NY A01564 | 2019-2020 | General Assembly

Status

Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 33-0)
Status: Passed on December 23 2019 - 100% progression
Action: 2019-12-23 - APPROVAL MEMO.81
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [HTML]

Summary

Creates a permanent environmental justice advisory group; provides that the function of the group is to ensure that no group of people, including a racial, ethnic, or socioeconomic group, bears a disproportionate share of the negative environmental consequences resulting from industrial, municipal, and commercial operations or the execution of federal, state, local, and tribal programs and policies; empowers that advisory group to adopt a model environmental justice policy applicable to state agencies, and to monitor agencies on compliance with such policies; specifies responsibilities of state agencies; establishes an environmental justice interagency coordinating council.

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Title

Creates a permanent environmental justice advisory group; provides that the function of the group is to ensure that no group of people, including a racial, ethnic, or socioeconomic group, bears a disproportionate share of the negative environmental consequences resulting from industrial, municipal, and commercial operations or the execution of federal, state, local, and tribal programs and policies; empowers that advisory group to adopt a model environmental justice policy applicable to state agencies, and to monitor agencies on compliance with such policies; specifies responsibilities of state agencies; establishes an environmental justice interagency coordinating council.

Sponsors


Roll Calls

2019-06-19 - Senate - Senate Rules Committee Vote (Y: 19 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2019-06-19 - Senate - Senate Floor Vote - Final Passage (Y: 62 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2019-05-14 - Assembly - Assembly Ways And Means Committee: Favorable (Y: 22 N: 10 NV: 0 Abs: 3) [PASS]
2019-02-05 - Assembly - Assembly Environmental Conservation Committee: Favorable refer to committee Ways and Means (Y: 22 N: 6 NV: 0 Abs: 2) [PASS]

History

DateChamberAction
2019-12-23AssemblyAPPROVAL MEMO.81
2019-12-23AssemblySIGNED CHAP.735
2019-12-20SenateDELIVERED TO GOVERNOR
2019-06-20Senatereturned to senate
2019-06-20Senatepassed assembly
2019-06-20Senateordered to third reading cal.325
2019-06-20Senatesubstituted for a1564
2019-06-19Senatereferred to ways and means
2019-06-19AssemblyDELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY
2019-06-19AssemblyPASSED SENATE
2019-06-19AssemblyORDERED TO THIRD READING CAL.1677
2019-06-19AssemblyCOMMITTEE DISCHARGED AND COMMITTED TO RULES
2019-01-24AssemblyREFERRED TO ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION
2019-06-20Assemblysubstituted by s2385
2019-05-16Assemblyadvanced to third reading cal.325
2019-05-14Assemblyreported
2019-02-05Assemblyreported referred to ways and means
2019-01-15Assemblyreferred to environmental conservation

Same As/Similar To

S02385 (Same As) 2019-12-23 - APPROVAL MEMO.81

New York State Sources


Bill Comments

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