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New York Assembly Environmental Conservation Committee
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committee members
Khaleel Anderson (D)
Andrea Bailey (R)
Didi Barrett (D)
Keith Brown (R)
Chris Burdick (D)
Robert Carroll (D)
William Colton (D)
William Conrad (D)
Chair
Deborah Glick (D)
Jessica González-Rojas (D)
Rebecca Kassay (D)
Paula Kay (D)
Anna Kelles (D)
Micah Lasher (D)
Grace Lee (D)
John Lemondes (R)
Dana Levenberg (D)
Jen Lunsford (D)
Brian Manktelow (R)
Karen McMahon (D)
Steve Otis (D)
Thomas Schiavoni (D)
Joseph Sempolinski (R)
Amanda Septimo (D)
Tony Simone (D)
Matt Simpson (R)
Matt Slater (R)
Robert Smullen (R)
Chris Tague (R)
Jaime Williams (D)
| Bill | Bill Name | Progress | Referral Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| A00072 | Creates climate liability for fossil fuel related activity which caused or contributed to climate change; creates a right of action. | In Committee | 01/08/2025 |
| A00179 | Authorizes the commissioner of environmental conservation to establish a stream maintenance and flood control program; allows for the local governing body of a county to elect to pass a local law providing for a local option into such program; provides for the county to be responsible for performing the work outlined in an approved stream maintenance and flood control plan. | In Committee | 01/08/2025 |
| A00210 | Prohibits banning the burning of wood, coal, natural gas, propane, or other fuels for the purposes of cooking or otherwise preparing food. | In Committee | 01/08/2025 |
| A00216 | Directs the department of environmental conservation to establish a perfluoroalkyl and polyfluoroalkyl substances removal treatment installation grant program, providing a one-time grant to private well users for the installation of PFAS treatment or service connection to a public water system; directs the department of environmental conservation to establish a perfluoroalkyl and polyfluoroalkyl substances removal treatment maintenance rebate program, providing a rebate to private well users for | In Committee | 01/08/2025 |
| A00266 | Adds Doodletown Brook to the definition of inland waterways eligible for the local waterfront revitalization program. | In Committee | 01/08/2025 |
| A00276 | Increases the statewide energy storage capacity to six gigawatts by the year 2030. | In Committee | 01/08/2025 |
| A00472 | Establishes the clean fuel standard of 2025; provides such standard is intended to reduce greenhouse gas intensity from the on-road transportation sector, with further reductions to be implemented based upon advances in technology. | In Committee | 01/08/2025 |
| A00602 | Provides that restaurants may provide single-use plastic straws to customers when explicitly requested by the customer; prohibits single-use plastic stirrers. | In Committee | 01/08/2025 |
| A00655 | Directs the department of environmental conservation, in conjunction with the department of health and the department of labor, to establish the municipal asbestos abatement grant program to provide financial assistance to municipalities for the abatement of asbestos in vacant and/or abandoned commercial properties; makes a $15,000,000 appropriation therefor. | In Committee | 01/08/2025 |
| A00667 | Prohibits the use of leg-gripping traps. | In Committee | 01/08/2025 |
| A00672 | Reconvenes the New York state sea level rise task force to review the report and recommendations previously issued by the task force, and to determine the progress made in effectuating such recommendations and what recommendations require additional efforts; develop an updated evaluation of ways of protecting New York's remaining coastal ecosystems and natural habitats, and increasing coastal community resilience in the face of sea level rise, applying the best available science as to sea level | In Committee | 01/08/2025 |
| A00710 | Relates to the taking of wildlife without a permit; takings may only be done subject to regulations promulgated by the department; regulations shall incorporate the recommendations of the most recent guidelines on euthanasia of the American Veterinary Medical Association; provides that the taking method selected shall be the least stressful, quickest and most painless to the animal available while protecting human health and safety. | In Committee | 01/08/2025 |
| A00760 | Relates to banning the use of non-compostable produce stickers beginning January 1, 2026; provides civil penalties for violations; provides that fines shall be deposited into the environmental protection fund. | In Committee | 01/08/2025 |
| A00849 | Relates to enacting the biomass fired exception program providing an exception for certain biomass fired electric generation facilities to the definition of a fossil fuel-fired facility for purposes of a CO2 budget trading program. | In Committee | 01/08/2025 |
| A00859 | Prohibits the taking of non-native big game mammals in a fenced or other area from which there is no means for such mammal to escape. | In Committee | 01/08/2025 |
| A00862 | Prohibits the taking of zoo, petting zoo, carnival or circus animals; provides that violations shall be punishable by a fine of not less than five hundred dollars nor more than two thousand dollars. | In Committee | 01/08/2025 |
| A00880 | Prohibits publicly owned treatment works from accepting wastewater associated with the exploration, delineation, development, or production of natural gas from high-volume hydraulic fracturing; provides exceptions. | In Committee | 01/08/2025 |
| A00888 | Prohibits the state's participation in artificial pheasant propagation activities; closes any state-owned or operated pheasant production facility. | In Committee | 01/08/2025 |
| A00906 | Relates to state policy regarding the preservation of the unique qualities of the nighttime sky. | In Committee | 01/08/2025 |
| A00932 | Creates a cellulosic ethanol task force to prevent and reduce the production and emanation of greenhouse gases. | In Committee | 01/08/2025 |
| A00948 | Provides that allocation of funds from the clean water state revolving fund and the drinking water revolving fund by the environmental facilities corporation shall be proportional according to population of municipalities and shall not be subject to dollar limitations. | In Committee | 01/08/2025 |
| A00952 | Provides tax credits equal to the cost of the issuance of fishing and hunting licenses to volunteer firefighters and ambulance workers. | In Committee | 01/08/2025 |
| A00956 | Authorizes counties to lease county land for natural gas exploration, development and production for five years or as long as gas is produced in paying quantities. | In Committee | 01/08/2025 |
| A00976 | Requires the department of environmental conservation to promulgate rules and regulations relating to gas flow meters at natural gas well sites. | In Committee | 01/08/2025 |
| A01073 | Prohibits the establishment or enforcement of regulations on the percentage of zero-emission vehicles in manufacturers' sales fleets of medium-duty and heavy-duty vehicles until the availability of charging infrastructure, and the cost and availability of zero-emission medium-duty and heavy-duty vehicles makes the sale of such vehicles more practicable. | In Committee | 01/08/2025 |
| A01089 | Prohibits the use of lead ammunition in the taking of wildlife on wildlife management areas, state forests, forest preserves, state parks or any other state-owned land that is open for hunting and on land contributing surface water to the New York city water supply. | In Committee | 01/08/2025 |
| A01094 | Allows the use of unmanned aerial vehicles in tracking big game that are dead, wounded or injured. | In Committee | 01/08/2025 |
| A01101 | Relates to prohibiting the release of certain balloons; prohibits a person from knowingly or intentionally releasing outdoors any balloons constructed of electrically conductive material filled with helium or a gas lighter than air; provides exceptions. | In Committee | 01/09/2025 |
| A01103 | Requires the department of environmental conservation to review laws and policies pertaining to free or reduced cost hunting and fishing licenses. | In Committee | 01/09/2025 |
| A01104 | Makes provisions regarding environmental benefit projects in lieu of civil penalties including establishing conditions for their acceptance and criteria for such projects; authorizes the attorney general to review and approve the settlement or administrative order. | In Committee | 01/09/2025 |
| A01109 | Prohibits the hunting or taking of wildlife with the aid of an unmanned aerial vehicle. | In Committee | 01/09/2025 |
| A01179 | Prohibits the lease of state forests, reforestation areas, wildlife management areas and unique areas for the purpose of gas and oil production. | In Committee | 01/09/2025 |
| A01183 | Prohibits fuel oil, grade number four in any building or facility in the state after July 1, 2030. | In Committee | 01/09/2025 |
| A01189 | Provides that bags exempt from bag waste reduction shall not be tinted green or brown unless it is a compostable plastic bag. | In Committee | 01/09/2025 |
| A01209 | Enacts a mattress collection program; requires mattress producers to establish a plan for the convenient and cost-effective recycling of used mattresses. | In Committee | 01/09/2025 |
| A01224 | Establishes a carbon dioxide emissions price for electric generation from carbon-based fuel; creates a carbon dioxide emissions fund. | In Committee | 01/09/2025 |
| A01226 | Provides for the regulation of landfill methane gas control flares for the protection of raptors. | In Committee | 01/09/2025 |
| A01229 | Protects canids by requiring animals which could be coyotes or wolves be submitted for a genetic test to determine genetic makeup; provides for the repeal of such provisions upon the expiration thereof. | In Committee | 01/09/2025 |
| A01252 | Requires forest management plans, subject to the approval of the department of environmental conservation, for certain lands subject to a conservation easement purchased by the state; forbids clearcutting on such lands without such forest management plan; increases the jurisdiction of the Adirondack park agency over clearcutting. | In Committee | 01/09/2025 |
| A01255 | Requires applicants to the department of environmental conservation for permits to disclose information concerning other permits held and/or revoked, enforcement actions, criminal convictions, fees or fines owed, and other information relating to compliance by the applicant or any corporation of which they are an officer, director, or large stockholder with state, federal, or foreign environmental laws or regulations and certain other laws. | In Committee | 01/09/2025 |
| A01276 | Prohibits the distribution and use of paper containing bisphenol A for the recording of any business transaction. | In Committee | 01/09/2025 |
| A01314 | Relates to the prevention and mitigation of marine and coastal debris; defines terms; requires the department of environmental conservation to prepare and annually update a marine and coastal debris action plan. | In Committee | 01/09/2025 |
| A01324 | Relates to establishing a product stewardship program for primary batteries. | In Committee | 01/09/2025 |
| A01331 | Requires certain watercraft, aircrafts, and trains to use clean energy, including ensuring such vehicles are zero-emissions; requires NYSERDA to study zero-emission commercial vehicles, the use of renewable energy in publicly funded airports, and the use of sustainable aviation fuel; requires NYSERDA to administer a grant program to flying schools and clubs that install charging infrastructure. | In Committee | 01/09/2025 |
| A01340 | Expands the types of batteries included in the rechargeable battery recycling program to include certain car batteries and requires consumers to pay a five dollar incentive payment when purchasing a new rechargeable battery if the consumer does not return an old rechargeable battery for recycling. | In Committee | 01/09/2025 |
| A01354 | Prohibits the idling of any passenger vehicle, with certain exceptions, for more than 3 consecutive minutes; establishes the first violation is a warning and subsequent violations of such section are traffic infractions punishable by a fine of $150. | In Committee | 01/09/2025 |
| A01362 | Prohibits the use of wastewater from high-volume hydraulic fracturing for road and land spreading, for dust control or de-icing. | In Committee | 01/09/2025 |
| A01383 | Relates to protecting wildlife and maintaining safety; necessitates written notification before a nuisance wildlife control operator undertakes any control measures. | In Committee | 01/09/2025 |
| A01388 | Relates to the definition of coal tar and its use in pavement products. | In Committee | 01/09/2025 |
| A01420 | Requires that nuisance wildlife control operators disclose to the client, in writing, that euthanasia may be used to resolve a wildlife related problem. | In Committee | 01/09/2025 |
