A 8515 — Enacts the whale awareness act
Congress · introduced 2025-05-20
Enacts the whale awareness act directing the department of environmental conservation to establish recommendations and educational materials for reduction of marine mammal interactions.
Latest action: 2026-03-05 — PASSED_SENATE
Sponsors
- Rebecca Kassay (—, NY-4) — sponsor · 2025-05-20
- Sam Berger (—, NY-27) — cosponsor · 2025-05-20
- Tommy Schiavoni (—, NY-1) — cosponsor · 2025-05-20
Action timeline
- · assembly — REFERRED TO ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION
- · assembly — REFERRED TO ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION
- · assembly — AMEND AND RECOMMIT TO ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION
- · assembly — PRINT NUMBER 8515A
- · assembly — REPORTED
- · assembly — ADVANCED TO THIRD READING CAL.259
- · assembly — PASSED ASSEMBLY
- · assembly — DELIVERED TO SENATE
- · senate — REFERRED TO ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION
- · senate — SUBSTITUTED FOR S2292B
- · senate — 3RD READING CAL.376
- · senate — PASSED SENATE
- · senate — RETURNED TO ASSEMBLY
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Inbound (3)
| date | from | type | amount | role | source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-05-20 | Tommy Schiavoni | cosponsor_of_bill | — | cosponsor | sponsorship |
| 2025-05-20 | Rebecca Kassay | sponsor_of_bill | — | sponsor | sponsorship |
| 2025-05-20 | Sam Berger | cosponsor_of_bill | — | cosponsor | sponsorship |
Who matters
Members ranked by combined influence on this bill: role (sponsor 5 / cosponsor 1), capped speech count from the Congressional Record, and recorded-vote engagement.
| # | Member | Role | Speeches | Voted | Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Rebecca Kassay (—, state_lower NY-4) | sponsor | 0 | — | 5 |
| 2 | Sam Berger (—, state_lower NY-27) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 3 | Tommy Schiavoni (—, state_lower NY-1) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
Predicted vote
Aggregated from: actual roll-call votes (when present) → sponsor → cosponsor → party median (predicts YES when ≥25% of the caucus sponsored/cosponsored). Each row labels its confidence tier so you can see why a position was predicted.
0 predicted yes (0%) · 543 predicted no (100%) · 0 unknown (0%)
By party: · R: 0 yes / 277 no · D: 0 yes / 263 no · I: 0 yes / 3 no
Activity
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- 2025-05-20 · sponsored by Rebecca Kassay (sponsor) · sponsorship
- 2025-05-20 · cosponsored by Sam Berger (cosponsor) · sponsorship
- 2025-05-20 · cosponsored by Tommy Schiavoni (cosponsor) · sponsorship