New York legislation · 2025-2026 General Assembly
New York S7532: Enacts the restriction of anticoagulant pesticide transactions for online and retail stores act
Status: In committee, June 5, 2026
Enacts the restriction of anticoagulant pesticide transactions for online and retail stores act to prohibit any person from selling, offering for sale or use, or distributing within the state, any second-generation anticoagulant rodenticide; prohibits the use of either a first-generation anticoagulant rodenticide or a second-generation anticoagulant rodenticide within five hundred feet of a wildlife habitat area.
What the bill says
An act to amend the environmental conservation law, in relation to enacting the restriction of anticoagulant pesticide transactions for online and retail stores act.
From the amended text, May 14, 2026:
AN ACT to amend the environmental conservation law, in relation to enacting the restriction of anticoagulant pesticide transactions for online and retail stores act THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEMBLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: Section 1. Short title. This act shall be known and may be cited as the "restriction of anticoagulant pesticide transactions for online and retail stores act" or "RAPTORS act". § 2. Legislative intent. The legislature hereby finds and declares that it is the policy of this state to ensure that aquatic, terrestrial, and avian wildlife species remain a fully functional component of the ecosystems they inhabit and move through in New York. It is the intent of this act to facilitate this goal by prohibiting the general public from purchasing and utilizing the world's deadliest rodenticides, which, when misapplied or improperly used, can cause significant unintended harm to non-target wildlife and the ecosystem. This legislation also comes in the wake of Flaco's passing. Flaco, the Eurasian eagle-owl whose escape from the Central Park Zoo and life on the loose captivated New York, had been exposed at the time of his death to four of the seven pesticides this bill restricts. The legislature takes this action to protect all non-target species, not only raptors such as eagles, hawks, and owls, …
Sponsors
- Peter Harckham (D, 40) · primary sponsor
- Brian Kavanagh (D, 27)
Latest actions
- : COMMITTED TO RULES
- : ADVANCED TO THIRD READING
- : 2ND REPORT CAL.
- : 1ST REPORT CAL.1308
- : PRINT NUMBER 7532C
- : AMEND AND RECOMMIT TO ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION
- : PRINT NUMBER 7532B
- : AMEND AND RECOMMIT TO ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION
- : PRINT NUMBER 7532A
- : AMEND AND RECOMMIT TO ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION
Votes
- Senate Environmental Conservation Committee: COMMITTEE Vote (May 20, 2026): 11 yea, 0 nay, passed
- Environmental Conservation Committee Vote (May 20, 2026): 11 yea, 0 nay, passed
- FLOOR Vote (June 5, 2025): 52 yea, 8 nay, passed
- Senate Environmental Conservation Committee: COMMITTEE Vote (May 13, 2025): 11 yea, 0 nay, passed
- Environmental Conservation Committee Vote (May 13, 2025): 11 yea, 0 nay, passed
- Senate Environmental Conservation Committee: COMMITTEE Vote (April 29, 2025): 11 yea, 0 nay, passed
Subjects: Environmental Conservation Law
Common questions
- What is S7532?
- S7532 is a bill in the New York Legislature (2025-2026 General Assembly): Enacts the restriction of anticoagulant pesticide transactions for online and retail stores act.
- What does S7532 do?
- In its own words: An act to amend the environmental conservation law, in relation to enacting the restriction of anticoagulant pesticide transactions for online and retail stores act.
- What is the status of S7532?
- In committee as of June 5, 2026. Latest action: COMMITTED TO RULES (June 5, 2026).
- Who sponsored S7532?
- Peter Harckham (D, 40), with 1 co-sponsor.
- Where is the official record for S7532?
- On the New York Legislature website: https://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2025/S7532
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