| A01430 | Prohibits the sale of medical adhesives and bandages containing perfluoroalkyl and polyfluoroalkyl substances; provides penalties for violations. | In Committee | 01/09/2025 |
| A01474 | Relates to the climate change adaptation cost recovery program and requirements for climate change adaptive infrastructure projects; relates to the use of funds from the climate change adaptation fund for certain projects; relates to the disclosure of certain data from returns of petroleum or fossil fuel businesses; relates to expenditure of funds from the climate change adaptation fund; repeals certain provisions; relates to severability and legislative findings. | In Committee | 01/09/2025 |
| A01532 | Requires composting bags sold within the state be made of paper. | In Committee | 01/10/2025 |
| A01554 | Declares the waters of the state to be public trust resources; declares that the waters of the state are valuable public natural resources and the state has a duty to conserve and manage its waters effectively. | In Committee | 01/10/2025 |
| A01555 | Prohibits the nonemergency application of pesticide or lawn care pesticide within any municipal park lands and lands under the jurisdiction of the state office of parks, recreation and historic preservation; requires notice of pesticide application. | In Committee | 01/10/2025 |
| A01614 | Establishes a temporary state commission to be known as the New York state reforest, restore and sustainable agriculture commission to evaluate and make recommendations concerning the reforestation and restoration of forests and ecological habitats in the state of New York. | In Committee | 01/10/2025 |
| A01616 | Enacts the "Big Five African Trophies Act" relating to banning the importation, transportation and possession of certain African wildlife species and products. | In Committee | 01/10/2025 |
| A01634 | Prohibits the sale of used oil; establishes civil and criminal penalties. | In Committee | 01/10/2025 |
| A01635 | Prohibits the sale or offer for sale of any cosmetic product or personal care product containing PFAS substances. | In Committee | 01/10/2025 |
| A01638 | Creates the toxic information clearinghouse; provides substances hazardous to public health, safety or the environment that have been identified or listed as a hazardous waste in regulations promulgated pursuant to section 27-0903 or 37-0103 of the environmental conservation law; provides chemical hazard traits and environmental and toxicological end-point data. | In Committee | 01/10/2025 |
| A01679 | Extends provisions of law relating to expanding the food donation and food scraps recycling program; amends the effectiveness relating thereto. | In Committee | 01/14/2025 |
| A01680 | Relates to permitting the sale or distribution of expanded polystyrene containers that are designed or intended to be used for cold storage for certain tissues, temperature sensitive health and safety samples, cultures, and reagents, and microbial cultures. | In Committee | 01/14/2025 |
| A01685 | Prohibits the breeding, sale, trade, purchase, importation, and exportation of red-eared slider turtles in the state; exempts certain entities and organizations. | In Committee | 01/14/2025 |
| A01686 | Enacts the healthy, safe and energy efficient outdoor lighting act to reduce harmful outdoor lighting; sets standards for outdoor lighting; provides for the designation of dark-sky preserves; provides for distribution to customers by electric corporations or municipalities providing electric service of an informational pamphlet relating to outdoor lighting. | In Committee | 01/14/2025 |
| A01692 | Provides that restaurants and third-party food delivery services may provide single-use food service items to customers when explicitly requested by the customer; prohibits certain plastic single-use items. | In Committee | 01/14/2025 |
| A01696 | Preserves ecological integrity, wildlife and open space in the Adirondack park; strengthens land use and development provisions in the Adirondack park so as to curtail rural sprawl. | In Committee | 01/14/2025 |
| A01705 | Includes batteries used in bicycles with electric assist in the rechargeable battery recycling program. | In Committee | 01/14/2025 |
| A01744 | Increases the handling fee paid by a deposit initiator to a dealer or operator of a redemption center from three and one half cents to five cents per container; decreases the amount of quarterly payments a deposit initiator must pay the commissioner of taxation and finance from eighty to forty-seven percent of the balance of initiator's refund value account; provides for registration as a redemption center. | In Committee | 01/14/2025 |
| A01749 | Enacts the "packaging reduction and recycling infrastructure act" to require companies selling, offering for sale, or distributing packaging materials and products to register with a packaging reduction organization to develop a packaging reduction and recycling plan. | In Committee | 01/14/2025 |
| A01793 | Authorizes certain local municipal agencies to use surveillance cameras to combat illegal dumping. | In Committee | 01/14/2025 |
| A01802 | Requires contractors in cities having a population of one million or more to recycle 50% of the waste generated on construction and demolition sites. | In Committee | 01/14/2025 |
| A01804 | Provides that "wild animal" means indigenous, non-domesticated animals native to the country in which they live and "exotic animal" means a wild animal with an origin of a different continent; adds certain wild or exotic animals to the list of non-companion animals; provides certain owners of wild or exotic animals with a license process. | In Committee | 01/14/2025 |
| A01819 | Enacts the monarch preservation plan requiring the department of environmental conservation to take feasible actions to conserve monarch butterflies and the unique habitats they depend upon for successful migration. | Signed/Enacted/Adopted | 01/14/2025 |
| A01898 | Prohibits using toxic ammunition in the taking of wildlife; allows any federally approved nontoxic ammunition in the taking of wildlife. | In Committee | 01/14/2025 |
| A01924 | Requires manufacturers to meet certain standards with their packaging in New York state to reduce waste; establishes the guidelines and sets a timetable by which manufacturers must comply with these provisions. | In Committee | 01/14/2025 |
| A01976 | Relates to regulation of toxic chemicals in pet products; requires disclosure on information on priority chemicals; establishes the interstate chemical clearinghouse; makes related provisions. | In Committee | 01/14/2025 |
| A01980 | Excludes dogs, cats and any other domesticated animals from the definition of "wildlife". | In Committee | 01/14/2025 |
| A02003 | Exempts the burning of wood for recreation, building heating and cooking from certain greenhouse gas emissions reduction requirements. | In Committee | 01/14/2025 |
| A02025 | Authorizes the legislative commission on the development of rural resources to study the effectiveness of pond and lake management programs; provides for the comprehensive control and mitigation of harmful algal blooms in both marine and fresh water; provides for emergency response to water contaminations by algal bloom or hypoxia. | In Committee | 01/14/2025 |
| A02054 | Enacts the "beauty justice act"; provides for the regulation of ingredients in personal care products and cosmetics; prohibits the sale of personal care products and cosmetic products containing certain restricted products. | In Committee | 01/14/2025 |
| A02103 | Limits liability of producers, representative organizations and retailers for antitrust, restraint of trade, or unfair trade practices arising from the performance of an action required to be undertaken under certain law or a producer plan. | In Committee | 01/15/2025 |
| A02114 | Prohibits the sale of gasoline powered leaf blowers and lawn mowers in the state; requires the commissioner to promulgate rules to enact such prohibition by January 1, 2027. | In Committee | 01/15/2025 |
| A02133 | Prohibits the sale of certain medical solution containers containing PVC, DEHP or unintentionally added DEHP. | In Committee | 01/15/2025 |
| A02164 | Establishes extended producer responsibility for household appliances and refrigerants; provides that no later than December 31, 2027, producers shall submit a plan to the department of environmental conservation for the establishment of a collection program for certain covered products. | In Committee | 01/15/2025 |
| A02206 | Establishes a moratorium on the building or placing of any permanent or semi-permanent wind turbine on bodies of freshwater located within the state and within the jurisdiction and control of the state. | In Committee | 01/15/2025 |
| A02209 | Provides a fishing license exemption for disabled persons that do not live in a group home. | In Committee | 01/15/2025 |
| A02251 | Enacts regulations of perchloroethylene dry cleaning facilities; establishes equipment standards and specifications and operating requirements; provides for lead inspection and self monitoring and for management of perc-contaminated wastewater; makes numerous other regulatory provisions; includes phase-out from residential buildings. | In Committee | 01/16/2025 |
| A02264 | Provides for the issuance of certificates of registration for entities that manufacture or assemble zero-emissions vehicles and have no franchised motor vehicle dealers in New York if the sale of zero-emission vehicles in the state fail to meet certain targets. | In Committee | 01/16/2025 |
| A02273 | Enacts the state and local government food waste prevention and diversion act; requires facilities generating excess food waste to take measures to minimize such waste. | In Committee | 01/16/2025 |
| A02283 | Provides that a resident of the state for a period of three months prior to the date of application and who is otherwise qualified for certain hunting, fishing and big game licenses and who has a disability as defined in the executive law shall be entitled to receive such license at 50% of the cost set by statute. | In Committee | 01/16/2025 |
| A02298 | Provides a personal income tax credit in the amount of any fishing and/or hunting fees paid by members of the United States armed forces in active service. | In Committee | 01/16/2025 |
| A02312 | Allows a person who is at least ten years of age to hunt small game, fowl, deer or bear during applicable seasons without obtaining a hunting license or hunter's education course certification and to possess or control a firearm if the person is within arm's reach of a qualified hunting mentor. | In Committee | 01/16/2025 |
| A02323 | Prohibits the DEC from restricting the burning of garbage, refuse or rubbish in an open fire on land possessed by a single family or any part of a farm under certain circumstances; provides for the repeal of such provisions under the expiration thereof. | In Committee | 01/16/2025 |
| A02379 | Establishes state and municipal composting programs; requires all state and municipal agencies to establish a composting program in buildings owned, occupied or operated by such agencies; allows such agencies to arrange for collection of compostable waste by a private carter, transport such waste itself or process such waste on-site; requires reports on the costs and effectiveness of such programs. | In Committee | 01/16/2025 |
| A02417 | Requires applicants for major projects located near a disadvantaged community to submit an enhanced public participation plan. | In Committee | 01/16/2025 |
| A02486 | Prohibits the disabling, removal or interference with emission control devices and the use of emission tampering devices; provides remedies for the violation of such provisions. | In Committee | 01/17/2025 |
| A02507 | Provides for the issuance of free hunting, fishing and trapping licenses to persons who are active or reserve members of the armed forces or the organized militia, and to honorably discharged veterans thereof who have ten or more years of military service. | In Committee | 01/17/2025 |
| A02536 | Directs the department of environmental conservation to undertake a review of the regulations governing the permitting of landfills and transfer stations to ensure that such regulations integrate the latest scientific information. | In Committee | 01/17/2025 |
| A02550 | Directs the department of environmental conservation to authorize the use of a crossbow for the taking of big and small game by any licensed person for use during the entirety of the archery-only season within Wyoming county. | In Committee | 01/17/2025 |
| A02617 | Relates to providing water utilities with access to water quality infrastructure improvement funding. | In Committee | 01/21/2025 |
