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New York · 2025 Regular Session · Bill

S 2292: Enacts the whale awareness act

Passed one chamber 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

S 2292 is a bill introduced in the New York Senate on January 16, 2025. According to its official title, it concerns: Enacts the whale awareness act. Primary sponsor: Pete Harckham (Democratic/Working Families). It lists 10 additional sponsors. Most recent recorded action (March 5, 2026): SUBSTITUTED BY A8515A.

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 4 · Democratic/Working Families 2 · Republican 1 · Republican/Conservative 4

NameRolePartyChamberDistrict
Pete HarckhamPrimary sponsorDemocratic/Working FamiliesSenate40
Erik BottcherCo-sponsorDemocraticSenate47
Patricia Canzoneri-FitzpatrickCo-sponsorRepublican/ConservativeSenate9
Steve ChanCo-sponsorRepublican/ConservativeSenate17
Cordell CleareCo-sponsorDemocraticSenate30
Andrew GounardesCo-sponsorDemocraticSenate26
Tony PalumboCo-sponsorRepublicanSenate1
Steve RhoadsCo-sponsorRepublican/ConservativeSenate5
Jose SerranoCo-sponsorDemocratic/Working FamiliesSenate29
Toby StaviskyCo-sponsorDemocraticSenate11
Bill WeberCo-sponsorRepublican/ConservativeSenate38

“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. SUBSTITUTED BY A8515A
  2. ADVANCED TO THIRD READING
  3. 2ND REPORT CAL.
  4. 1ST REPORT CAL.376
  5. PRINT NUMBER 2292B
  6. AMEND AND RECOMMIT TO ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION
  7. REFERRED TO ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION
  8. RETURNED TO SENATE
  9. DIED IN ASSEMBLY
  10. REFERRED TO ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION
  11. DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY
  12. PASSED SENATE

Showing 12 most recent of 18 actions. Full history

Sources

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