NY State Senate Bill 2023-S3396

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Jan 03, 2024	referred to environmental conservation
Apr 17, 2023	reported and committed to finance
Jan 31, 2023	referred to environmental conservation

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- Apr 17, 2023 - Environmental Conservation Committee Vote
  S3396
  
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  - - Environmental Conservation Committee Vote: Apr 17, 2023
      
      aye (10)
      
      Harckham
      
      Hinchey
      
      Kavanagh
      
      Mannion
      
      Martinez
      
      May
      
      Palumbo
      
      Serrano
      
      Skoufis
      
      Stec
      
      aye wr (1)
      
      Canzoneri-Fitzpatrick

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2023-S3396 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:: Senate Environmental Conservation
Law Section:: Environmental Conservation Law
Laws Affected:: Amd §§15-2901, 15-2903, 15-2905, 15-2907, 15-2909, 15-2911 & 15-2913, add §§15-2904 & 15-2915, En Con L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:: 2019-2020: S4291
2021-2022: S1738

2023-S3396 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Expands the water resources planning council; directs such council to fulfill certain duties; requires reports from the council.

2023-S3396 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

                                 
BILL NUMBER: S3396                   Revised 4/14/2023

SPONSOR: SKOUFIS
 
TITLE OF BILL:

An act to amend the environmental conservation law, in relation to the
water resources planning council

 
PURPOSE:

This bill amends the environmental conservation law by expanding the
membership and purposes of the resources planning council, including to
make recommendations regarding the management and oversight of the water
resources of the state to ensure that all residents have access to
adequate, affordable, safe drinking water in perpetuity.

 
SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS:

Section 1 of the bill amends environmental conservation law section
15-2901 to provide that:

1. The resources planning council shall consist of seventeen voting

members and eight non-voting members.

2. Voting members include the chair of the council, commissioners of six
state departments, the chair of public service commission, president of
the New York state energy research and development authority, secretary
of state and seven members appointed by the governor including at least
two members with expertise in the science of water resources planning,
at least two members with expertise in environmental science and/or
engineering and one member with expertise in environmental justice. Two
members appointed by the governor shall be appointed upon the recommen-
dation of the speaker of the assembly.

3. Non-voting members include: (a) New York City; (b) Long Island; (c)
Lower Hudson Valley; (d) Capitol Region; (e) Upper Hudson and St.
Lawrence River Watershed; (f) Central New York; (g) Southern Tier River
basins; and (h) Great Lakes Regional Watersheds.

4. Members shall receive reimbursement for expenses only.

Section 2 amends environmental conservation law section 15-2903, to
provide that a majority of the voting members of the council shall
constitute a quorum for the transaction of any business.

Section 3 amends the environmental conservation law by adding a new
section 15-2904 to set forth the duties and purpose of the council
including to:

1. Make recommendations regarding the management and oversight of the
water resources of the state, including facilitating cooperative and
sustainable management of water resources to ensure that all residents
have access to adequate, affordable, safe drinking water in perpetuity.

2. Make recommendations to help ensure the fair and equitable distrib-
ution of public water resources and ensure that every agency considers
environmental justice standards in its decision-making process and
actions.

3. Review the list of contaminants which are tested in state waters and
make recommendations to the departments of environmental conservation
and health or the United States environmental protection agency.

Section 4 amends environmental conservation law section 15-2905 to
provide that the commissioner, in consultation with the commissioner of
health and the chair, shall cause to be prepared the inventory of exist-
ing significant deficiencies in water supply availability throughout the
state, to be completed and transmitted to the governor and legislature
by July first, two thousand twenty-four. The commissioner in consulta-
tion with the secretary of state and the chair, shall also cause to be
prepared a review summary of existing statutory and constitutional
provisions relating to the provision and financing of water supply by
local governments. Such review and summary shall be completed and trans-
mitted to the governor and legislature and the council by January first,
two thousand twenty-four.