| A02627 | Creates a program to assist municipalities with water quality improvement of water bodies within the municipality managed by lake associations. | In Committee | 01/21/2025 |
| A02645 | Prohibits the purchase of glyphosate by any state department, agency, public benefit corporation or any pesticide applicator employed thereby as a contractor or subcontractor and the application of glyphosate on property owned, operated or leased by the state. | In Committee | 01/21/2025 |
| A02738 | Prohibits any person or entity from spreading sewage, wastewater or soil amendment products containing sewage, wastewater, or compost from sewage sludge on lands in the state or from selling or distributing the same; requires that penalties from violations be deposited into the environmental protection fund. | In Committee | 01/22/2025 |
| A03026 | Provides for the disposition of certain fines and penalties; directs such fines to a conservation enforcement account in the state conservation fund. | In Committee | 01/23/2025 |
| A03030 | Establishes the New York native plants program to conserve, promote, and enhance the native ecology of New York state by encouraging the use of native plants and ecological-friendly methods and materials on state and local land. | In Committee | 01/23/2025 |
| A03046 | Establishes that if lethal methods are used to capture or dispose of nuisance wildlife, the lethal method used and the reason why a non-lethal method was not used shall be submitted in an annual report; requires that a list of enforcement actions taken against any nuisance wildlife control operator for violations of the law and applicable regulations be annually updated. | In Committee | 01/23/2025 |
| A03059 | Relates to recycling electronic cigarettes; requires electronic cigarette manufacturers to submit plans regarding the collection, transportation and recycling of electronic cigarettes to the commissioner of environmental conservation. | In Committee | 01/23/2025 |
| A03065 | Relates to local government authority to prohibit trade in real fur products, including but not limited to any article of clothing, fashion accessory, or home decoration that is made in whole or part of real fur. | In Committee | 01/23/2025 |
| A03066 | Restricts the use of total release fogging pesticides unless the purchaser is licensed as a certified commercial pesticide applicator, certified residential pesticide applicator, or certified commercial pesticide technician in the state of New York or the purchaser is licensed in an equivalent manner in a jurisdiction with reciprocity with the state of New York, as determined by the department; restricts the use of total release fogging pesticides in multi-unit dwellings. | In Committee | 01/23/2025 |
| A03079 | Requires the city of New York to mitigate property damage caused by environmental issues which are caused by acts or omissions of such municipality. | In Committee | 01/23/2025 |
| A03091 | Relates to the completion and funding of environmental restoration projects. | In Committee | 01/23/2025 |
| A03151 | Prohibits the aerial and ground application of malathion and certain pyrethroid-based insecticides within one hundred feet of any school, day care center, park, or on other property when children are commuting to and from school or are engaged in outdoor activity. | In Committee | 01/23/2025 |
| A03153 | Requires contractors to recycle a certain percentage of the waste generated on construction and demolition sites. | In Committee | 01/23/2025 |
| A03167 | Assigns liability to a producer for actions leading to a public water system's failure to meet filtration avoidance criteria resulting in the loss of a filtration avoidance criteria waiver. | In Committee | 01/23/2025 |
| A03170 | Creates a temporary state pesticide commission to study the effects of the application of pesticides in cities with a population of one million or more. | In Committee | 01/23/2025 |
| A03197 | Prohibits certain solid waste polluters from procuring public contracts for certain periods of time after violations and until all debts to the state are satisfied; prohibits individuals found guilty of solid waste pollution from serving as members of any board of any entity engaged in solid waste removal and disposal. | In Committee | 01/23/2025 |
| A03211 | Adds Falls Brook, Jones Brook, Kelso Brook, Minerva Stream, and Trout Brook to the definition of inland waterways for the purposes of waterfront revitalization. | In Committee | 01/23/2025 |
| A03235 | Adds Moodna Creek in Orange County to the definition of inland waterways for waterfront revitalization. | In Committee | 01/27/2025 |
| A03260 | Authorizes the state to convey certain forest preserve land; provides such sale shall be subject to legislative approval and the proceeds of such conveyance shall be used for acquisitions to the forest preserve. | In Committee | 01/27/2025 |
| A03330 | Prohibits the importation of live bait fish; provides penalties for failure to comply with such prohibition. | In Committee | 01/27/2025 |
| A03370 | Establishes a county of Nassau deer management pilot program; requires a report; makes related provisions. | In Committee | 01/27/2025 |
| A03395 | Requires that an assessment of the role that permit approvals for air contamination sources plays in contributing to stationary and mobile sources of air pollution be included in an addendum to the strategies for the development of community emission reduction programs; requires disclosure of last mile warehouse permits. | In Committee | 01/27/2025 |
| A03398 | Directs the department of environmental conservation to conduct a study of ecological restoration needs of Jamaica Bay; imposes a five-year moratorium on placing sediment or fill in the borrow pits in Jamaica Bay. | In Committee | 01/27/2025 |
| A03469 | Establishes the bottle redemption fraud task force to provide the governor and the legislature with information on the fraud, enforcement, and reporting requirements related to the New York state returnable container act. | In Committee | 01/27/2025 |
| A03557 | Allows municipalities to regulate pesticides such that they do not conflict with any laws, rules or regulations related thereto. | In Committee | 01/28/2025 |
| A03575 | Establishes an indirect source review for heavy distribution warehouse operations; requires the department of environmental conservation to conduct a study regarding zero-emissions zones. | In Committee | 01/28/2025 |
| A03591 | 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 th | In Committee | 01/28/2025 |
| A03608 | Authorizes the forest ranger force to establish a training program for volunteer search and rescue personnel to assist the forest rangers in wild, remote and forested areas of the state. | In Committee | 01/29/2025 |
| A03628 | Relates to the Mount Van Hoevenberg Olympic Sports Complex in Essex County. | In Committee | 01/29/2025 |
| A03661 | Requires that any rules or regulations related to hydrofluorocarbon substances conform with, and shall not exceed, any applicable rules and regulations set by the United States environmental protection agency. | In Committee | 01/29/2025 |
| A03682 | Establishes environmental standards for ambient lead and lead contamination in soils and on floors and window sills. | In Committee | 01/29/2025 |
| A03703 | Provides free hunting, fishing, and trapping licenses for qualified volunteer instructors. | In Committee | 01/30/2025 |
| A03722 | Authorizes the New York state environmental facilities corporation to award grants and loans to community water systems and non-community water systems for water quality projects that relate to the removal of perfluoroalkyl and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS). | In Committee | 01/30/2025 |
| A03763 | Relates to conveying approximately 1.2 acres of land located within the forest preserve to the town of Montague, Lewis county, in order to allow the expansion of the town's barn for public use, in exchange for 26 acres of land to be conveyed by such town to the state. | In Committee | 01/30/2025 |
| A03784 | Relates to bioheating fuel requirements; allows B100 or B99 biofuel and R100 or R99 renewable fuel to be used to blend with or replace fossil heating oil in order to create bioheating fuel. | In Committee | 01/30/2025 |
| A03843 | Declares a policy of equal treatment of people of all races, cultures, religions, incomes, education levels, disabilities, gender identity/expression and sexual preference in the development and enforcement of environmental laws, regulations and policies. | In Committee | 01/30/2025 |
| A03857 | Requires the commissioner to promulgate rules and regulations requiring the department to install or cause to be installed at the outlet of any point source that empties into the waters of the state a trash capture net for purposes of collecting garbage, refuse, and other debris; defines "trash capture net" to mean a commercial grade, reusable, open-meshed material designed to capture pollutants as small as five millimeters in diameter. | In Committee | 01/30/2025 |
| A03865 | Allows for the taking of Zenaida macroura, commonly known as the mourning dove, as a migratory bird. | In Committee | 01/30/2025 |
| A03886 | Requires warning labels on all containers that contain bisphenol A that states it is harmful to an individual's health to microwave or otherwise heat such container. | In Committee | 01/30/2025 |
| A03975 | Establishes an economy-wide cap and invest program to support greenhouse gas emissions reductions in the state by setting a maximum allowable amount of greenhouse gas emissions by covered entities and regulating the sale or auction of greenhouse gas emissions allowances to covered entities. | In Committee | 01/30/2025 |
| A04021 | Prohibits the installation or replacement of synthetic turf at outdoor athletic fields and facilities owned or operated by municipalities or school districts in the state. | In Committee | 01/30/2025 |
| A04033 | Repeals provisions of law relating to the prohibition against the use of perfluoroalkyl and polyfluoroalkyl substances in apparel and outdoor apparel for severe wet conditions. | In Committee | 01/30/2025 |
| A04043 | Prohibits an airport operator or aviation retail establishment from selling, distributing, or otherwise making available leaded aviation gasoline to consumers on or after January first, two thousand thirty-one. | In Committee | 01/30/2025 |
| A04046 | Makes technical corrections to the environmental conservation law, providing for misdemeanor penalties for hunting, trapping, or fishing without a valid license. | In Committee | 01/31/2025 |
| A04133 | Relates to the general civil penalty of the environmental conservation law; provides that in addition to the fines, such person may be enjoined from continuing such violation and any permit or certificate issued to such person may be revoked or suspended, or a pending renewal application may be denied. | In Committee | 01/31/2025 |
| A04213 | Prohibits the discharge of bilge water into waters of the state from any vessel, watercraft, marina or mooring. | In Committee | 01/31/2025 |
| A04221 | Prohibits certain types of pollution in the Long Island Sound and Great South Bay. | In Committee | 01/31/2025 |
| A04230 | Establishes clean energy goals of reducing the annual total of vehicle miles traveled within the state by 20% by the year 2050; requires state and local highway projects to comply with reductions to vehicle miles traveled targets. | In Committee | 01/31/2025 |
| A04236 | Establishes a sea level rise mitigation and adaptation plan for cities with a population of one million or more to be implemented by the department of environmental conservation; requires a sea level rise vulnerability and adaptation report to be submitted. | In Committee | 01/31/2025 |
| A04252 | Establishes a moratorium on the building or placing of any permanent or semi-permanent wind turbine in the waters of Lake Ontario located within the state and within the jurisdiction and control of the state. | In Committee | 01/31/2025 |
| A04282 | Establishes the climate corporate data accountability act requiring certain business entities within the state to annually disclose scope 1, scope 2 and scope 3 emissions; establishes the climate accountability and emissions disclosure fund. | In Committee | 02/04/2025 |
| A04318 | Relates to fees for hunting, fishing and trapping licenses; provides free fishing, hunting and trapping licenses for certain members of the military. | In Committee | 02/04/2025 |
| A04373 | Relates to regulation of PFAS as a toxic air pollutant; requires the department to ensure certain process operations use appropriate control technology for PFAS emissions; establishes a fence line monitoring program to monitor PFAS emissions in disadvantaged communities, to provide public reports, and related duties. | In Committee | 02/04/2025 |
| A04374 | Prohibits illegal dumping on public property; provides a reward for any evidence which leads to a fine for illegal dumping. | In Committee | 02/04/2025 |
