assembly Bill A5399C

2019-2020 Legislative Session

Relates to declaring a climate emergency and placing a ban on new fossil fuel infrastructure

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Senate Actions - UPPERCASE
Jan 08, 2020 referred to environmental conservation
Jun 10, 2019 print number 5399c
Jun 10, 2019 amend (t) and recommit to environmental conservation
May 13, 2019 print number 5399b
May 13, 2019 amend (t) and recommit to environmental conservation
May 03, 2019 print number 5399a
May 03, 2019 amend and recommit to environmental conservation
Feb 11, 2019 referred to environmental conservation

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A5399 - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S5518
Current Committee:
Assembly Environmental Conservation
Law Section:
Environmental Conservation Law
Laws Affected:
Add §1-0103, Art 23 Title 29 §23-2901, En Con L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2021-2022: A625, S2835
2023-2024: A411, S3581

A5399 - Summary

Declares a climate emergency and places a ban on fossil fuel infrastructure projects but shall not apply to repair or maintenance of existing infrastructure.

A5399 - Bill Text download pdf


                    S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
________________________________________________________________________

                                  5399

                       2019-2020 Regular Sessions

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                            February 11, 2019
                               ___________

Introduced  by M. of A. CARROLL -- read once and referred to the Commit-
  tee on Environmental Conservation

AN ACT to amend the environmental conservation law, in relation to plac-
  ing a moratorium on fossil fuel infrastructure

  THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

  Section 1. Article 23 of the environmental conservation law is amended
by adding a new title 29 to read as follows:
                                 TITLE 29
                MORATORIUM ON FOSSIL FUEL INFRASTRUCTURE
SECTION 23-2901. MORATORIUM ON FOSSIL FUEL INFRASTRUCTURE.
§ 23-2901. MORATORIUM ON FOSSIL FUEL INFRASTRUCTURE.
  1.  FOR  THE  PURPOSES OF THIS SECTION, "FOSSIL FUEL" SHALL MEAN COAL,
PETROLEUM PRODUCTS AND FUEL GASES.
  2. A MORATORIUM SHALL BE  ESTABLISHED  ON  ANY  AND  ALL  FOSSIL  FUEL
INFRASTRUCTURE  PROJECTS.  NO  NEW  PERMITS,  LICENSES,  OR  ANY FORM OF
PERMISSION SHALL BE GRANTED FOR ANY FOSSIL FUEL  INFRASTRUCTURE  PROJECT
NOR  SHALL ANY FUNDING, INVESTMENT, OR ANY OTHER FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE BE
GRANTED TO ANY FOSSIL FUEL INFRASTRUCTURE PROJECT. SUCH MORATORIUM SHALL
APPLY TO THE ENTIRETY OF THE STATE INCLUDING ALL DEPARTMENTS,  AGENCIES,
OFFICES, MUNICIPALITIES, AND ANY OTHER GOVERNMENTAL BODY.
  3. THE MORATORIUM SHALL BE LIFTED UPON AN ACT OF THE LEGISLATURE.
  § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.



 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD09246-01-9

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A5399A - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S5518
Current Committee:
Assembly Environmental Conservation
Law Section:
Environmental Conservation Law
Laws Affected:
Add §1-0103, Art 23 Title 29 §23-2901, En Con L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2021-2022: A625, S2835
2023-2024: A411, S3581

A5399A - Summary

Declares a climate emergency and places a ban on fossil fuel infrastructure projects but shall not apply to repair or maintenance of existing infrastructure.

A5399A - Bill Text download pdf


                    S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
________________________________________________________________________

                                 5399--A

                       2019-2020 Regular Sessions

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                            February 11, 2019
                               ___________

Introduced by M. of A. CARROLL, COLTON, ARROYO, SIMON, PICHARDO, D'URSO,
  ORTIZ,  GRIFFIN -- read once and referred to the Committee on Environ-
  mental Conservation -- committee  discharged,  bill  amended,  ordered
  reprinted as amended and recommitted to said committee

AN ACT to amend the environmental conservation law, in relation to plac-
  ing a moratorium on fossil fuel infrastructure

  THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

  Section 1. Article 23 of the environmental conservation law is amended
by adding a new title 29 to read as follows:
                                 TITLE 29
                MORATORIUM ON FOSSIL FUEL INFRASTRUCTURE
SECTION 23-2901. MORATORIUM ON FOSSIL FUEL INFRASTRUCTURE.
§ 23-2901. MORATORIUM ON FOSSIL FUEL INFRASTRUCTURE.
  1. LEGISLATIVE INTENT. NEW YORK STATE FACES  AN  EXISTENTIAL  CLIMATE,
ECOLOGICAL, ECONOMIC, AND SECURITY EMERGENCY WHICH THREATENS OUR MUNICI-
PALITIES,  STATE,  NATION, AND THE WORLD; A WORLD WAR II-SCALE MOBILIZA-
TION IS NEEDED TO ELIMINATE  GREENHOUSE  GAS  EMISSIONS.    HUMAN-CAUSED
CLIMATE  CHANGE AND AIR POLLUTION ARE DUE TO USING FOSSIL FUELS. CLIMATE
CHANGE DISPROPORTIONATELY IMPACTS COMMUNITIES OF COLOR, CHILDREN, ELDER-
LY, NATIVE AMERICANS, INDIGENOUS PEOPLES, THE ILL,  THE  POOR,  FARMERS,
AND  FUTURE GENERATIONS.  THE STATE SHALL PROMOTE A CONTROLLED REDUCTION
OF FOSSIL FUEL UTILIZATION AND A TRANSITION TO CLEAN,  RENEWABLE  ENERGY
FOR  THE  PURPOSE  OF  IMPROVING  SAFETY,  PUBLIC  HEALTH, ENVIRONMENTAL
PROTECTION, ECONOMIC GROWTH, AND ENERGY RELIABILITY AS WELL AS PROVIDING
COST SAVINGS, CREATING JOBS, AND PREVENTING CLIMATE CATASTROPHE.
  2. FOR THE PURPOSES OF THIS SECTION, "FOSSIL FUEL"  SHALL  MEAN  COAL,
PETROLEUM PRODUCTS AND FUEL GASES.
  3.  A  MORATORIUM  SHALL  BE  ESTABLISHED  ON  ANY AND ALL FOSSIL FUEL
INFRASTRUCTURE PROJECTS. NO  NEW  PERMITS,  LICENSES,  OR  ANY  FORM  OF
PERMISSION  SHALL  BE GRANTED FOR ANY FOSSIL FUEL INFRASTRUCTURE PROJECT

 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.

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A5399B - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S5518
Current Committee:
Assembly Environmental Conservation
Law Section:
Environmental Conservation Law
Laws Affected:
Add §1-0103, Art 23 Title 29 §23-2901, En Con L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2021-2022: A625, S2835
2023-2024: A411, S3581

A5399B - Summary

Declares a climate emergency and places a ban on fossil fuel infrastructure projects but shall not apply to repair or maintenance of existing infrastructure.

A5399B - Bill Text download pdf


                    S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
________________________________________________________________________

                                 5399--B

                       2019-2020 Regular Sessions

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                            February 11, 2019
                               ___________

Introduced by M. of A. CARROLL, COLTON, ARROYO, SIMON, PICHARDO, D'URSO,
  ORTIZ,  GRIFFIN -- read once and referred to the Committee on Environ-
  mental Conservation -- committee  discharged,  bill  amended,  ordered
  reprinted  as  amended  and  recommitted  to  said  committee -- again
  reported from said committee with  amendments,  ordered  reprinted  as
  amended and recommitted to said committee

AN  ACT  to  amend  the  environmental  conservation law, in relation to
  declaring a climate emergency and placing a moratorium on fossil  fuel
  infrastructure

  THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

  Section 1. The environmental conservation law is amended by  adding  a
new section 1-0103 to read as follows:
§ 1-0103. CLIMATE EMERGENCY DECLARATION AND POLICY.
  1. THE LEGISLATURE FINDS AND DECLARES THE FOLLOWING:
  (A)  A  CLIMATE EMERGENCY EXISTS THAT THREATENS THE STATE OF NEW YORK,
THE NATION, AND THE WORLD;
  (B) IRREVOCABLE DAMAGE TO THE ENVIRONMENT HAS BEEN  CAUSED  BY  GLOBAL
WARMING OF APPROXIMATELY ONE DEGREE CELSIUS DEMONSTRATING THAT THE EARTH
IS  ALREADY TOO HOT FOR SAFETY AND JUSTICE, AS ATTESTED BY INCREASED AND
INTENSIFYING WILDFIRES, FLOODS, RISING  SEAS,  DISEASES,  DROUGHTS,  AND
EXTREME WEATHER;
  (C)  ON  APRIL TWENTY-SECOND, TWO THOUSAND SIXTEEN, WORLD LEADERS FROM
ONE HUNDRED SEVENTY-FOUR COUNTRIES AND THE EUROPEAN UNION RECOGNIZED THE
THREAT OF CLIMATE CHANGE AND THE URGENT NEED TO COMBAT IT BY SIGNING THE
PARIS AGREEMENT, AGREEING TO KEEP WARMING WELL BELOW TWO DEGREES CELSIUS
ABOVE PRE-INDUSTRIAL LEVELS AND TO PURSUE EFFORTS TO LIMIT  THE  TEMPER-
ATURE INCREASE TO ONE AND ONE-HALF DEGREES FAHRENHEIT;
  (D)  ON  OCTOBER  EIGHTH,  TWO  THOUSAND  EIGHTEEN, THE UNITED NATIONS
INTERNATIONAL PANEL  ON  CLIMATE  CHANGE  ("IPCC")  RELEASED  A  SPECIAL
REPORT,  WHICH  PROJECTED  THAT LIMITING WARMING TO THE ONE AND ONE-HALF

 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.

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Multi-Sponsors

A5399C (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S5518
Current Committee:
Assembly Environmental Conservation
Law Section:
Environmental Conservation Law
Laws Affected:
Add §1-0103, Art 23 Title 29 §23-2901, En Con L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2021-2022: A625, S2835
2023-2024: A411, S3581

A5399C (ACTIVE) - Summary

Declares a climate emergency and places a ban on fossil fuel infrastructure projects but shall not apply to repair or maintenance of existing infrastructure.

A5399C (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf


                    S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
________________________________________________________________________

                                 5399--C

                       2019-2020 Regular Sessions

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                            February 11, 2019
                               ___________

Introduced by M. of A. CARROLL, COLTON, ARROYO, SIMON, PICHARDO, D'URSO,
  ORTIZ,  GRIFFIN -- read once and referred to the Committee on Environ-
  mental Conservation -- committee  discharged,  bill  amended,  ordered
  reprinted  as  amended  and  recommitted  to  said  committee -- again
  reported from said committee with  amendments,  ordered  reprinted  as
  amended  and recommitted to said committee -- again reported from said
  committee with amendments, ordered reprinted as amended and  recommit-
  ted to said committee

AN  ACT  to  amend  the  environmental  conservation law, in relation to
  declaring a climate emergency and placing a ban  on  new  fossil  fuel
  infrastructure

  THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

  Section 1. The environmental conservation law is amended by  adding  a
new section 1-0103 to read as follows:
§ 1-0103. CLIMATE EMERGENCY DECLARATION AND POLICY.
  1. THE LEGISLATURE FINDS AND DECLARES THE FOLLOWING:
  (A)  A  CLIMATE EMERGENCY EXISTS THAT THREATENS THE STATE OF NEW YORK,
THE NATION, AND THE WORLD;
  (B) IRREVOCABLE DAMAGE TO THE ENVIRONMENT HAS BEEN  CAUSED  BY  GLOBAL
WARMING OF APPROXIMATELY ONE DEGREE CELSIUS DEMONSTRATING THAT THE EARTH
IS  ALREADY TOO HOT FOR SAFETY AND JUSTICE, AS ATTESTED BY INCREASED AND
INTENSIFYING WILDFIRES, FLOODS, RISING  SEAS,  DISEASES,  DROUGHTS,  AND
EXTREME WEATHER;
  (C)  ON  APRIL TWENTY-SECOND, TWO THOUSAND SIXTEEN, WORLD LEADERS FROM
ONE HUNDRED SEVENTY-FOUR COUNTRIES AND THE EUROPEAN UNION RECOGNIZED THE
THREAT OF CLIMATE CHANGE AND THE URGENT NEED TO COMBAT IT BY SIGNING THE
PARIS AGREEMENT, AGREEING TO KEEP WARMING WELL BELOW TWO DEGREES CELSIUS
ABOVE PRE-INDUSTRIAL LEVELS AND TO PURSUE EFFORTS TO LIMIT  THE  TEMPER-
ATURE INCREASE TO ONE AND ONE-HALF DEGREES FAHRENHEIT;

 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD09246-15-9