Section 5 amends environmental conservation law section 15-2907 to
provide that no later than January first, two thousand twenty-five, and
every five years thereafter, the department of environmental conserva-
tion, with the participation of the department of health and whenever
possible, the nonvoting regional members, shall develop and submit a
comprehensive statewide water resources management strategy to the water
resources planning council for its review and adoption following public
hearings. The statewide resources management strategy shall be made
available to the public on the council's website and submitted to the
legislature within two weeks of its adoption.

Section 6 amends environmental conservation law section 15-2909 to
require that public hearings be conducted in each of the regions repres-
ented by a non-voting member of the council.

Section 7 amends environmental conservation law section 15-2911 to
provide that the water resources planning council shall after the
conclusion of the hearings, but no later than January first, two thou-
sand twenty-five, determine, whether the statewide water resources
management strategy should be approved with modifications or disap-
proved, and shall state in writing the reasons for its determination. If
the council has determined approval of the strategy, it shall be
adopted. If the council disapproves the strategy, the department of
environmental conservation, in conjunction with the department of
health, shall modify the strategy and resubmit the strategy to the coun-
cil for action.

Section 8 amends environmental conservation law section 15-2913 to
provide that at least once a year, the water resources planning council,
with the participation of all voting members and whenever possible,
non-voting members, shall review the strategy and either (a) recommend
amendments if necessary, or (b) issue a determination that no amendments
are necessary and the reasons supporting the determination. Every five
years, a new comprehensive statewide resources management strategy shall
be developed and adopted by the council.

Section 9 amends the environmental conservation law by adding a new
section 15-2915 to provide that the water resources planning council
shall annually submit a report to the and the legislature on the status
and quality of the water resources of the state.

Section 10 is the effective date.

 
JUSTIFICATION:

Presently, the State's water resources management is governed by sepa-
rate state and local agencies. No comprehensive strategy for water qual-
ity or water resources management exists to ensure that state agencies
work together, that state and local water resource issues are considered
holistically and that all agencies are working together to properly
manage all New York water.

In 1988 the New York Water Resources Planning Council (WRPC) was estab-
lished under Environmental Conservation Law § 15-2901 for that purpose.
The 15 member panel included the heads of 7 state agencies as well as 8
others appointed by the Governor and was charged with developing a
statewide strategy for water management, focusing on water for drinking,
recreational use, industry and agriculture and economic development.
That strategy was developed in 1988. While the WRPC continued to meet
until the mid-1990's, there was no further update to the strategy.

This bill will increase the membership of the WRPC to include regional
representation and expand its duties and powers to ensure that the State
has a comprehensive statewide strategy for water quality and water
resources management on an ongoing basis.  While regional water councils
have successfully allowed for localized control of water resource devel-
opment projects with municipal oversight, as water management has become
a more pressing concern statewide, a more comprehensive statewide
approach to water management is necessary. This legislation will provide
the necessary framework for a water resources planning council that will
facilitate cooperative and sustainable management of the water resources
of the State including ensuring that all residents have access to
adequate and safe drinking water.

 
LEGISLATIVE HISTORY:

Senate

2020 - S4291, Referred to environmental conservation

2021-2022 - S1738, Referred to environmental conservation

Assembly

2017-2018- A6221B, Referred to environmental conservation

2020 - A2261 Referred to environmental conservation

2021-2022- A2044A, Referred to environmental conservation

 
FISCAL IMPLICATIONS:

To be determined.

 
EFFECTIVE DATE:
This act shall take effect on the ninetieth day after it shall have
become law. Effective immediately, the addition, amendment and/or repeal
of any rule or regulation necessary for the implementation of this act
on its effective date are authorized to be made and completed on or
before such effective date.