| A04383 | Relates to the protection of water supplies; requires an oil and gas driller or producer who affects a public or private potable water supply to restore or replace such water supply. | In Committee | 02/04/2025 |
| A04397 | Relates to rights and obligations of a municipality electing integrated non-participating owner status in gas and oil wells; provides that such municipal owner shall not have obligations for taxes, charges, fees or liability for personal injury or damages. | In Committee | 02/04/2025 |
| A04405 | Relates to selectively cutting timber and exclusion of current best management practices from regulated activities. | In Committee | 02/04/2025 |
| A04514 | Establishes the nutrient inactivant application permit to allow for the use of products used for controlling phosphorus levels in lakes or ponds to prevent and inhibit harmful algal blooms. | In Committee | 02/04/2025 |
| A04525 | Prohibits the sale and distribution of anti-fogging sprays or wipes containing perfluoroalkyl and polyfluoroalkyl substances; provides penalties for violations. | In Committee | 02/04/2025 |
| A04542 | Prohibits the manufacture, sale, and use of cookware containing polytetrafluoroethylene. | In Committee | 02/04/2025 |
| A04555 | Waives the thirty day residency requirement for certain hunting licenses for active duty military members and their families on permanent orders to be stationed within the state. | In Committee | 02/04/2025 |
| A04614 | Provides for free hunting, fishing and trapping licenses to residents of the state who are active duty members of the U.S. armed forces regardless of where such person is stationed. | In Committee | 02/04/2025 |
| A04615 | Regulates outdoor night lighting to preserve and enhance the state's dark sky. | In Committee | 02/04/2025 |
| A04622 | Extends DEC's authority to regulate management of crabs to 12/31/2027; prohibits the taking of horseshoe crabs for commercial and biomedical purposes. | In Committee | 02/04/2025 |
| A04641 | Relates to rechargeable battery recycling; adds a battery used as the principal electric power source for an electric scooter or bicycle with electric assist to the definition of "rechargeable battery"; provides that a battery manufacturer may not sell, offer for sale, or distribute rechargeable batteries in the state unless the battery manufacturer is implementing or participating under an approved plan; allows a city with a population of one million or more to enforce through its own agencies. | In Committee | 02/04/2025 |
| A04653 | Provides for the issuance of free hunting, fishing and trapping licenses to members of the Seneca nation who reside in the state. | In Committee | 02/04/2025 |
| A04661 | Establishes a state commercial fishing industry advocate and a commercial fishing economic development program to promote the state's commercial fishing industry; defines terms; makes related provisions. | In Committee | 02/04/2025 |
| A04671 | Provides a tax credit for the cost of fishing and hunting licenses issued to volunteer firefighters and ambulance workers. | In Committee | 02/04/2025 |
| A04692 | Exempts inland lakes which are navigable waterways and have an area of 150 acres or more from wetlands designations, not including great lakes. | In Committee | 02/04/2025 |
| A04725 | Prohibits the use of drilling fluids, brine and flowback water from gas or oil wells, pools, or fields on any highway for any purpose including but not limited to de-icing or dust suppression. | In Committee | 02/05/2025 |
| A04747 | Relates to enacting the Come Home to Hunt Act, which provides for the purchase of a two-day hunting license for non-residents to hunt domestic game bird, migratory game bird, big game, and small game. | In Committee | 02/06/2025 |
| A04802 | Provides free hunting, fishing, and trapping licenses for residents who participated in the World Trade Center rescue, recovery, or cleanup and who suffered a permanent disability. | In Committee | 02/06/2025 |
| A04831 | Authorizes local water and sewerage authorities to charge fees for surface runoff. | In Committee | 03/07/2025 |
| A04857 | Requires that regular dredging of navigable waterways is scheduled in order to plan and finance to ensure the safe navigability and reliability of waterways in this state; requires a scheduled plan to be filed with DEC. | In Committee | 02/06/2025 |
| A04914 | Relates to prevailing wage requirements applicable to brownfield remediation work performed under private contract as it relates to certain remediation activities, for sites that are seeking or have received a determination that the site is eligible for the tangible property credit component of the brownfield redevelopment tax credit, and the work is paid for in whole or in part by public funds. | In Committee | 02/10/2025 |
| A04919 | Authorizes a free bowhunting privilege, muzzle-loading privilege, turkey permit, duck stamp, and doe permit for qualified hunting instructors. | In Committee | 02/10/2025 |
| A04981 | Relates to advanced recycling and advanced recycling facilities. | In Committee | 02/10/2025 |
| A04997 | Extends DEC's authority to regulate management of crabs to 12/31/2027; prohibits the taking of horseshoe crabs for commercial and biomedical purposes. | Signed/Enacted/Adopted | 02/10/2025 |
| A05050 | Requires state and municipal facilities program grants be issued only with governor, senate or assembly sponsor. | In Committee | 02/11/2025 |
| A05072 | Implements a one year phase-in period for a local law, ordinance or resolution imposing a paper carryout bag reduction fee where forty percent of such fees are returned to such county or city for the purpose of purchasing and distributing reusable bags, with priority given to low- and fixed-income communities, and after the first year, such forty percent of fees shall be remitted to the person who collected the fees. | In Committee | 02/12/2025 |
| A05075 | Requires the owner of sites where any action is or was taken which may have a significant impact on the environment to establish and maintain an environmental maintenance trust fund. | In Committee | 02/12/2025 |
| A05078 | Establishes an indoor air quality inspection and evaluation program which shall: promulgate regulations for inspections, evaluations, acceptable levels of hazardous air pollutants, ventilation standards, notifications and best practices to improve indoor air quality in covered entities; enter into any necessary interagency agreements to coordinate the indoor air quality inspection and evaluation program; inspect a covered entity, upon their own initiative or upon complaint to the department rega | In Committee | 02/12/2025 |
| A05082 | Authorizes the department of environmental conservation to establish the Lake Deforest Flood Control Pilot Program. | In Committee | 02/12/2025 |
| A05104 | Requires a public engagement process to guide the investment of resources under the New York state climate leadership and community protection act to maximize the involvement of disadvantaged community members in the development of local clean energy and energy efficiency programs. | In Committee | 02/12/2025 |
| A05119 | Requires any waste hauler providing waste removal services to provide to customers certain estimated costs and invoices; includes penalties for initial and subsequent violations; requires moneys collected from penalties and fines to be deposited into the environmental protection fund. | In Committee | 02/12/2025 |
| A05147 | Establishes a Green New Deal for New York task force; requires such task force to develop a detailed statewide, industrial, economic mobilization plan for the transition of the New York economy to become greenhouse gas emissions neutral by 2030 and to significantly draw down greenhouse gases from the atmosphere and oceans and to promote economic and environmental justice and equality. | In Committee | 02/12/2025 |
| A05150 | Enacts the "harmful algal bloom monitoring and prevention act"; establishes the harmful algal bloom monitoring and prevention fund. | In Committee | 02/12/2025 |
| A05156 | Creates a Great Lakes and state waters bill of rights that declares the right of the Great Lakes and state waters to exist, flourish and naturally evolve. | In Committee | 02/12/2025 |
| A05173 | Directs the department of environmental conservation and the office of parks, recreation and historic preservation to establish a three year hiking trail safety pilot program. | In Committee | 02/12/2025 |
| A05210 | Allows for the taking of deer with a crossbow in Suffolk county. | In Committee | 02/12/2025 |
| A05248 | Enacts the "New York state waste recycling and reduction act" to require each commercial building in the state to recycle paper products and single-use plastic products produced or used on site. | In Committee | 02/12/2025 |
| A05254 | Enacts the "New York open water data act"; directs certain agencies, under the leadership of conveners, to identify and integrate key water data sets; provides duties and an annual plan for data to be researched and reported. | Vetoed | 02/12/2025 |
| A05269 | Decreases the distance from the high water mark certain lands under water of Gardiner's and Peconic bays have to be ceded to a county from one thousand feet to five hundred feet. | In Committee | 02/12/2025 |
| A05292 | Provides that persons with a disability shall be eligible to receive a fishing license for five dollars. | In Committee | 02/12/2025 |
| A05325 | Excludes from reporting requirements relating to environmental quality reviews actions to approve the siting or construction of housing in cities with a population of one million or more. | In Committee | 02/13/2025 |
| A05353 | Extends the moratorium on air permit issuance and renewal for electric generating facilities that utilize a carbon-based fuel and that provide behind-the-meter electric energy consumed or utilized by cryptocurrency mining operations that use proof-of-work authentication methods to validate blockchain transactions. | In Committee | 02/13/2025 |
| A05395 | Directs the public service commission to conduct a full cost benefit analysis of the technical and economic feasibility of renewable energy systems in the state of New York and to compare such directly with other methods of electricity generation; makes certain changes relating to greenhouse gas emissions limits. | In Committee | 02/13/2025 |
| A05407 | Authorizes the department of environmental conservation to issue special airport air strike hazard permits when the department finds that wildlife has become a nuisance, destructive to public or private property or a threat to public health or welfare. | In Committee | 02/13/2025 |
| A05476 | Prohibits the intentional injection, release or dispersion, by any means, of chemicals, chemical compounds, substances or apparatus within the borders of this state into the atmosphere with the express purpose of affecting temperature, weather or the intensity of sunlight; provides the department will establish a reporting process for violations; provides penalties for such violations. | In Committee | 02/14/2025 |
| A05488 | Prohibits the manufacture, sale, and use of wire grill brushes. | In Committee | 02/14/2025 |
| A05512 | Regulates the use of live restraint cable devices to take wildlife; authorizes regulations by the department of environmental conservation. | In Committee | 02/14/2025 |
| A05543 | Provides that the commissioner of environmental conservation shall place and operate certain air quality monitoring systems in proximity to NY city airports. | In Committee | 02/14/2025 |
| A05576 | Defines the term crossbow as a bow and string, either compound or recurve, that launches a bolt or arrow, mounted upon a stock with a trigger that holds the string and limbs under tension until released which shall have at least six inches of limb width. | In Committee | 02/18/2025 |
| A05587 | Authorizes the department of environmental conservation to engage in cooperative purchasing; authorizes intergovernmental agreements between public agencies. | In Committee | 02/18/2025 |
| A05614 | Directs the department of environmental conservation to develop and implement a tree planting pilot program in the ten zip codes in the state with the highest incidence of asthma. | In Committee | 02/18/2025 |
| A05618 | Implements several programs to improve indoor air quality, including establishing photo-catalytic air scavenging technology certification centers and a weatherization and energy efficiency training program; establishes the office of workforce development and indoor air quality management training, minimum wage rates for indoor air quality workers, and the indoor air quality fund. | In Committee | 02/18/2025 |
