — source

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; origin ocd-bill/e0f798dd-cf10-476d-88fc-176aca562552. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New York legislature records).