2023-S3396 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   3396
 
                        2023-2024 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                             January 31, 2023
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by Sens. SKOUFIS, ADDABBO -- read twice and ordered printed,
   and when printed to be committed to  the  Committee  on  Environmental
   Conservation
 
 AN  ACT  to amend the environmental conservation law, in relation to the
   water resources planning council
 
   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section  1.  Section 15-2901 of the environmental conservation law, as
 amended by chapter 83 of the  laws  of  1995,  is  amended  to  read  as
 follows:
 § 15-2901. Water resources planning council; organization.
   There  is  hereby  established  within the department of environmental
 conservation a water resources planning council.  It  shall  consist  of
 [fifteen]    SEVENTEEN  VOTING members[, including] AND EIGHT NON-VOTING
 MEMBERS. (A) VOTING MEMBERS SHALL INCLUDE THE CHAIR,  the  commissioners
 of  agriculture and markets, economic development, environmental conser-
 vation, health, transportation, HUMAN RIGHTS, the chair  of  the  public
 service  commission, president of the New York state energy research and
 development authority, secretary  of  state  and  seven  members  to  be
 appointed  by  the  governor including at least [one member] TWO MEMBERS
 who shall have expertise in the  science  of  water  resources  planning
 [and],  at  least  TWO MEMBERS WHO SHALL HAVE EXPERTISE IN ENVIRONMENTAL
 SCIENCE AND/OR ENGINEERING AND one member [selected from a list proposed
 by public interest or environmental citizens  organizations]  WHO  SHALL
 HAVE  EXPERTISE  IN ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE. These seven members APPOINTED
 BY THE GOVERNOR shall serve terms of [four] FIVE years each. Two of  the
 members  APPOINTED BY THE GOVERNOR shall be appointed upon the recommen-
 dation of the majority leader of the  senate  and  two  of  the  members
 APPOINTED  BY THE GOVERNOR shall be appointed upon the recommendation of
 the speaker of the assembly. [The governor shall  select  a  chair  from
 among  the  members.] (B) NON-VOTING MEMBERS SHALL REPRESENT EACH OF THE
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD04619-01-3

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 FOLLOWING REGIONS: 1. NEW YORK CITY; 2. LONG  ISLAND;  3.  LOWER  HUDSON
 VALLEY;  4.  CAPITOL  REGION;  5.    UPPER HUDSON AND ST. LAWRENCE RIVER
 WATERSHED; 6. CENTRAL NEW YORK; 7. SOUTHERN TIER RIVER  BASINS;  AND  8.
 GREAT LAKES REGIONAL WATERSHEDS. Meetings of the council shall be called
 by the chair. Members shall receive reimbursement for expenses ONLY.
   § 2. Section 15-2903 of the environmental conservation law, as amended
 by chapter 307 of the laws of 1986, is amended to read as follows:
 § 15-2903. Water resources planning council; quorum, bylaws.
   A  majority  of  the  VOTING members of the council shall constitute a
 quorum for the transaction of any business or the exercise of any  power
 of the council. The commissioners of agriculture and markets, [commerce]
 ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, energy, environmental conservation, health, trans-
 portation,  HUMAN  RIGHTS,  the  [chairman]  CHAIR of the public service
 commission and secretary of state may, by official  authority  filed  in
 their  respective  agencies, and with the water resources planning coun-
 cil, designate a deputy or other officer to exercise his OR  HER  powers
 and perform his OR HER duties, including the right to vote, on the coun-
 cil. The council may also establish for itself bylaws for the conduct of
 its affairs.
   §  3.  The  environmental  conservation law is amended by adding a new
 section 15-2904 to read as follows:
 § 15-2904. WATER RESOURCES PLANNING COUNCIL; DUTIES AND PURPOSE.
   (A) THE COUNCIL SHALL MAKE RECOMMENDATIONS  REGARDING  THE  MANAGEMENT
 AND OVERSIGHT OF THE WATER RESOURCES OF THE STATE INCLUDING FACILITATING
 COOPERATIVE AND SUSTAINABLE MANAGEMENT OF WATER RESOURCES TO ENSURE THAT
 ALL  RESIDENTS  HAVE ACCESS TO ADEQUATE, AFFORDABLE, SAFE DRINKING WATER
 IN PERPETUITY.   THE COUNCIL SHALL ALSO  MAKE  RECOMMENDATIONS  TO  HELP
 ENSURE THE FAIR AND EQUITABLE DISTRIBUTION OF PUBLIC WATER RESOURCES AND
 SHALL  HELP  ENSURE  THAT  EVERY  AGENCY CONSIDERS ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE
 STANDARDS IN ITS WATER-RELATED DECISION MAKING PROCESS AND ACTIONS.  THE
 COUNCIL  SHALL  CREATE INTERSTATE PARTNERSHIPS FOR SHARING RESOURCES AND
 BEST PRACTICES FOR WATER MANAGEMENT.
   (B) THE COUNCIL SHALL REVIEW AND EXAMINE ALL STATE  AND  FEDERAL  LAWS
 AND REGULATIONS CONCERNING THE MANAGEMENT, USE, PROTECTION, CONSERVATION
 AND PROVISION OF WATER WHICH MAY AFFECT THE STATE. THE COUNCIL MAY ISSUE
 COMMENTS  ON  ANY  PROPOSED STATE AND FEDERAL LEGISLATION OR REGULATIONS
 AFFECTING WATER. THE COUNCIL SHALL REVIEW AND MAY ISSUE COMMENTS ON  ANY
 RECOMMENDATIONS OF THE DRINKING WATER QUALITY COUNCIL ESTABLISHED PURSU-
 ANT  TO  SECTION  ELEVEN  HUNDRED THIRTEEN OF THE PUBLIC HEALTH LAW. THE
 COUNCIL SHALL REVIEW THE LIST OF CONTAMINANTS WHICH ARE TESTED IN WATERS
 OF THE STATE, INCLUDING IN REMEDIAL PROGRAMS, AND MAY  MAKE  RECOMMENDA-
 TIONS TO THE DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION, THE DEPARTMENT OF
 HEALTH, OR THE UNITED STATES ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY.
   §  4.  Section 15-2905 of the environmental conservation law, as added
 by chapter 509 of the laws of 1984, is amended to read as follows:
 § 15-2905. Statewide inventory of existing significant  deficiencies  in
              water supply systems.
   The  commissioner, in consultation with the commissioner of health and
 THE CHAIR, utilizing information requested from  the  responsible  local
 officials as well as relevant information developed through titles elev-
 en and thirteen of this article, shall cause to be prepared an inventory
 of  existing  significant  deficiencies  in  water  supply  availability
 throughout the state, including specific needs for improvement, rehabil-
 itation and establishment of water supply, distribution and transmission
 facilities. Such  inventory  shall  also  identify  those  water  supply
 systems  affected  or threatened by intrusions of hazardous materials or
 S. 3396                             3
 