| A05626 | Relates to permits and financial security for reclamation for salt mining beneath a lake; requires such permits to be subject to environmental quality review procedures; requires financial security to cover any damages directly or indirectly resulting from salt mining activities beneath a lake, including, but not limited to, those resulting from collapse or water contamination. | In Committee | 02/18/2025 |
| A05651 | Relates to the environmental assessment of a historic preservation plan; addresses environmental impact statements, dates for filing drafts of such statewide comprehensive historic preservation plan, funds available for historic preservation purposes, and the New York state archaeological survey assistance fund. | In Committee | 02/19/2025 |
| A05657 | Requires the commissioner of environmental conservation to promote education in hunting, fishing and outdoor education in high school physical education courses. | In Committee | 02/19/2025 |
| A05712 | Provides for the recovery, reuse and recycling of hardcover books; prohibits the disposal as solid waste and incineration of hardcover books. | In Committee | 02/20/2025 |
| A05714 | Relates to the availability of technical assistance grants in brownfield site remedial programs; provides that the commissioner of environmental conservation shall provide grants to the New York city community board with jurisdiction over the site or to any not-for-profit corporation exempt from taxation under section 501(c)(3) of the internal revenue code at any site which may be affected by a brownfield site remedial program. | In Committee | 02/20/2025 |
| A05757 | Grants all veterans with a disability seven free days of sporting activity in New York state. | In Committee | 02/20/2025 |
| A05832 | Enacts the "PFAS discharge disclosure act"; requires certain SPDES permit holders to conduct PFAS monitoring and disclose the results from such monitoring. | In Committee | 02/20/2025 |
| A05850 | Prohibits the participation of certain animals in traveling animal acts; prohibits the department of environmental conservation from issuing permits or licenses allowing participation of certain animals in traveling animal acts; excludes certain permanent performing institutions; imposes a civil penalty not to exceed $1000 for a violation. | In Committee | 02/24/2025 |
| A05896 | Establishes the New York youth climate corps to support and grow climate-related service opportunities for young adults with the objective of building low-carbon and climate-resilient communities, ecosystems, and economies while providing education, workforce development, and career pathways to service members, with a focus on disadvantaged communities. | In Committee | 02/24/2025 |
| A05947 | Prohibits certain wildlife and fish from being imported into the state in order to protect public health and safety, native wildlife and fish, and the agricultural interests of the state; relates to the operation of live animal markets. | In Committee | 02/25/2025 |
| A05967 | Authorizes the town of Smithtown, in the county of Suffolk to make ordinances prohibiting the discharge of longbows and crossbows in areas in which such activity may be hazardous to the general public or nearby residents. | In Committee | 02/25/2025 |
| A06003 | Removes the exemption for restaurants, taverns or similar food service establishments from the New York state bag waste reduction act. | In Committee | 02/25/2025 |
| A06012 | Establishes the safe water and infrastructure action program for the purpose of making payments toward the replacement and rehabilitation of certain existing local drinking water, storm water and sanitary sewer systems; applies to any county, city, town, village or public authority drinking water system, storm water system or sanitary sewer system within the state that is not under the maintenance and/or operational jurisdiction of a private entity. | In Committee | 02/25/2025 |
| A06020 | Regulates the sale of plastic trash bags; requires plastic trash bags be made of 30% post-consumer materials. | In Committee | 02/25/2025 |
| A06052 | Eliminates sporting license fees for honorably discharged, disabled veterans. | In Committee | 02/26/2025 |
| A06057 | Removes the provision that an immediate family member needs to be domiciled in the house of the license or permit holder for the purpose of commercial fishing license transfers. | In Committee | 02/26/2025 |
| A06076 | Authorizes the attorney general to approve certain state land acquisitions made for the purposes of land conservation, and to accept a title policy from a commercial insurer to cover any title defects that would otherwise render the title unmarketable. | In Committee | 02/26/2025 |
| A06093 | Prohibits the release of balloons with exceptions for manned hot air balloons, government-related experiments, and balloons released indoors. | In Committee | 02/26/2025 |
| A06125 | Relates to declaring the goal of the state of New York to source reduce, reuse, recycle, or compost no less than eighty-five percent of the solid waste generated by the year 2035. | In Committee | 02/26/2025 |
| A06165 | Enacts the wetlands homeowner's relief act; provides that a homeowner who currently lives within a wetlands designated area shall not have to apply for a building permit for use of land within a fifty foot periphery of the house and garage; provides that new maps may not be issued without prior approval from the legislature; prohibits DEC from delineating wetlands beyond the boundaries shown on official wetlands maps. | In Committee | 02/26/2025 |
| A06166 | Directs the department of environmental conservation to develop a regional plan for Long Island glass recycling in coordination with Alfred university and Long Island municipalities. | In Committee | 02/26/2025 |
| A06181 | Enacts the senior environmental corps act; establishes the senior environmental corps within the department of environmental conservation; establishes a mechanism for seniors to volunteer their services for environmental purposes; creates senior environmental corps coordinating council; makes provisions for volunteer agreements. | In Committee | 02/26/2025 |
| A06191 | Enacts the affordable waste reduction act"; defines terms; provides for registration of producer responsibility organizations and service providers; establishes the producer responsibility advisory board; provides for department of environmental conservation responsibilities; provides for producer responsibility advisory board, organization, producer and service provider responsibilities; creates a recyclable or compostable covered materials lists and exempt materials list; establishes producer | In Committee | 02/26/2025 |
| A06192 | Establishes a moratorium on the sale and use of biosolids; defines terms. | In Committee | 02/26/2025 |
| A06193 | Establishes extended producer responsibility for textiles; requires a producer, either individually or cooperatively in a group or with a representative organization to submit to the department of environmental conservation a plan for the establishment of a collection program for textile covered products. | In Committee | 02/26/2025 |
| A06195 | Extends, until December 31, 2026, the authorization of residential property owners in high risk brush fire areas on Staten Island to cut and remove reeds. | Signed/Enacted/Adopted | 02/27/2025 |
| A06228 | Authorizes and directs the commissioner of environmental conservation to conduct a study on food waste initiatives and to provide recommendations based on the study's findings. | In Committee | 02/27/2025 |
| A06240 | Declares a climate emergency and places a ban on fossil fuel infrastructure projects but shall not apply to repair or maintenance of existing infrastructure. | In Committee | 02/27/2025 |
| A06254 | Enacts an advanced clean fleets law to reduce vehicle emissions for medium- and heavy-duty vehicles. | In Committee | 02/27/2025 |
| A06255 | Creates the commission on battery fire safety practices to evaluate the need for resources for police, volunteer fire departments and emergency medical services concerning health and safety best practices when responding to lithium-ion battery incidents. | In Committee | 02/27/2025 |
| A06267 | Increases the handling fee paid to dealers or operators of a redemption center for the redemption of empty beverage containers. | In Committee | 03/03/2025 |
| A06283 | Enacts the "sustainable affordable housing and sprawl prevention act"; exempts or limits environmental review under SEQR for the construction of certain new residential units to avoid creating unnecessary housing sprawl; limits certain rights to action under SEQR; makes related provisions. | In Committee | 03/03/2025 |
| A06317 | Extends the moratorium on the issuance of certificates of environmental safety for the siting of facilities and certification of routes for the transportation of liquefied natural or petroleum gas. | Signed/Enacted/Adopted | 03/04/2025 |
| A06350 | Waives fishing, hunting and trapping license fees for certain first responders. | In Committee | 03/04/2025 |
| A06359 | Postpones the implementation and enforcement of the advanced clean trucks regulations by the department of environmental conservation. | In Committee | 03/04/2025 |
| A06370 | Establishes the office of wastewater surveillance; creates a grant program; provides such office shall monitor wastewater testing and analyze wastewater test results; provides the grant program shall assist labs in conducting wastewater testing; establishes an advisory council which shall provide advice on: best practices for wastewater sampling, testing and test results analysis; the creation of standards and systems of reporting on wastewater surveillance; the creation of a dashboard; integrat | In Committee | 03/04/2025 |
| A06381 | Educates the public about the health and environmental impacts of lithium-ion battery use and manufacture on air, water and soil. | In Committee | 03/04/2025 |
| A06416 | Directs the department of environmental conservation to promulgate air quality standards for emissions of certain toxic air contaminants. | In Committee | 03/04/2025 |
| A06466 | Expands the options for shell color and roof color of petroleum bulk storage tanks to either white or beige/cream or which limits volatile emissions to the same or to a greater extent as a shell color and roof color of white or beige/cream as determined by the department of environmental conservation. | In Committee | 03/05/2025 |
| A06500 | Imposes restrictions on lead-containing products and provides for a private right of action for violations. | In Committee | 03/05/2025 |
| A06506 | Requires the commissioner of environmental conservation to establish standards for and a program of inspection and certification of green roofs prior to and after installation, including standards for environmentally acceptable chemical fertilizers and the testing of runoff water for evidence of such fertilizers; establishes a green roof installation tax credit in the amount of fifty-five percent of qualified expenditures with a credit maximum of five thousand dollars. | In Committee | 03/05/2025 |
| A06543 | Relates to returnable bottles; adds noncarbonated soft drinks, certain noncarbonated fruit or vegetable juices, coffee and tea beverages, carbonated fruit beverages and cider to the definition of "beverage"; provides that beginning April 1, 2027, the handling fee will be six cents for each beverage container accepted by a deposit initiator from a dealer or operator of a redemption center; directs the multi-agency bottle bill fraud investigation team to submit a report on findings of pervasive bo | In Committee | 03/06/2025 |
| A06581 | Excludes certain amphibians and reptiles from the definition of small game and makes conforming changes. | Crossed Over | 03/06/2025 |
| A06618 | Enacts the "pollinator promotion act" to authorize the commissioner of environmental conservation to promote the health and viability of pollinators in the state and to make municipal adoption and implementation of pollinator promotion plans eligible for climate adaptation and mitigation projects under the climate smart communities program; requires consideration of certain pollinator health initiatives on SUNY campuses; directs the departments of education and environmental conservation to deve | In Committee | 03/06/2025 |
| A06665 | Directs DEC to designate a representative for each environmental conservation region of the state to serve as the point of contact for municipalities to aid in the acquisition of resources and funding for water projects. | In Committee | 03/07/2025 |
| A06671 | Provides that it is deceptive to misrepresent that a product or package is recyclable unless it can be collected, separated or otherwise recovered from the waste stream through an established recycling program for reuse or use in manufacturing or assembling another item; requires the department of environmental conservation to develop regulations on types and forms of plastic products and packaging for which a claim of recyclability may be made; requires all rigid plastic containers sold in this | In Committee | 03/07/2025 |
