Assembly Actions -
Lowercase Senate Actions - UPPERCASE |
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Sep 12, 2017 |
signed chap.276 |
Aug 31, 2017 |
delivered to governor |
Jun 20, 2017 |
returned to assembly passed senate 3rd reading cal.2016 substituted for s3019 |
Jun 12, 2017 |
referred to rules delivered to senate passed assembly |
Jun 07, 2017 |
ordered to third reading rules cal.80 rules report cal.80 reported |
Jun 05, 2017 |
reported referred to rules |
May 23, 2017 |
reported referred to ways and means |
Jan 09, 2017 |
referred to environmental conservation |
Assembly Bill A735
Signed By Governor2017-2018 Legislative Session
Sponsored By
GUNTHER
Archive: Last Bill Status - Signed by Governor
- Introduced
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- In Committee Assembly
- In Committee Senate
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- On Floor Calendar Assembly
- On Floor Calendar Senate
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- Passed Assembly
- Passed Senate
- Delivered to Governor
- Signed By Governor
Actions
Votes
co-Sponsors
Donna Lupardo
Steven Englebright
Jose Rivera
Steven Otis
multi-Sponsors
William A. Barclay
Gary Finch
Deborah Glick
Stephen Hawley
2017-A735 (ACTIVE) - Details
2017-A735 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 735 2017-2018 Regular Sessions I N A S S E M B L Y January 9, 2017 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. GUNTHER, LUPARDO, ENGLEBRIGHT, RIVERA, OTIS, JAFFEE, COLTON, LIFTON, BLAKE, SKOUFIS, CROUCH, SALADINO, GIGLIO -- Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of A. BARCLAY, FINCH, GLICK, HAWLEY, KEARNS, McDONOUGH, ORTIZ, TITONE -- read once and referred to the Committee on Environmental Conservation AN ACT to authorize and direct the commissioners of health and environ- mental conservation to study and develop a long-term strategy to encourage and promote outdoor environmental education and recreational opportunities in New York state THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM- BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: Section 1. Legislative findings. The legislature recognizes that in the last two decades, childhood has moved indoors. The average American boy or girl spends just four to seven minutes each day in unstructured outdoor play, and more than seven hours each day in front of an elec- tronic screen. The decline in the appreciation and prevalence of outdoor recreation opportunities profoundly impacts the wellness of our state's youth. The correlation between increasing childhood obesity rates and the decline in outdoor recreation is undeniable. Additionally, the legislature recognizes that visual and physical access to basic types of open space is vital for everyone, and partic- ularly valuable to children growing up in "urban hardscapes", or areas where access to nature is limited. The legislature further finds that the development of policies that foster stewardship of the environment and recognition of the health benefits of time spent in nature are essential to the residents of New York state. The legislature concludes that this can best be accom- plished by the creation of a study on outdoor environmental education and recreation. § 2. The commissioners of health and environmental conservation are hereby authorized and directed to study and develop a long-term strategy EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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