 wastes and the nature of remediation required. Such inventory  shall  be
 completed  and  transmitted to the governor, legislature and the council
 by July first, [nineteen hundred eighty-five] TWO THOUSAND TWENTY-FIVE.
   The  commissioner  in  consultation with the secretary of state[,] AND
 THE CHAIR, shall also cause to be  prepared  a  review  and  summary  of
 existing   statutory  and  constitutional  provisions  relating  to  the
 provision and financing of water supply facilities by local governments,
 including such provision and financing through inter-local  cooperation.
 Such  review  and summary shall also identify any existing statutory and
 constitutional constraints against the effective and efficient provision
 of sound financing, on a revenue or general obligation  basis,  of  such
 facilities.  Such  review and summary shall be completed and transmitted
 to the governor, legislature and the council by January first, [nineteen
 hundred eighty-six] TWO THOUSAND TWENTY-FIVE.   At such time  and  based
 upon  the  above  inventory and review and summary, the commissioner, IN
 CONSULTATION WITH THE CHAIR, shall also cause to be prepared a  compila-
 tion  of  those  instances  in  which correction of existing significant
 deficiencies appears to be beyond the reasonable financial  capabilities
 of the affected communities.
   § 5. Section 15-2907 of the environmental conservation law, as amended
 by chapter 214 of the laws of 1991, is amended to read as follows:
 § 15-2907. Water resources management strategy; development purpose.
   Not  later  than  January  first,  [nineteen hundred eighty-seven] TWO
 THOUSAND TWENTY-SIX, AND EVERY FIVE YEARS THEREAFTER, the department  of
 environmental  conservation, with the participation of the department of
 health and whenever possible, [regional planning and development boards]
 NON-VOTING REGIONAL MEMBERS,  shall  develop  and  submit  a  [complete]
 COMPREHENSIVE statewide water resources management strategy to the water
 resources  planning council for its review and adoption FOLLOWING PUBLIC
 HEARINGS. [This]  THE  WATER  RESOURCES  MANAGEMENT  strategy  shall  be
 composed  of substate water resources management strategies which recog-
 nize the natural boundaries of the water  resource  basins,  watersheds,
 and  aquifers and existing significant deficiencies of water supply, and
 which organize these in the most practical and manageable  manner.  Each
 substate  management strategy shall analyze the present and future demo-
 graphic, natural resource,  economic  development,  water  quality,  and
 conservation requirements of public and private water systems and devel-
 op  regional  management strategies to meet the water resources require-
 ments of residential, agricultural, industrial and commercial  users  as
 well  as  assure  the  highest  possible  quality  and quantity of these
 resources.
   Strategies shall analyze the efficiency and capacity of existing water
 supply sources and facilities  and  shall  contain  recommendations  for
 appropriate  modifications, restoration, and expansion or development of
 new sources or facilities. Such strategies  shall  also  include  evalu-
 ations  and recommendations as to the feasibility of including OR REMOV-
 ING hydroelectric energy generation facilities as part of the  modifica-
 tions,  restoration,  and  expansion  or  development of new or existing
 resources or facilities AND/OR RETURNING RIVERS  AND  STREAMS  TO  THEIR
 NATURAL  FLOW. The strategy shall also contain recommendations regarding
 implementation of these strategies by  the  department  of  health,  the
 department  of environmental conservation, other appropriate state agen-
 cies, local governments and special districts.  WHERE  APPROPRIATE,  THE
 STRATEGY  SHALL  INCLUDE  REVIEW  AND ASSESSMENT OF ALL INTERSTATE WATER
 MANAGEMENT AGREEMENTS OR AGREEMENTS WITH  MUNICIPALITIES.  In  addition,
 the  departments  shall  submit  to the council substate water resources
 S. 3396                             4
 