| A06674 | Extends a term estate; makes certain other changes relating to property known as Henry Kaufmann Campgrounds in the borough of Staten Island, city of New York until September 30, 2122. | In Committee | 03/06/2025 |
| A06679 | Prohibits the sale and distribution of mercury-added lamps on and after January 1, 2028. | In Committee | 03/06/2025 |
| A06786 | Relates to prohibiting the sale of live genetically modified salmon. | In Committee | 03/14/2025 |
| A06847 | Requires that any rules or regulations promulgated by the department of environmental conservation pursuant to the climate action fund are subject to a vote of the legislature and must be approved by a majority vote prior to implementation. | In Committee | 03/14/2025 |
| A06854 | Removes restrictions on crossbow size and draw weight when used for hunting. | In Committee | 03/14/2025 |
| A06872 | Authorizes the taking of wildlife by the use of a crossbow; makes related provisions. | In Committee | 03/18/2025 |
| A06886 | Establishes a program to provide information to consumers concerning household hazardous products; provides such information be available at the point of retail sale by labels and pamphlets; provides such information should disclose hazards and inform people of environmentally safer alternatives; provides for the establishment of a hazardous product list by the department of environmental conservation. | In Committee | 03/18/2025 |
| A06888 | Adds Fishkill Creek in Dutchess County to the definition of inland waterways. | In Committee | 03/18/2025 |
| A06921 | Provides that dental insurance coverage shall include coverage for night guards; defines dental night guards; provides that dental night guards shall be covered under Medicaid. | In Committee | 03/18/2025 |
| A06928 | Prohibits the department of environmental conservation from issuing or authorizing any permits to new or expanding large concentrated animal feeding operations. | In Committee | 03/18/2025 |
| A06930 | Prohibits the application of pesticides to certain local freshwater wetlands for local governments that have implemented a freshwater wetlands protection law; provides that any local law or ordinance adopted pursuant to this section shall take effect on the first day of January after it shall have been adopted. | In Committee | 03/18/2025 |
| A06949 | Prohibits public food service establishments operating in the state from providing excess food service items including utensils, condiments, napkins and extra containers, to any customer except upon, and in accordance with, the express request of that customer. | In Committee | 03/18/2025 |
| A06965 | Removes requirements that a parent, guardian or person and the minor remain at ground level at all times while deer hunting. | In Committee | 03/18/2025 |
| A07034 | Permits structures to remain where the local permitting authority has issued a permit for construction built within an erosion hazard area or tidal wetland adjacent area prior to the effective date of the amendments. | In Committee | 03/18/2025 |
| A07074 | Relates to repeat violators who endanger the public health, safety or the environment; increases penalties for such violators. | In Committee | 03/20/2025 |
| A07103 | Relates to the handling fee paid to a dealer or operator of a redemption center for the redemption of empty beverage containers. | In Committee | 03/20/2025 |
| A07104 | Establishes the water resiliency projects fund for flood mitigation, stormwater mitigation and other water related resiliency projects; makes an appropriation therefor. | In Committee | 03/20/2025 |
| A07146 | Establishes a town of Huntington deer management pilot program. | In Committee | 03/20/2025 |
| A07166 | Relates to the proper collection and disposal of mercury thermostats; establishes a fund for the stewardship of mercury thermostats; extends the effectiveness of the mercury thermostat collection act. | In Committee | 03/21/2025 |
| A07366 | Establishes the "small water utility transparency act"; requires the public service commission and the department of environmental conservation to conduct audits of certain private water companies; requires certain private water companies which are under certain investigations to file public updates on the status of compliance with such orders. | In Committee | 03/25/2025 |
| A07388 | Enacts "Peanut's law: humane animal protection act" to provide humane treatment, safeguard animal welfare and strengthen the rights of animal sanctuaries and responsible owners in retaining custody, implementing due process safeguards, and guaranteeing public safety while an appeal is pending; requires an administrative hearing before the seizure or euthanization of an animal under the care of a wildlife sanctuary, unless there is documented evidence that the animal presents an immediate threat | In Committee | 03/25/2025 |
| A07395 | Requires the department of environmental conservation to establish guidelines relating to the disqualification of contractors applying to perform stand-by contracts relating to past performance, reasonableness of pricing, acts of negligence and convictions for certain crimes reflecting on honesty, integrity and capability of any contractor. | In Committee | 03/25/2025 |
| A07402 | Eliminates sporting license fees for honorably discharged, disabled veterans. | In Committee | 03/25/2025 |
| A07455 | Enacts the "New York urban and community tree planting and forestry program act"; provides for education, technical assistance and support for tree planting and forestry projects in urban areas and disadvantaged communities. | In Committee | 03/28/2025 |
| A07537 | Enacts the "responsible renewable energy recycling act" to require manufacturers of solar panels, wind turbines, and batteries to collect such materials when they are taken out of use; requires educational outreach relating thereto; establishes collection goals therefor; requires reporting of collection efforts. | In Committee | 04/01/2025 |
| A07539 | Establishes a climate action cost council; limits the number of rules and regulations that may be promulgated annually to meet CLCPA goals. | In Committee | 04/01/2025 |
| A07551 | Limits the department of environmental conservation's ability to fix special open seasons for taking wild deer to ending no later than the 3rd Sunday of December of each year; allows the department to issue regulations for special seasons for particular counties or designated wildlife management units after consultation with local governments and stakeholders. | In Committee | 04/01/2025 |
| A07594 | Prohibits the sale of playground surfacing materials that contain PFAS, PAHs or more than ninety parts per million of lead; requires manufacturers of playground surfacing materials that contain PFAS, PAHs or more than ninety parts per million of lead to provide notice of such fact to distributors and retailers of such materials; provides penalties for violations. | In Committee | 04/01/2025 |
| A07606 | Relates to including the Asian longhorned tick and lone star tick on the invasive species list, and include them in the comprehensive plan for invasive species management. | In Committee | 04/01/2025 |
| A07738 | Prohibits the sale of certain products that contain regulated perfluoroalkyl and polyfluoroalkyl substances; requires manufacturers of products containing PFAS to provide notice of such fact to persons that offer the products for sale or distribution; provides penalties for violations. | In Committee | 04/08/2025 |
| A07759 | Updates the definition of the term "reusable bag", as used in the environmental conservation law, to specify minimum material and durability standards. | In Committee | 04/08/2025 |
| A07819 | Directs the department of environmental conservation to conduct a study on retrofitting certain schools located within 500 feet of a major highway. | In Committee | 04/11/2025 |
| A07834 | Provides that when approving proposals to enhance the existing benefits provided by a wetland or to create and maintain new wetland benefits in order to increase the likelihood that a proposed activity will meet the applicable standard for permit issuance, the mitigation may occur within the same watershed as the proposed project. | In Committee | 04/11/2025 |
| A07860 | Adds spirit-based ready-to-drink cocktails to the definition of beverage; includes ready-to-drink cocktail containers in the state bottle deposit incentive program. | In Committee | 04/11/2025 |
| A07881 | Requires the department of environmental conservation, after consultation with the environmental facilities corporation and the department of state, to submit an annual agency stormwater expenditure report containing a comprehensive estimate and summary of funds needed and funds spent on stormwater projects under the department of environmental conservation, the environmental facilities corporation, the department of state and other applicable agencies or state authorities. | In Committee | 04/11/2025 |
| A07882 | Requires for construction activities that require a state pollutant discharge elimination system permit owners and operators to submit a copy of the required public notice; requires each county receiving such notice to make such notice publicly available on its website. | In Committee | 04/11/2025 |
| A07932 | Exempts veterans and those on active duty from paying certain fees for travel on the New York world war veterans memorial highway in Essex county or Prospect mountain veteran's memorial highway in Warren county. | In Committee | 04/15/2025 |
| A07947 | Prohibits the use of residential automatic pesticide misting systems. | In Committee | 04/16/2025 |
| A07990 | Relates to the criteria for financing certain lead service line and pipe replacements by the environmental facilities corporation. | In Committee | 04/16/2025 |
| A08018 | Extends the authority of the department of environmental conservation to manage oysters from December 31, 2025 to December 31, 2027. | Signed/Enacted/Adopted | 04/22/2025 |
| A08043 | Provides that no person shall engage in the aquaculture of any species of octopus in the state for the purpose of human consumption. | In Committee | 04/22/2025 |
| A08098 | Authorizes the department of environmental conservation to independently add to the lists of prohibited and regulated invasive species on an emergency basis pending review by the department of agriculture and markets in consultation with the New York invasive species council. | In Committee | 04/30/2025 |
| A08161 | Relates to authorizing angling by a single individual with up to three lines in freshwater; extends effectiveness of provisions for two years. | Signed/Enacted/Adopted | 05/02/2025 |
| A08163 | Establishes the public water justice act; prohibits sale of waters of the state unless otherwise specifically authorized; establishes a public water justice fund for royalties and fees collected from persons or entities authorized to sell waters of the state. | In Committee | 05/02/2025 |
| A08168 | Relates to establishing extended producer responsibility for tires; provides that no later than June 30, 2027 a producer shall submit a plan for the establishment of a collection program for tires; establishes the tire extended producer responsibility fund. | In Committee | 05/05/2025 |
| A08190 | Establishes the pipeline investment for public environmental solutions program for the purpose of making payments toward the replacement and rehabilitation of existing local municipally-owned and funded drinking water, stormwater and sanitary sewer systems; makes such program eligible for funding from the Clean water, clean air and green jobs environmental bond act of 2022. | In Committee | 05/05/2025 |
| A08278 | Extends the authority of the department of environmental conservation to manage weakfish until 12/31/2028. | Signed/Enacted/Adopted | 05/08/2025 |
| A08280 | Extends the authority of the department of environmental conservation from December 31, 2025 until December 31, 2028 to adopt by regulation measures for the management of hard clams, soft or steamer clams or razor clams. | Signed/Enacted/Adopted | 05/08/2025 |
| A08281 | Extends the authority of the department of environmental conservation to manage blackfish. | Signed/Enacted/Adopted | 05/08/2025 |
| A08330 | Clarifies provisions regarding the use of crossbows for hunting, allowing the department of environmental conservation to allow the use of crossbows for the taking of big game in any area long bows are permitted. | In Committee | 05/13/2025 |
| A08359 | Relates to paper receipts and requires businesses to provide proof of purchase electronically. | In Committee | 05/13/2025 |
| A08362 | Prohibits certain restrictions on motor vehicle sales or use. | In Committee | 05/13/2025 |
