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Introduced Session

This concurrent resolution proposes an amendment to the State Constitution that would grant every person the right to a clean and healthy environment, and make the State the trustee of all its natural resources. Specifically, the proposed constitutional amendment would provide that every person has a right to a clean and healthy environment, including pure water, clean air, a safe climate, and ecologically healthy habitats, and to the preservation of the natural and scenic qualities of the environment. The amendment provides that the State shall not infringe upon these rights. The amendment would also provide that the State's natural resources, including its waters, air, flora, fauna, climate, and public lands, are the common property of all of the people, including both present and future generations. The State would serve as trustee of these resources and have a duty to conserve and maintain them for the benefit of all people. Finally, the amendment would provide that the rights established in the amendment are self-executing, and are in addition to any rights conferred by the public trust doctrine or common law. The amendment would specify that nothing in its provisions would abrogate the applicable Rules of Court that prohibit the filing of frivolous claims.

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Linda Greenstein (D)*,  Andrew Zwicker (D)*,  Jon Bramnick (R),  Renee Burgess (D),  Nilsa Cruz-Perez (D),  Patrick Diegnan (D),  Vin Gopal (D),  Gordon Johnson (D),  Joe Lagana (D),  John McKeon (D),  Angela Mcknight (D),  Raj Mukherji (D),  Teresa Ruiz (D),  Bob Singer (R),  Britnee Timberlake (D),  Shirley Turner (D),  Joe Vitale (D), 

Introduced in the Senate, Referred to Senate Environment and Energy Committee (on 01/13/2026)

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