 management strategies as soon as  such  strategies  are  developed.  The
 departments  shall  also report regularly to the council on the develop-
 ment of the strategies and receive  the  council's  recommendations  and
 directions.  [Such  substate]  THE  STATEWIDE WATER RESOURCES MANAGEMENT
 STRATEGY SHALL BE MADE AVAILABLE TO THE PUBLIC ON THE COUNCIL'S  WEBSITE
 AND  SUBMITTED  TO  THE  LEGISLATURE  WITHIN  TWO WEEKS OF ITS ADOPTION.
 SUBSTATE strategies shall also be available [for  public  inspection  as
 soon  as]  TO  THE PUBLIC ON EACH DEPARTMENT'S AND THE COUNCIL'S WEBSITE
 WITHIN TWO WEEKS OF THE SUBMISSION OF such strategies [are developed] TO
 THE COUNCIL.
   § 6. Section 15-2909 of the environmental conservation law,  as  added
 by chapter 509 of the laws of 1984, is amended to read as follows:
 § 15-2909. Water resources management strategy; hearings.
   Upon [receipt] ADOPTION of the COMPREHENSIVE statewide water resources
 management  strategy [from the department of environmental conservation]
 BY THE WATER RESOURCES PLANNING  COUNCIL,  the  council  shall  promptly
 publish once a week for three consecutive weeks in newspapers of general
 circulation  AND POST ON THE DEPARTMENT'S WEBSITE notice of public hear-
 ings thereon.  Public  hearings  shall  be  conducted  in  each  of  the
 [substate  areas]  REGIONS  represented [in the statewide strategy] BY A
 NON-VOTING MEMBER OF THE COUNCIL, and shall be in accordance with  regu-
 lations  adopted by the department, subject to modification by the coun-
 cil. Such regulations shall, at a minimum,  require  a  hearing  on  the
 record  with  sworn  witnesses  and  shall  afford  interested parties a
 reasonable opportunity to sponsor witnesses and  to  question  witnesses
 sponsored  by  others,  including  department staff, consistent with the
 need to conclude the  hearings  expeditiously  so  that  a  state  water
 resources  management  strategy  can  be adopted in a timely manner. The
 hearings shall not be considered part of an adjudicatory proceeding,  as
 defined  in  subdivision  three  of section one hundred two of the state
 administrative procedure act, or as part  of  a  rule-making  proceeding
 held under subdivision one of section two hundred two of such act.
   §  7.  Section 15-2911 of the environmental conservation law, as added
 by chapter 509 of the laws of 1984, is amended to read as follows:
 § 15-2911. Water resources management strategy; approval.
   The water resources planning council shall, as expeditiously as  prac-
 ticable  following  the conclusion of its hearings, but in no case later
 than January first, [nineteen hundred eighty-eight] TWO  THOUSAND  TWEN-
 TY-SIX,  determine,  based  on the record, INCLUDING PUBLIC COMMENTS AND
 HEARING TESTIMONY, whether  the  statewide  water  resources  management
 strategy should be approved with modifications or disapproved, and shall
 state  in  writing the reasons for its determination. If the council has
 determined approval of the strategy, it shall be adopted by the  depart-
 ments  of  health  and  environmental conservation and other appropriate
 state agencies in the form determined by the council. If the council has
 determined disapproval of the strategy, the department of  environmental
 conservation, in conjunction with the department of health, shall modify
 the  strategy in accordance with the determination issued by the council
 and resubmit the strategy to the council for its action.
   § 8. Section 15-2913 of the environmental conservation law,  as  added
 by chapter 509 of the laws of 1984, is amended to read as follows:
 § 15-2913. Water resources management strategy; revision.
   From  time  to  time  and  at  least once every [two years] YEAR, [the
 department of environmental conservation, with the participation of  the
 department of health] THE WATER RESOURCES PLANNING COUNCIL, WITH PARTIC-
 IPATION  OF ALL VOTING MEMBERS and whenever possible, [regional planning
 S. 3396                             5