| A08391 | Relates to returnable beverage containers; amends certain definitions relating thereto; repeals a certain provision of law relating thereto; provides that a dealer whose place of business is less than ten thousand square feet and whose primary business is the sale of food or beverages for consumption off-premises may obtain an exemption from the obligation to accept empty beverage containers for redemption under certain conditions; provides for different handling fees for beverage containers acc | In Committee | 05/13/2025 |
| A08428 | Extends provisions of law relating to the authority of the department of environmental conservation to fix by regulation open seasons, size and catch limits and manner of taking fish from December 31, 2025 until December 31, 2028. | Signed/Enacted/Adopted | 05/15/2025 |
| A08486 | Extends the authority of the department of environmental conservation to manage bluefish from 2025 to 2028. | Signed/Enacted/Adopted | 05/19/2025 |
| A08487 | Extends the authority of the department of environmental conservation to manage American shad until 12/31/2028. | Signed/Enacted/Adopted | 05/19/2025 |
| A08515 | Enacts the whale awareness act directing the department of environmental conservation to establish recommendations and educational materials for reduction of marine mammal interactions. | In Committee | 05/20/2025 |
| A08524 | Postpones the implementation and enforcement of advanced clean cars II regulations by the department of environmental conservation. | In Committee | 05/20/2025 |
| A08537 | Prohibits the sale of any children's product, upholstered furniture or mattress that contains textile fiberglass; prohibits any custom upholsterer from repairing, reupholstering, recovering, restoring or renewing upholstered furniture or reupholstered furniture using a replacement component that contains textile fiberglass. | In Committee | 05/20/2025 |
| A08553 | Enacts provisions relating to modifications, suspensions, revocations, and renewals under the air quality control program; provides for expiration of any permit which has no expiration and has been in effect for five years; provides renewal periods shall not be longer than five years. | In Committee | 05/20/2025 |
| A08585 | Phases out the sale of products that contain intentionally added PFAS. | In Committee | 05/21/2025 |
| A08596 | Extends provisions relating to the establishment of the mercury thermostat collection act to January 1, 2027. | Signed/Enacted/Adopted | 05/22/2025 |
| A08597 | Extends provisions of law relating to big game hunting authorization for the county of Onondaga until October 1, 2027. | Signed/Enacted/Adopted | 05/22/2025 |
| A08617 | Establishes a Mohawk River Basin district and Mohawk River Basin management program for management of such district to conserve, protect and restore the environmental quality of the Mohawk River. | In Committee | 05/22/2025 |
| A08654 | Extends the authority of the department of environmental conservation to manage American eel from 2025 to 2026. | Signed/Enacted/Adopted | 05/22/2025 |
| A08656 | Extends the authority of the department of environmental conservation to manage hickory shad. | Signed/Enacted/Adopted | 05/22/2025 |
| A08658 | Extends the authority of the department of environmental conservation to manage alewife. | Signed/Enacted/Adopted | 05/23/2025 |
| A08660 | Permits sales during the Adirondack Family Book Festival at the John Brown Farm State Historic Site in North Elba, Essex County. | Crossed Over | 05/23/2025 |
| A08661 | Extends the authority of the department of environmental conservation to fix open season and bag limits for pheasant hunting on Long Island by individuals who hold a junior license. | Signed/Enacted/Adopted | 05/23/2025 |
| A08666 | Requires the owner or operator of a vessel to establish and maintain with the department evidence of financial responsibility sufficient to meet the amount of liability. | In Committee | 05/27/2025 |
| A08683 | Includes Hague Brook in the list of inland waterways eligible for the local waterfront revitalization program. | In Committee | 05/29/2025 |
| A08690 | Decreases the setback requirement in the Peconic and Gardiner's Bays for the Suffolk County Lease Program and Sugar Kelp production from 1,000 feet to 500 feet. | In Committee | 05/29/2025 |
| A08758 | Enacts the accelerate solar for affordable power (ASAP) act to set a new target for distributed solar energy capacity and direct the public service commission to advance reforms to the utility interconnection process to ensure timely and cost-effective integration of new distributed energy resources. | In Committee | 06/05/2025 |
| A08780 | Enacts into law components of legislation relating to disaster relief for extreme weather events in Central New York, long-term climate resilience property improvements, and insurance discounts for climate mitigation efforts; establishes the central New York extreme weather relief and resiliency grant program to provide grants to certain persons and entities that suffered damage from covered events (Part A); expands and strengthens the resilient and ready program by providing grants to homeowner | In Committee | 06/02/2025 |
| A08807 | Provides reimbursement for enhanced septic system projects and defines what qualifies as an enhanced septic system project. | In Committee | 06/09/2025 |
| A08848 | Extends an exemption relating to the use of certain chemicals used in mattresses from regulation for an additional year. | In Committee | 06/09/2025 |
| A08876 | Allows surplus or uncommitted funds in the New York state climate investment account to be returned to ratepayers. | In Committee | 06/09/2025 |
| A08924 | Establishes a recycling program for containers of adult-use cannabis sold in New York; requires such containers to be made of at least fifty percent recycled materials. | In Committee | 07/16/2025 |
| A08996 | Authorizes local governments to opt out of mandates and benchmarks arising under the climate leadership and community protection act and associated universal electrification requirements by filing a resolution with the department of environmental conservation. | In Committee | 08/13/2025 |
| A08998 | Enacts the "dollars for diesels act"; directs the commissioner of environmental conservation, in consultation with the New York state energy research and development authority, to establish and administer a program to provide financial incentives to owners of heavy- and medium-duty diesel-powered vehicles of a model year two thousand ten or older to retire and replace such vehicles with new heavy- or medium-duty diesel-powered vehicles of model year two thousand twenty-four or newer that meet or | In Committee | 08/13/2025 |
| A09047 | Prohibits the sale, offer for sale, or distribution of foam flotation docks, buoys and floating structures in the state where such foam flotation is not fully encapsulated to prevent degradation into the environment. | In Committee | 09/05/2025 |
| A09115 | Relates to the right to hunt, trap and fish; provides for regulation by the state. | In Committee | 09/26/2025 |
| A09191 | Repeals provisions of law relating to providing that one hundred percent of in-state sales of new passenger cars and trucks shall be zero-emissions by two thousand thirty-five. | In Committee | 11/03/2025 |
| A09323 | Provides for a minimum 10 foot buffer from the water table for all mining plans for mining on Long Island. | In Committee | 12/10/2025 |
| A09325 | Establishes a wastewater infrastructure and drinking water program for the purpose of making payments toward the replacement and rehabilitation of existing local municipally-owned and funded drinking water, storm water and sanitary sewer systems. | In Committee | 12/10/2025 |
| A09354 | Requires certain manufacturers to sell and distribute plastic beverage containers with tethered plastic beverage caps or openings from which the beverage can be consumed while the plastic beverage cap remains screwed onto or otherwise affixed to the plastic beverage container. | In Committee | 12/19/2025 |
| A09386 | Permits the possession and use of devices that silence, suppress, or muffle the sound or natural report of a firearm when the firearm is discharged, provided the host firearm to which the device is attached is allowed and is a rifle that is manually operated by a bolt. | In Committee | 12/19/2025 |
| A09408 | Adds Salmon Creek in Monroe County to the definition of inland waterways for the purposes of waterfront revitalization. | In Committee | 12/19/2025 |
| A09436 | Relates to finding alternatives to the use of pesticides in the monarch preservation plan and allowing agricultural lands that are not in active production be used to enhance the monarch butterfly habitat. | Signed/Enacted/Adopted | 01/06/2026 |
| A09437 | Extends DEC's authority to regulate management of crabs; authorizes the department of environmental conservation to take any actions necessary to ensure any quota limiting the taking of horseshoe crabs does not exceed certain thresholds. | In Committee | 01/06/2026 |
| A09504 | Relates to rechargeable battery recycling. | In Committee | 01/08/2026 |
| A09511 | Provides that the assignment, transfer, or modification of leases for exploration, development, and production of gas or oil in state forests, reforestation areas and wildlife management areas shall not allow expansion or extension of such provisions. | In Committee | 01/08/2026 |
| A09596 | Relates to standards relating to hydrofluorocarbon substances; provides that any rules or regulations relating to hydrofluorocarbon substances established or implemented by the department of environmental conservation shall conform with, and shall not exceed, any applicable rules or regulations set forth in 40 C.F.R. Part 84, as in effect on October first, two thousand twenty-five. | In Committee | 01/21/2026 |
| A09603 | Authorizes the state to convey certain forest preserve land; provides such sale shall be subject to legislative approval and the proceeds of such conveyance shall be used for acquisitions to the forest preserve. | In Committee | 01/21/2026 |
| A09676 | Authorizes the forest ranger force to establish a training program for volunteer search and rescue personnel to assist the forest rangers in wild, remote and forested areas of the state. | In Committee | 01/21/2026 |
| A09677 | Relates to bioheating fuel requirements; allows B100 or B99 biofuel and R100 or R99 renewable fuel to be used to blend with or replace fossil heating oil in order to create bioheating fuel. | In Committee | 01/21/2026 |
| A10058 | Provides an exemption from requirements for the alienation of parkland for renewable energy generating projects with a generating capacity not exceeding two megawatts and which are located above real property currently used for vehicle parking. | In Committee | 01/30/2026 |
| A10074 | Prohibits the use of any pesticide product containing paraquat dichloride or any other chemical form of paraquat. | In Committee | 01/30/2026 |
| A10082 | Repeals the New York state climate leadership and community protection act; makes conforming technical amendments. | In Committee | 01/30/2026 |
| A10100 | Enacts the climate and community investment act; prioritizes the allocation of public investments in disadvantaged communities; addresses climate change challenges through the expansion and growth of clean and renewable energy sources; adopts best value requirements for the solicitation, evaluation and award of renewable energy projects; establishes a community just transition program; establishes a climate pollution fee and a household and small business energy rebate; creates the climate and c | In Committee | 01/30/2026 |
| A10112 | Extends the urban deer management pilot program for an additional three years. | In Committee | 02/02/2026 |
| A10136 | Amends chapter 306 of the laws of 2011 authorizing owners of residential real property in high risk brush fire areas in the borough of Staten Island to cut and remove reeds from their property; extends through December 31, 2027. | In Committee | 02/05/2026 |
| A10138 | Relates to the management of PFAS in biosolids in the state by requiring testing and reporting of certain groundwater, biosolids, and soil and establishing a moratorium on the sale and use of biosolids; establishes the PFAS agricultural response program and fund to assist farms found to have levels of PFAS contamination which exceed regulatory standards. | In Committee | 02/05/2026 |
| A10141 | Imposes a moratorium on the issuance of permits for new data centers; requires the public service commission to issue an order or orders to minimize the impact of new data centers on electricity and gas rates for residential, commercial, and industrial users. | In Committee | 02/09/2026 |
| A10199 | Enacts the "New York open water data act"; directs certain agencies, under the leadership of conveners, to identify and integrate key water data sets; provides an annual plan for existing data to be researched and reported. | In Committee | 02/12/2026 |
