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S00678Introduced in the Senate

Provides that where the total number of commercial food fish license, commercial crab permits, commercial whelk and conch licenses, and marine and coastal district party and charter boat license applications from persons who were not issued such license in the previous year exceeds the number of licenses that are available, the department of environmental conservation shall randomly select recipients of the available licenses from among those applications received by the first business day of the applicable license year; provides for a temporary authorization where in the event of a temporary emergency, a licensee or permittee may provide written authorization for a person to temporarily undertake any licensed activities on the licensee's or permittee's behalf; makes related provisions.

EngrossedAssembly Environmental Conservation

Introduced by Monica Martinez, District 4

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Provides that where the total number of commercial food fish license, commercial crab permits, commercial whelk and conch licenses, and marine and coastal district party and charter boat license applications from persons who were not issued such license in the previous year exceeds the number of licenses that are available, the department of environmental conservation shall randomly select recipients of the available licenses from among those applications received by the first business day of the applicable license year; provides for a temporary authorization where in the event of a temporary emergency, a licensee or permittee may provide written authorization for a person to temporarily undertake any licensed activities on the licensee's or permittee's behalf; makes related provisions.

Where it stands

referred to environmental conservation

March 5, 2026

How did lawmakers vote?

SenateStage: Senate Floor Vote - Final Passage · March 5, 2026

59

Yes

0

No

4

Absent or Not Voting

63 senators recorded in this Senate vote. Colors show vote categories only, not whether a vote was good or bad.

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SenatorDistrictVote
Anthony Palumbo1Yes
Mario Mattera2Yes
Dean Murray3Yes
Monica Martinez4Yes
Steven Rhoads5Yes
Siela Bynoe6Yes
Jack Martins7Yes
Alexis Weik8Yes
Patricia Canzoneri-Fitzpatrick9Yes
James Sanders10Absent

Bill history

  1. REFERRED TO ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION

  2. 1ST REPORT CAL.117

  3. 2ND REPORT CAL.

  4. AMENDED 678A

  5. ADVANCED TO THIRD READING

  6. PASSED SENATE

  7. DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY

  8. referred to environmental conservation

  9. died in assembly

  10. returned to senate

  11. REFERRED TO ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION

  12. 1ST REPORT CAL.256

  13. 2ND REPORT CAL.

  14. ADVANCED TO THIRD READING

  15. PASSED SENATE

  16. DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY

  17. referred to environmental conservation

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