 and development boards] NON-VOTING REGIONAL MEMBERS,  shall  review  the
 strategy  and shall either (a) [prepare any] RECOMMEND amendments neces-
 sary to update the strategy, or (b) issue a determination that no amend-
 ments  are  necessary  and the reasons supporting the determination. Any
 interested person may seek such a review upon written application to the
 department of environmental conservation for an amendment to the  state-
 wide  water  resources management strategy. [Any statement issued by the
 departments that no amendments are necessary shall be submitted  to  the
 council  for approval, modification or disapproval.] Amendments shall be
 adopted in the same manner as the strategy itself. EVERY FIVE  YEARS,  A
 NEW  COMPREHENSIVE  STATEWIDE  RESOURCES  MANAGEMENT  STRATEGY  SHALL BE
 DEVELOPED AND ADOPTED BY THE WATER RESOURCES  PLANNING  COUNCIL  AS  SET
 FORTH HEREIN.
   §  9.  The  environmental  conservation law is amended by adding a new
 section 15-2915 to read as follows:
 § 15-2915. REPORT TO LEGISLATURE AND GOVERNOR.
   THE WATER RESOURCES PLANNING COUNCIL SHALL ANNUALLY SUBMIT A REPORT TO
 THE GOVERNOR AND THE LEGISLATURE ON THE STATUS AND QUALITY OF THE  WATER
 RESOURCES OF THE STATE.
   §  10.  This act shall take effect on the ninetieth day after it shall
 have become a law.    Effective  immediately,  the  addition,  amendment
 and/or repeal of any rule or regulation necessary for the implementation
 of  this  act  on  its  effective  date  are  authorized  to be made and
 completed on or before such effective date.

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Senate Bill S3396

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Current Bill Status - In Senate Committee Environmental Conservation Committee

Apr 17, 2023 - Environmental Conservation Committee Vote

Environmental Conservation Committee Vote: Apr 17, 2023

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2023-S3396 (ACTIVE) - Details

2023-S3396 (ACTIVE) - Summary

2023-S3396 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2023-S3396 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

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James Skoufis

Current Bill Status - In Senate Committee Environmental Conservation Committee

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Joseph P. Addabbo Jr.

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2023-S3396 (ACTIVE) - Summary

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