| A10238 | Exempts school buses from certain regulations relating to the percentage of zero-emission vehicles in manufacturer's sales fleets of medium-duty and heavy-duty vehicles. | In Committee | 02/12/2026 |
| S00122 | Establishes environmental standards for ambient lead and lead contamination in soils and on floors and window sills. | Crossed Over | 03/05/2025 |
| S00252 | Provides that "wild animal" means indigenous, non-domesticated animals native to the country in which they live and "exotic animal" means a wild animal with an origin of a different continent; adds certain wild or exotic animals to the list of non-companion animals; provides certain owners of wild or exotic animals with a license process. | Crossed Over | 04/08/2025 |
| S00270 | Provides an exemption from requirements for the alienation of parkland for renewable energy generating projects with a generating capacity not exceeding two megawatts and which are located above real property currently used for vehicle parking. | Crossed Over | 03/03/2025 |
| S00548 | Authorizes the state to convey certain forest preserve land; provides such sale shall be subject to legislative approval and the proceeds of such conveyance shall be used for acquisitions to the forest preserve. | Crossed Over | 06/05/2025 |
| S00597 | Establishes the "small water utility transparency act"; requires the public service commission and the department of environmental conservation to conduct audits of certain private water companies; requires certain private water companies which are under certain investigations to file public updates on the status of compliance with such orders. | Crossed Over | 06/10/2025 |
| S00659 | Relates to the general civil penalty of the environmental conservation law; provides that in addition to the fines, such person may be enjoined from continuing such violation and any permit or certificate issued to such person may be revoked or suspended, or a pending renewal application may be denied. | Crossed Over | 03/26/2025 |
| S00672 | Relates to the completion and funding of environmental restoration projects. | Crossed Over | 02/10/2026 |
| S00678 | 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 th | Crossed Over | 02/26/2025 |
| S00759 | Extends provisions of law relating to expanding the food donation and food scraps recycling program; amends the effectiveness relating thereto. | Signed/Enacted/Adopted | 01/14/2025 |
| S00773 | Relates to permitting the sale or distribution of expanded polystyrene containers that are designed or intended to be used for cold storage for certain tissues, temperature sensitive health and safety samples, cultures, and reagents, and microbial cultures. | Signed/Enacted/Adopted | 01/14/2025 |
| S00982 | Adds Fishkill Creek in Dutchess County to the definition of inland waterways. | Signed/Enacted/Adopted | 06/04/2025 |
| S01069 | Prohibits the lease of state forests, reforestation areas, wildlife management areas and unique areas for the purpose of gas and oil production. | Signed/Enacted/Adopted | 04/22/2025 |
| S01171 | Establishes a town of Huntington deer management pilot program. | Crossed Over | 06/04/2025 |
| S01187 | Authorizes certain local municipal agencies to use surveillance cameras to combat illegal dumping. | Crossed Over | 03/10/2025 |
| S01343 | Establishes the clean fuel standard of 2025; provides such standard is intended to reduce greenhouse gas intensity from the on-road transportation sector, with further reductions to be implemented based upon advances in technology. | Crossed Over | 06/11/2025 |
| S01609 | Requires the department of environmental conservation, after consultation with the environmental facilities corporation and the department of state, to submit an annual agency stormwater expenditure report containing a comprehensive estimate and summary of funds needed and funds spent on stormwater projects under the department of environmental conservation, the environmental facilities corporation, the department of state and other applicable agencies or state authorities. | Crossed Over | 03/18/2025 |
| S01610 | Requires for construction activities that require a state pollutant discharge elimination system permit owners and operators to submit a copy of the required public notice; requires each county receiving such notice to make such notice publicly available on its website. | Crossed Over | 02/24/2025 |
| S01676 | Requires that nuisance wildlife control operators disclose to the client, in writing, that euthanasia may be used to resolve a wildlife related problem. | Crossed Over | 05/22/2025 |
| S01704 | Expands the options for shell color and roof color of petroleum bulk storage tanks to either white or beige/cream or which limits volatile emissions to the same or to a greater extent as a shell color and roof color of white or beige/cream as determined by the department of environmental conservation. | Signed/Enacted/Adopted | 03/10/2025 |
| S01723 | Adds Doodletown Brook to the definition of inland waterways eligible for the local waterfront revitalization program. | Crossed Over | 05/28/2025 |
| S01733 | Creates a program to assist municipalities with water quality improvement of water bodies within the municipality managed by lake associations. | Crossed Over | 04/22/2025 |
| S01833 | Enacts the "harmful algal bloom monitoring and prevention act"; establishes the harmful algal bloom monitoring and prevention fund. | Crossed Over | 06/10/2025 |
| S01919 | Eliminates sporting license fees for honorably discharged, disabled veterans. | Crossed Over | 04/09/2025 |
| S01984 | Directs the commissioner to publicly publish an annual report on the environmental radiation surveillance program and analyze such report showing trends and cumulative impact, as well as notify other relevant agencies if contamination has exceeded EPA standards for maximum amounts of contamination allowed in drinking water or food. | Crossed Over | 03/24/2025 |
| S02097 | Limits liability of producers, representative organizations and retailers for antitrust, restraint of trade, or unfair trade practices arising from the performance of an action required to be undertaken under certain law or a producer plan. | Signed/Enacted/Adopted | 04/02/2025 |
| S02292 | Enacts the whale awareness act directing the department of environmental conservation to establish recommendations and educational materials for reduction of marine mammal interactions. | Crossed Over | 05/22/2025 |
| S02646 | Adds Falls Brook, Jones Brook, Kelso Brook, Minerva Stream, and Trout Brook to the definition of inland waterways for the purposes of waterfront revitalization. | Crossed Over | 06/09/2025 |
| S03179 | Relates to the definition of coal tar and its use in pavement products. | Crossed Over | 03/24/2025 |
| S03828 | Prohibits the disabling, removal or interference with emission control devices and the use of emission tampering devices; provides remedies for the violation of such provisions. | Crossed Over | 04/22/2025 |
| S03852 | Prohibits the sale of playground surfacing materials that contain PFAS, PAHs or more than ninety parts per million of lead; requires manufacturers of playground surfacing materials that contain PFAS, PAHs or more than ninety parts per million of lead to provide notice of such fact to distributors and retailers of such materials; provides penalties for violations. | Crossed Over | 04/22/2025 |
| S04030 | Directs the department of environmental conservation to promulgate air quality standards for emissions of certain toxic air contaminants. | Crossed Over | 04/22/2025 |
| S04033 | Provides for the disposition of certain fines and penalties; directs such fines to a conservation enforcement account in the state conservation fund. | Crossed Over | 06/12/2025 |
| S04403 | Authorizes the attorney general to approve certain state land acquisitions made for the purposes of land conservation, and to accept a title policy from a commercial insurer to cover any title defects that would otherwise render the title unmarketable. | Crossed Over | 06/10/2025 |
| S04408 | Relates to agreements, such as leases or easements, related to renewable energy development rights on reforestation areas. | Crossed Over | 06/11/2025 |
| S04513 | Requires applicants for major projects located near a disadvantaged community to submit an enhanced public participation plan. | Crossed Over | 04/22/2025 |
| S04574 | Enacts the "PFAS discharge disclosure act"; requires certain SPDES permit holders to conduct PFAS monitoring and disclose the results from such monitoring. | Crossed Over | 04/22/2025 |
| S04691 | Prohibits the sale and distribution of compact fluorescent mercury-added lamps and linear fluorescent mercury-added lamps on and after January 1, 2028; provides exceptions; allows for sale of otherwise prohibited lamps from existing stock acquired prior to such date. | Crossed Over | 06/12/2025 |
| S04995 | Directs DEC to designate a representative for each environmental conservation region of the state to serve as the point of contact for municipalities to aid in the acquisition of resources and funding for water projects. | Crossed Over | 04/03/2025 |
| S05014 | Enacts the "Big Five African Trophies Act" relating to banning the importation, transportation and possession of certain African wildlife species and products. | Crossed Over | 04/08/2025 |
| S05379 | Relates to prevailing wage requirements applicable to brownfield remediation work performed under private contract as it relates to certain remediation activities, for sites that are seeking or have received a determination that the site is eligible for the tangible property credit component of the brownfield redevelopment tax credit, and the work is paid for in whole or in part by public funds. | Vetoed | 06/12/2025 |
| S05835 | Waives fishing, hunting and trapping license fees for certain first responders. | Crossed Over | 06/06/2025 |
| S05982 | Authorizes the department of environmental conservation to independently add to the lists of prohibited and regulated invasive species on an emergency basis pending review by the department of agriculture and markets in consultation with the New York invasive species council. | Crossed Over | 04/09/2025 |
| S05983 | Prohibits the application of pesticides to certain local freshwater wetlands for local governments that have implemented a freshwater wetlands protection law; provides that any local law or ordinance adopted pursuant to this section shall take effect on the first day of January after it shall have been adopted. | Vetoed | 05/12/2025 |
| S06831 | Requires the owner or operator of a vessel to establish and maintain with the department evidence of financial responsibility sufficient to meet the amount of liability. | Crossed Over | 06/04/2025 |
| S07532 | 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. | Crossed Over | 06/05/2025 |
| S07551 | Establishes the bottle redemption fraud task force to provide the governor and the legislature with information on the fraud, enforcement, and reporting requirements related to the New York state returnable container act. | Crossed Over | 05/19/2025 |
| S07718 | Requires owners of certain large vessels to establish whale strike prevention policies; establishes penalties for failure to establish such policies. | Crossed Over | 06/05/2025 |
| S07809 | Requires all state agencies to establish a composting program in buildings owned, occupied or operated by such agencies; allows such agencies to arrange for collection of compostable waste by a private carter, transport such waste itself or process such waste on-site; requires reports on the costs and effectiveness of such programs. | Crossed Over | 06/10/2025 |
| S08823 | Extends DEC's authority to regulate management of crabs; authorizes the department of environmental conservation to take any actions necessary to ensure any quota limiting the taking of horseshoe crabs does not exceed certain thresholds. | Signed/Enacted/Adopted | 01/13/2026 |
| S08832 | Relates to rechargeable battery recycling. | Signed/Enacted/Adopted | 01/21/2026 |
| S08836 | Provides that the assignment, transfer, or modification of leases for exploration, development, and production of gas or oil in state forests, reforestation areas and wildlife management areas shall not allow expansion or extension of such provisions. | Crossed Over | 02/05/2026 |
| S09073 | Prohibits the sale of certain products that contain regulated perfluoroalkyl and polyfluoroalkyl substances; requires manufacturers of products containing PFAS to provide notice of such fact to persons that offer the products for sale or distribution; provides penalties for violations. | Crossed Over | 02/10/2026 |
| S09074 | Prohibits the disabling, removal or interference with emission control devices and the use of emission tampering devices; provides remedies for the violation of such provisions. | Crossed Over | 02/10/2026 |