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New York · 2025 Regular Session · Bill

A 8515: Enacts the whale awareness act

Enacted Official data

  1. Introduced
  2. In committee
  3. Passed one chamber
  4. Passed both chambers
  5. Enacted

Last official action: ·Record last updated:

Plain-language summary

A 8515 is a bill introduced in the New York House on May 20, 2025. According to its official title, it concerns: Enacts the whale awareness act. Primary sponsor: Rebecca Kassay (Democratic). It lists 16 additional sponsors. Most recent recorded action (August 7, 2026): SIGNED CHAP.208.

Generated automatically from the official title, sponsor list, and status record only. It does not characterize the bill’s purpose or effects. How summaries are written

Official summary

Abstract published by the legislature (via Open States). Text as published by the legislature; reproduced verbatim.

Enacts the whale awareness act directing the department of environmental conservation to establish recommendations and educational materials for reduction of marine mammal interactions.

Sponsors

Sponsors by party (alphabetical): Democratic 11 · Democratic/Independence/Working Families 1 · Democratic/Working Families 4 · Republican 1

NameRolePartyChamberDistrict
Rebecca KassayPrimary sponsorDemocraticHouse4
Khaleel AndersonCo-sponsorDemocratic/Working FamiliesHouse31
Sam BergerCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse27
Chris BurdickCo-sponsorDemocratic/Independence/Working FamiliesHouse93
Robert CarrollCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse44
Brian CunninghamCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse43
Mike FitzpatrickCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse8
Andrew HevesiCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse28
Jonathan JacobsonCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse104
Dana LevenbergCo-sponsorDemocratic/Working FamiliesHouse95
Jen LunsfordCo-sponsorDemocratic/Working FamiliesHouse135
Donna LupardoCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse123
John McDonaldCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse108
Steven RagaCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse30
Linda RosenthalCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse67
Tommy John SchiavoniCo-sponsorDemocratic/Working FamiliesHouse1
Tony SimoneCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse75

“Support” is shown only as formal sponsorship recorded by the legislature. Roll-call votes are available on the official bill page.

Recent official actions

  1. SIGNED CHAP.208
  2. DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR
  3. RETURNED TO ASSEMBLY
  4. PASSED SENATE
  5. 3RD READING CAL.376
  6. SUBSTITUTED FOR S2292B
  7. REFERRED TO ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION
  8. DELIVERED TO SENATE
  9. PASSED ASSEMBLY
  10. ADVANCED TO THIRD READING CAL.259
  11. REPORTED
  12. PRINT NUMBER 8515A

Showing 12 most recent of 15 actions. Full history

Sources

  1. Open States / Plural (data from the official legislature website)
  2. Official legislature source