A8043 (2025-26 session)
NY State bill
Provides that no person shall engage in the operation of a marine hatchery or in the off-bottom or on-bottom culture of any species belonging to the order Octopoda unless for scientific or educational purposes for the purpose of human consumption.
- Title
- Prohibits octopus farming
- Type
- New York State Assembly bill
- Session
- 2025-26 session
- Status
- Assembly Floor Calendar
- Latest action date
- 2026-05-28
- Introduced
- 2025-04-22
- Active version
- A8043C
- Same as
- S7421
- Substituted by
- S7421
- Law section
- Environmental Conservation Law
Sponsors
- Tony Simone Assembly Member, District 75
Co-sponsors
- Alex Bores Assembly Member, District 73
- Andrew Hevesi Assembly Member, District 28
Heard in committee
- Codes NY State Assembly committee
- Environmental Conservation NY State Assembly committee
Same as
- S7421 (2025-26 session) NY State bill
Substituted by
- S7421 (2025-26 session) NY State bill